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Ethelreda Leopold

1914 – 1998

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Lived 1914 – 1998 (aged 83). Ethelreda Leopold was an American actor, television actor and film actor.

Ethelreda Leopold (July 2, 1914 – January 26, 1998) was an American film actress. She appeared credited 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,

Biography Leopold was from the city of Chicago and could play piano and draw. 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. As part of the tour, H. Allen Smith took her vital measurements and wrote about her tour.

Filmography Year Title Role Notes Broadway–Show 1934 Chorus Girl uncredited A Lost Day 1934 Blond Dancer uncredited And She Learned About Dames 1934 Student short film, uncredited Devil Dogs of the Air 1935 Adjutant's niece uncredited Gold Diggers of 1935 1935 Chorus Girl uncredited Hot Paprika 1935 Dr. Van Buren’s Nurse short Film, uncredited Half Shot Shooters 1936 Woman in Crowd short film, uncredited The Peppery Salt 1936 Blonde With Sailors short film, uncredited The Champ’s a Chump 1936 Student short film, uncredited A Pain in the Pullman 1936 Show Girl short film, uncredited My Man Godfrey 1936 Socialite uncredited Stage Struck 1936 Chorus Girl uncredited Am I Having Fun! 1936 Second Socialite short film, uncredited Gold Diggers of 1937 1936 Chorus girl uncredited Great Guy 1936 Burton's Girlfriend uncredited Ready, Willing and Able 1937 Blonde in Balcony at Show’s Opening uncredited Top of the Town 1937 Chorus Girl uncredited Stuck in the Sticks 1937 Woman Watching Apple Bobbing short film Marked Woman 1937 Dancing Club Patron uncredited Back to the Woods 1937 Hope uncredited Kid Galahad 1937 Party Guest uncredited From Bad to Worse 1937 Woman on Train short film, uncredited The Great Gambini 1937 Undetermined Role uncredited Goofs and Saddles 1937 Saloon Girl short film, uncredited Double or Nothing 1937 Nightclub Patron uncredited Varsity Show 1937 Chorus Girl uncredited Hollywood Hotel 1937 Chorus Girl uncredited Midnight Intruder 1938 Woman Waiting for Ship uncredited Wee Wee Monsieur 1938 Harem Girl short film, uncredited Over the Wall 1938 Scanlon's New Blonde Girlfriend uncredited Out Where the Stars Begin 1938 Lover in Production Number short film, uncredited Gold Diggers in Paris 1938 Blonde Golddigger uncredited The Rage of Paris 1938 Nightclub Patron uncredited Sweethearts 1938 Chorus Girl uncredited Trade Winds 1938 Ethel uncredited Race Suicide 1938 as Ethel Leopold You Can't Cheat an Honest Man 1939 Blonde at Party uncredited I'll Tell the World 1939 Secretary short film Society Lawyer 1939 Blonde in Outer Law Office uncredited A Star Is Shorn 1939 Hazel Hackenschmitt short film Rose of Washington Square 1939 Blonde Well-Wisher at Cast Party uncredited Trouble Finds Andy Clyde 1939 short film The Wizard of Oz 1939 Emerald City Manicurist uncredited Mad Youth 1939 Blonde Secretary uncredited Calling All Curs 1939 Nurse short film, uncredited Dancing Co-Ed 1939 Flapjack Waitress uncredited Beware Spooks! 1939 Pretty Girl uncredited Andy Clyde Gets Spring Chicken 1939 Extreme Blonde at Pool short film A Chump at Oxford 1939 Bank Manager's Secretary uncredited I Take This Woman 1940 Club Patron uncredited Alice in Movieland 1940 Blonde Patron in Carlo’s uncredited The Big Premiere 1940 Irma Acacia short film Nutty But Nice 1940 Waitress short film, uncredited Andy Hardy Meets Debutante 1940 Sirocco Club Dining Extra uncredited What's Your 'I.Q.'?': Number Two 1940 The Average Blonde short film, uncredited He Stayed for Breakfast 1940 Secretary short film, uncredited City for Conquest 1940 Irene – Dressing Room Blonde uncredited Spring Parade 1940 Townswoman uncredited Angels Over Broadway 1940 Cigarette Girl uncredited The Great Dictator 1940 Blonde Secretary uncredited No, No, Nanette 1940 uncredited Misbehaving Husbands 1940 Annette (model) uncredited Souls in Pawn 1940 The Hitch-hiker Six Lessons from Madame La Zonga 1941 Ship Passenger uncredited The Monster and the Girl 1941 Party Girl uncredited All the World's a Stooge 1941 Party Guest short film, uncredited Too Many Blondes 1941 Secretary uncredited Kiss the Boys Goodbye 1941 uncredited Wide Open Town 1941 Saloon Girl uncredited In the Sweet Pie and Pie 1941 Baska Jones short film Niagara Falls 1941 Hotel Guest uncredited Hellzapoppin 1941 Blonde Woman at Skeet Range uncredited Born to Sing 1942 Audience member uncredited Ball of Fire 1942 Audience member uncredited Black Dragons 1942 Girl at Party uncredited A Gentleman After Dark 1942 Blonde at Train Station uncredited Saboteur 1942 Party Guest uncredited About Face 1942 Platinum Blonde in Parking Lot short film, uncredited My Favorite Spy 1942 Hotel Guest uncredited Olaf Laughs Last 1942 Girl in Restaurant short film Matri-Phony 1942 Miss Syracuse short film, uncredited Beautiful Clothes (Make Beautiful Girls) 1942 Model short film, uncredited The Falcon Strikes Back 1943 Hotel Guest uncredited Crazy House 1943 Blonde Woman Watching Radio Talent Show short film, uncredited Gildersleeve on Broadway 1943 Night Club Patron uncredited Never a Dull Moment 1943 Night Club patron uncredited Where Are Your Children? 