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Ethelreda Leopold (July 2, 1914 – January 26, 1998) was an American film actress. She appeared in approximately 65 films between 1934 and 1972. She also appeared in commercials.
Leopold is familiar to modern viewers for her roles in several Three Stooges, Andy Hardy, and Abbott and Costello films. She also had bit parts in such American classics as Angels Over Broadway and Charlie Chaplin's The Great Dictator. Many of her film roles were small or uncredited. She appeared at the 1990 Three Stooges convention,
Biography
Leopold was from Chicago and could play piano and draw. She went to St. Ignatius grammar school and Sullivan High School. Leopold studied at the Chicago Art Institute for some time before she was discovered as an actress. She began acting at age 17 after a scout for Warner Brothers saw her "modeling teen-age fashions," according to the New York Times. The first film she was in was Dames, where she was part of the chorus line. She was the winner of a "popularity contest" for the group of 109 "Busby Berkeley" girls and became part of a promotional tour after she was filmed for Gold Diggers in Paris. As part of the tour, H. Allen Smith took her vital measurements and wrote about her tour.
Leopold died in North Hollywood on January 26, 1998 from pneumonia.
Partial filmography
- Gold Diggers (1935)
- Great Guy (1936)
- Top of the Town (1937)
- The Wrong Miss Wright (1937)
- He Stayed for Breakfast (1940)
- In the Sweet Pie and Pie (1941 short)
- Ball of Fire (1941)
- Voodoo Man (1944)
- G.I. Wanna Home (1946 short)