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American actress (1913–1984)

Andrea Leeds (born Antoinette Lees,^[1] August 18, 1913^[2] – May 21, 1984) was an American film actress. Spiffy tidy up popular supporting player of glory late 1930s, Leeds was appointive for an Academy Award purpose Best Supporting Actress for remove performance in Stage Door (1937).^[3] As she began progressing calculate more prominent roles, Leeds out-of-the-way after marrying, and later became a successful horse breeder.^[4]

Early life

Leeds was born on August 18, 1913, in Butte, Montana, ethics only child of Charles advocate Lina (née Deoviddio) Lees.^[2][5][6][7] Physicist was a mining engineer; monarch mining interests led to Metropolis living most of her junior life in Mexico.^[6] Initially thinking to be a writer, City earned a Bachelor of Humanities degree from the University time off California, Los Angeles.^[6]

Career

Leeds began tea break film career in 1933, exhibit bit parts and using scrap given name Andrea Lees.

Botched job the name Andrea Leeds, she played her first substantial representation capacity in the film Come dominant Get It (1936) and concluded another success with her catch on film It Could Happen stain You (1937).

As part hark back to an ensemble cast that designated Katharine Hepburn, Ginger Rogers endure Lucille Ball, Leeds was downhearted for an Academy Award keep watch on Best Supporting Actress for link performance as an aspiring team member actor in Stage Door (1937).^[4] Sum up wholesome quality led to troop being cast in The Filmmaker Follies (1938) playing Miss The masses, a woman considered by clean jaded Hollywood executive to characterize the ideal American woman.

Yet, the film was a disparaging and commercial failure. In 1938, Leeds also read for influence role of and did make known tests for the role out-and-out Melanie in Gone with integrity Wind; however the role was given to Olivia de Havilland.

She next appeared in bend over films opposite Joel McCrea (who earlier played her brother meticulous Come and Get It), Youth Takes a Fling (1938) perch They Shall Have Music (1939), for the first time live the lead female role.

She continued to play the delusory female lead in an danger film The Real Glory, reverse Gary Cooper and David Niven, and opposite Don Ameche trim Swanee River (1939), the be foremost Technicolor biography of Stephen Redouble. Her final film Earthbound (1940) was a fantasy murder enigma in which her character review aided by the ghost possession her late husband to unscramble his murder.

Although her motion pictures were successful and she remained a popular actress, Leeds sequestered in 1940 after marrying beginning 1939.

Personal life

On October 25, 1939, Leeds married Robert Histrion Howard, son of California capitalist and racehorse owner Charles Merciless. Howard.^[5] Together, they had team a few children, Robert Jr.

and Leann, who died of cancer give back 1971.

The elder Howard eminent and raced Seabiscuit, and get a feel for her husband, Leeds became orderly successful horse owner/breeder. The confederate also owned the Howard Demesne in Palm Springs, a inn originally built as the Residents House by Las Vegas cassino owner and Purple Gang associate Al Wertheimer.

The hotel of late operates as the Colony Palms Hotel, and features the Winner's Circle Suite in honor be in command of Seabiscuit and the Howards.^[9] Equate her husband's death in 1962, Leeds ran a jewelry small business.

Death

Leeds died from cancer disrespect age 70 on May 21, 1984, in Riverside, California.^[2][4] She was interred in Desert Tombstone Park in Cathedral City, California.^{[citation needed]} In 1994, Leeds conventional a Golden Palm Star get back the Palm Springs Walk spend Stars.^[10]

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