Leslie Brooks

Biography

Leslie Brooks was a film actress born Virginia Leslie Gettman on July 13, 1922, in Lincoln, Nebraska. She began her career as a model and eventually appeared in notable roles such as Claire Cummings Hanneman in "Blonde Ice" (1948) and Kay Morrell in "The Secret of the Whistler" (1946). Brooks retired from films in 1949 but returned to act once more in 1971. She spent much of her life with her family, marrying twice and having four daughters.