Biography
At first acting under her given name of Lorraine Gettman, blonde film actress Leslie Brooks began appearing in movie bit roles in 1941. When her Warner Bros. contract was sold to Columbia, Brooks started landing more sizeable parts in such programs as Nine Girls (1944) and Cover Girl (1944). She was also seen to good advantage in Columbia's series films (The Whistler, Crime Doctor, et al.). Leslie Brooks retired from films in 1949.
Known For
Complete Filmography
How's Your Love Life?
1971
as Dr. Maureen John
Jack Romanti runs a theater company that offers sexual therapy as well as a break in the movie business to insecure and inexperienced young new talent...
Hollow Triumph
1948
as Virginia Taylor
Pursued by the big-time gambler he robbed, John Muller assumes a new identity—with unfortunate results.
Blonde Ice
1948
as Claire Cummings Hanneman
A golddigging femme fatale leaves a trail of men behind her, rich and poor, alive and dead.
Romance on the High Seas
1948
as Miss Medwick
Georgia Garrett is sent by jealous wife Elvira Kent on an ocean cruise to masquerade as herself while she secretly stays home to catch her husband che...
The Cobra Strikes
1948
as Olga Kaminoff
A newspaper reporter investigates the near-fatal shooting of a medical scientist.
The Corpse Came C.O.D.
1947
as Peggy Holmes
Rival reporters (George Brent, Joan Blondell) investigate a Hollywood star (Adele Jergens) and the box she receives with a dead man inside.
Cigarette Girl
1947
as Ellen WIlcox
A young man and woman base their love on lies that eventually manage to come true.
The Secret of the Whistler
1946
as Kay Morrell
A deranged artist who may have murdered his wife is investigated by the Whistler.
It's Great to Be Young
1946
as Terry
Ricky Malone, Spud Winters and some other returning G.I.'s are trying to break into show business by the old summer resort. Terry, a runaway daughter ...
The Man Who Dared
1946
as Lorna Claibourne
A crusading reporter plans his own arrest and conviction for first degree murder, trying to show that the death sentence should be outlawed when based...
I Love a Bandleader
1945
as Ann Stuart
A painter suffering from amnesia convinces himself that he's a famous bandleader and finds romance with a pretty singer. Comedy with music.
Tonight and Every Night
1945
as Angela
An American girl falls for an RAF pilot while performing at a British music hall.
Cover Girl
1944
as Maurine Martin
A nightclub dancer makes it big in modeling, leaving her dancer boyfriend behind.
Nine Girls
1944
as Roberta Halloway
One of the members of a sorority is found murdered. Although the police are called in to investigate, some of the girls decide to do some sleuthing on...
Two Señoritas from Chicago
1943
as Lena Worth
The Two Senoritas from Chicago are Gloria and Maria. When their goofy pal Daisy Baker passes off a discarded Portuguese play manuscript as her own, pr...
City Without Men
1943
as Gwen
A young woman's husband has been imprisoned for a crime he didn't commit. In order to be near him to try to help him get his sentence overturned, she ...
Underground Agent
1942
as Ann Carter
In this espionage caper, a government spy must keep enemy agents from spying upon a defense plant. His work is made easier by his newest invention, a ...
You Were Never Lovelier
1942
as Cecy Acuña
An Argentine heiress thinks a penniless American dancer is her secret admirer.
Lucky Legs
1942
as Jewel Perkins
Chorus girl Gloria Carroll inherits one million dollars from Broadway playboy Herbert Dinwiddle. Producer Ned McLane persuades her to advance him the ...
Overland to Deadwood
1942
as Linda Banning
Cash Quinlan, owner of the Hauling Company, is the leader behind a gang of raiders who have been robbing stagecoaches between Mesquite and Deadwood. H...
The Talk of the Town
1942
as Secretary (uncredited)
Hilarity ensues when a falsely accused fugitive from justice hides at the house of his childhood friend, which she has recently rented to a high-princ...
The Playgirls
1942
as Sexette Membee
Female musicians perform a handful of tunes.
You're in the Army Now
1941
as Navy Blues Sextette Member
Incompetent door-to-door vacuum cleaner salesmen become enlisted without their knowledge.
The Man Who Came to Dinner
1941
as Hollywood Blonde (uncredited)
An acerbic critic wreaks havoc when a hip injury forces him to move in indefinitely with a Midwestern family.
Navy Blues
1941
as Navy Blues Sextet Member (as Loraine Gettman)
On a layover in Hawaii two conniving Navy seamen borrow money to lay down bets that their ship will win the upcoming gunnery practice trophy, having f...
Ziegfeld Girl
1941
as Ziegfeld Girl (uncredited)
Discovery by Flo Ziegfeld changes a girl's life but not necessarily for the better, as three beautiful women find out when they join the spectacle on ...