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| Queenie Leonard | |
| Credits | |
| Role | Mary Wheeler |
| Biographical Information | |
| Birth Name | Pearl Walker |
| Birthdate | February 18, 1905 |
| Birthplace | London, England, United Kingdom |
| Death Date | January 17, 2002 (age 96) |
| Death Place | West Los Angeles, California, United States |
Queenie Leonard portrayed Mary Wheeler in the third season episode, "Oedipus Hex" (1966).
Biography[]
Queenie Leonard was an English-American actress. She was born Pearl Walker on February 18, 1905 in London, England.
The daughter of cabaret actor John Leonard Walker, she began performing on stage as a singer and actress alongside her father at the age of 14. She quickly became popular in London musical productions. During the 1930s, she also worked in radio, as well as the newly established television, and began appearing in minor roles in British films, notably in Lothar Mendes' 1937 Moonlight Sonata. At the outbreak of World War II in 1939, she moved to Hollywood with her husband.
In Hollywood, she played minor, often uncredited roles, mainly as a maid, a singer, or a naive young woman, in more than forty films, including Charles Vidor's 1941 Ladies in Retirement, Archie Mayo's 1941 Confirm or Deny, Anatole Litvak's 1942 This Above All, René Clair's 1945 And Then There Were None (alongside Richard Haydn), Michael Curtiz's 1947 Life with Father, Douglas Sirk's 1951 Thunder on the Hill (alongside Norma Varden), Richard Fleischer's 1952 The Narrow Margin, and Robert Z. Leonard's 1955 The King's Thief. She lent her voice to Disney cartoons and was the voice of Princess in the classic 1961 animated film One Hundred and One Dalmatians.
From the late 1940s onwards, she also appeared in numerous television series, including The Life of Riley, The Loretta Young Show, Schlitz Playhouse, Shower of Stars, The 20th Century-Fox Hour, The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin, Our Man Higgins, Hazel, and I Dream of Jeannie.
Queenie Leonard married art director Lawrence P. Williams on December 10, 1936. They divorced on October 24, 1945. She married actor Tom Conway on February 11, 1958. They divorced on February 11, 1963.
Although legally blind for much of her later years, she maintained her independence until the end of her life.
Queenie Leonard died of natural causes on January 17, 2002, at her apartment in West Los Angeles, California. She was 96.
Sources[]
- Queenie Leonard on the Internet Movie Database. Retrieved on February 2, 2025. Updated on June 10, 2025.
- Queenie Leonard on Wikipedia. Retrieved on June 10, 2025.
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