Andrea Leeds (August 14, 1914 – May 21, 1984) was an American film actress. A popular supporting player of the late 1930s, Leeds was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Stage Door (1937). She was progressing to leading roles, when she retired from acting following her marriage in 1939, and was later a successful horse breeder.
Academy Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Movies
Earthbound, Swanee River, They Shall Have Music, The Real Glory, Letter of Introduction, The Goldwyn Follies, It Could Happen to You, Stage Door, Come and Get It, The Bohemian Girl, Magnificent Obsession
Star Sign
Leo
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Quote
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I didn't know I was reticent till I became a movie actress. I knew I was a little shy, a little reluctant to express my feelings. But that was just me - the way I was made.
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Fact
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Dead ringer for Olivia de Havilland.
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Gave birth to her 2nd child at age 27, a daughter Leann May Howard on March 7, 1942. Child's father was her husband, Robert S. Howard.
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Gave birth to her 1st child at age 26, a son Robert Stewart Howard on December 7, 1940. Child's father was her husband, Robert S. Howard.
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Following her self-imposed retirement from films in the late 30s, she signed, to the surprise of many, with Paramount Pictures in the mid-1940s but no work ever derived from it.
$700,000
