Lila Leeds
Actor
Born January 28, 1928 in Dodge City, Kansas, USA
Lila Leeds (born Lila Lee Wilkinson, January 28, 1928 – September 15, 1999) was an American film actress. She signed with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and began appearing in small roles in the Red Skelton film The Show-Off (1946); Lady in the Lake (1947), based on a Raymond Chandler story; and in the Lana Turner vehicle Green Dolphin Street. She had a small part in So You Want to Be a Detective, which was part of the Joe McDoakes series of comedy shorts, the film being a reworking of the subjective camera style used in Lady in the Lake, in which Leeds had previously appeared. Leeds was producer Harold Hecht's top choice to star in Kiss the Blood Off My Hands, the first film by Hecht and co-star Burt Lancaster's production company Norma Productions. Leeds was ultimately replaced by Joan Fontaine, who was already under contract with the movie's financer and distributor Universal-International Pictures.
Filmography
The House Across the Street
Billie Martin (uncredited)
Wild Weed
Anne Lester
Moonrise
Julie
So You Want to Be a Detective
Veronica Vacuum (uncredited)
April Showers
Society Girl (uncredited)
So You Want to Be a Gambler
Blonde at Dice Table (uncredited)
Always Together
Blonde (uncredited)
Green Dolphin Street
Eurasian Girl (uncredited)
Lady in the Lake
Receptionist
The Show-Off
Flo