1943 Girl Fighting Opal uncredited The Spider Woman 1943 Casino Patron uncredited Pistol Packin' Mama 1943 Casino Patron uncredited Voodoo Man 1943 Kidnapped Girl uncredited Trocadero 1944 Nightclub Patron uncredited Show Business 1944 Blonde in Kelly’s Cafe uncredited A Night of Adventure 1944 Nightclub Patron uncredited In Society 1944 Winthrop Party Guest uncredited Moonlight and Cactus 1944 Girl uncredited Bluebeard 1944 Laughing Courtroom Spectator uncredited Hollywood Canteen 1944 Hostess uncredited I'll Remember April 1945 Singer at radio station uncredited Earl Carroll Vanities 1945 Chorine uncredited Three’s a Crowd 1945 Dancer uncredited Crime Doctor's Warning 1945 Model uncredited George White's Scandals 1945 Showgirl uncredited Cornered 1945 Party Guest uncredited Deadline at Dawn 1945 Blonde Dancer uncredited Little Giant 1946 Information Receptionist uncredited A Night in Casablanca 1946 Restaurant Patron uncredited G.I. Wanna Home 1946 Jessie short Film Blue Skies 1946 Nightclub Patron uncredited Humoresque 1946 Party Guest uncredited Calendar Girl 1947 Rosie O'Grady uncredited The Sin of Harold Diddlebock 1947 Blonde uncredited A Likely Story 1947 Artist uncredited That's My Man 1947 Party Guest uncredited Lured 1947 Blonde Nightclub Singer uncredited Heaven Only Knows 1947 Saloon Girl uncredited Words and Music 1948 'On Your Toes’ Backstage Well-Wisher uncredited All About Eve 1950 Sarah Siddons Awards Guest uncredited Hit Parade of 1951 1950 Woman at dice table uncredited The Abbott and Costello Show 1953 Blonde Housewife TV series, uncredited Hazel 1963 Fundraiser Guest TV series, uncredited The Killers 1964 Club Patron uncredited The Disorderly Orderly 1964 Patient uncredited Bonanza 1964–1965 Party Guest / Show Spectator TV series, uncredited Two on a Guillotine 1965 Theatre Audience Member uncredited Marriage on the Rocks 1965 Club Patron uncredited Harum Scarum 1964 Premier Guest uncredited Batman 1966 Observer Outside Club TV series, uncredited The Oscar 1966 Club Patron uncredited Way... Way Out 1966 Mrs. Soblova uncredited The Man from U.N.C.L.E. 1966 Campaign Worker TV series, uncredited The Monkees 1966 Customer TV series, uncredited Fitzwilly 1966 Wedding Guest TV series, uncredited Hillbillys in a Haunted House 1967 Audience Member uncredited That Girl 1967–1968 Party Guest / Restaurant Patron TV series, uncredited Bewitched 1967–1969 Restaurant Patron / Country Club Guest TV series, uncredited The Andy Griffith Show 1968 Restaurant Patron TV series, uncredited Funny Girl 1968 Audience Member uncredited Family Affair 1968 Guest TV series, uncredited I Love You, Alice B. Toklas! 1968 Mourner uncredited Hellfighters 1968 Restaurant Patron uncredited It Takes a Thief 1968 Guest / Party Guest TV series, uncredited Myra Breckinridge 1970 Bridge Party Guest uncredited McCloud 1970 Party Guest TV series, uncredited The Bold Ones: The Senator 1970 Party Guest TV series, uncredited The Mephisto Waltz 1971 Party Guest uncredited Gunsmoke 1971 Townswoman TV series, uncredited The Partridge Family 1971–1974 Speech Spectator / Audience Member / Townswoman TV series, uncredited Columbo 1971–1974 Exhibit Patron / Party Guest / Theatre Patron TV series, uncredited Gidget Gets Married 1972 Office Worker uncredited Mary Tyler Moore 1972 Woman TV series Banacek 1973 Restaurant Patron TV series, uncredited The Magician 1974 Benefit Guest TV series, uncredited McMillan & Wife 1974 Club Patron TV series, uncredited The Snoop Sisters 1974 Film Festival Attendee TV series, uncredited Rhoda 1974 Passenger TV series, uncredited Young Frankenstein 1974 Theatre Goer uncredited Charlie's Angels 1977–1978 Interview Spectator / Auction Guest / Society Member TV series, uncredited The Rockford Files 1979 Party Guest TV series, uncredited The Waltons 1981 Party Guest TV series, uncredited The Star Chamber 1983 Party Guest uncredited Dynasty 1981–1986 Juror / Party Guest TV series, uncredited The A Team 1983 Helen, Old Woman in Cab TV series, uncredited Hart to Hart 1983 Bidder #1 TV series, uncredited Murder, She Wrote 1984–1989 Party Guest TV series, uncredited Life with Lucy 1986 Wedding Guest TV series, uncredited Married... with Children 1989 Restaurant Patron TV series, uncredited

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actress (1914-1998)

When was Ethelreda Leopold born?

Ethelreda Leopold was born on 2 July 1914 in Chicago.

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Ethelreda Leopold died on 26 January 1998 in Los Angeles.

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Ethelreda Leopold was an actor, television actor and film actor.

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Ethelreda Leopold was American.

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