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Queenie Leonard

 
Actor: Queenie Leonard
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  • Born: 1905 in Manchester, England, UK
  • Died: Jan 17, 2002 in Los Angeles, California
  • Occupation: Actor
  • Active: '30s-'60s
  • Major Genres: Drama, Comedy
  • Career Highlights: The Narrow Margin
  • First Major Screen Credit: The Narrow Margin (1952)

Biography

British music-hall performer Queenie Leonard made her film bow in 1937's The Show Goes On. Possessed of a wicked wit and boundless energy, Leonard quickly became a "pet" of Hollywood's British colony when she moved to the U.S. in 1940. With the exception of The Lodger (1944), few of her film appearances captured her natural effervescence; for the most part, she was cast as humorless domestics in such films as And Then There Were None (1944) and Life with Father (1947). In the 1950s and 1960s, she provided delightful voiceovers for such Disney cartoon features as Peter Pan (1953) and 101 Dalmatians (1961). Queenie Leonard was married twice, to actor Tom Conway and to art director Lawrence Paul Williams. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
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Queenie Leonard
Born Pearl Walker
February 18, 1905(1905-02-18)
London, England
Died January 17, 2002 (aged 96)
West Los Angeles, California
Other name(s) Queenie Leonard
Occupation actress, singer
Years active 1921 - 1966
Spouse(s) Lawrence P. Williams 1936-1947
Tom Conway (11 February 1958 - 11 February 1963) (divorced)

Queenie Leonard (born Pearl Walker) (February 18, 1905 – January 17, 2002) was a British character actress and singer.

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Early life and career

She was born in London in 1905, began her career on stage in 1921, and debuted on film in 1931. She had already amassed 20 years of stage and screen experience when, in 1941, she made the first of more than 30 Hollywood films. She also appeared in cabaret in England and in the United States, starred in a one-woman show, acted in television sitcoms, and provided voices for Disney cartoons.

Filmography

Cinema

Year Title
1941 Ladies in Retirement
1944 The Lodger
1944 The Uninvited
1945 And Then There Were None
1946 Cluny Brown
1947 Life With Father
1951 Thunder on the Hill
1951 Alice in Wonderland
1952 The Narrow Margin
1952 Les Miserables
1956 23 Paces to Baker Street
1961 One Hundred and One Dalmatians (Princess)
1964 My Fair Lady

Marriages

She was married to film designer Lawrence P. Williams from 1936 to 1947, and to actor Tom Conway from 1958 to 1963.

Death

On January 17, 2002, she died of natural causes in West Los Angeles at age 96. She is buried in the Westwood Memorial Park in Los Angeles in the burial plot called the Garden of Roses.

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