Lila Leeds

Lila Leeds

Lila Leeds (born Lila Lee Wilkinson, January 28, 1928 – September 15, 1999) was an American film actress. She signed with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and began appearing in small roles in the Red Skelton film The Show-Off (1946); Lady in the Lake (1947), based on a Raymond Chandler story; and in the Lana Turner vehicle Green Dolphin Street. She had a small part in So You Want to Be a Detective, which was part of the Joe McDoakes series of comedy shorts, the film being a reworking of the subjective camera style used in Lady in the Lake, in which Leeds had previously appeared. Leeds was producer Harold Hecht's top choice to star in Kiss the Blood Off My Hands, the first film by Hecht and co-star Burt Lancaster's production company Norma Productions. Leeds was ultimately replaced by Joan Fontaine, who was already under contract with the movie's financer and distributor Universal-International Pictures. On September 1, 1948, Leeds gained notoriety for being arrested together with actor Robert Mitchum on charges of marijuana possession. She subsequently spent sixty days in jail. Considered a Lana Turner look-alike, Leeds was 20 years old and engaged to Turner's ex-husband Stephen Crane at the time of her arrest. Although she starred in the Reefer Madness–style film She Shoulda Said No! (1949) following her release from jail, her acting career, unlike Mitchum's, never recovered from the scandal. She died of a heart attack at age 71 in Los Angeles.

  • Popularity : 1.656
  • Known For : Acting
  • Birthday : 1928-01-28
  • Place of Birth : Dodge City, Kansas, USA
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Lila Leeds Movies

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    Lady in the Lake

    Lady in the Lake

    6 1946 HD

    Private eye Phillip Marlowe wants to get out of the detective racket and into crime writing. But when he's called to the office of editor Adrienne...

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    Green Dolphin Street

    Green Dolphin Street

    6.1 1947 HD

    Sophie loved Edmund, but he left town when her parents forced her to marry wealthy Octavius. Years later, Edmund returns with his son, William....

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    The House Across the Street

    The House Across the Street

    4.5 1949 HD

    Dave Joslin, the managing editor of a big-city newspaper, is demoted and moved to the Miss Lonely Hearts column-writing department by the newspaper's...

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    April Showers

    April Showers

    6 1948 HD

    A married couple who have a song-and-dance act in vaudeville are in trouble. Their struggling act is going nowhere, they're almost broke and they...

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    Wild Weed

    Wild Weed

    4.8 1949 HD

    A chorus girl's career is ruined and her brother is driven to suicide when she starts smoking marijuana.

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    Moonrise

    Moonrise

    6.2 1948 HD

    Stigmatized from infancy by the fate of his criminal father, a man is bruised and bullied until one night, in a fit of rage, he kills his most...

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    The Show-Off

    The Show-Off

    7 1946 HD

    Chaos is brought to a family when daughter marries a brash young man met on a blind date.

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    I Love My Husband, But!

    I Love My Husband, But!

    1 1946 HD

    In this Pete Smith Specialty short, a wife endures the trials of being married to a husband with traits that drive her crazy.

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    Always Together

    Always Together

    6.7 1947 HD

    An old millionaire, who believes he's dying, bequeaths his fortune to a young woman with a fanatical obsession with movie stars. But then the elderly...

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    So You Want to Be a Detective

    So You Want to Be a Detective

    6.8 1948 HD

    Joe McDoakes imagines himself as a private detective on a murder case. Throughout the film, he spars verbally with narrator Art Gilmore.

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    So You Want to Be a Gambler

    So You Want to Be a Gambler

    4.7 1948 HD

    In this comedic short, Joe McDoakes experiences the pitfalls of gambling.

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