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Virginia Leith (October 15, 1925 – November 4, 2019) was an American film and television actress.

Virginia Leith
Leith in The Brain That Wouldn't Die (1962)
Born	(1925-10-15)October 15, 1925 Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
Died	November 4, 2019(2019-11-04) (aged 94) Palm Springs, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1953–1962; 1977–1981
Spouse	Don Harron ​ ​ (m. 1960; div. 1968)​

Career

Leith starred in a few films, with her most productive period coming in the 1950s. Her debut was also the first film directed by Stanley Kubrick, a self-financed art house film, Fear and Desire (1953).[1] She signed a contract with 20th Century-Fox in 1954 and had leading roles in films such as Violent Saturday (1955), Toward the Unknown, On the Threshold of Space, and opposite Robert Wagner and Joanne Woodward in the crime drama A Kiss Before Dying (all 1956). Her most recognizable role may have been that of a decapitated woman whose head is kept alive in The Brain That Wouldn't Die (1962, shot 1959).

She left acting after her 1960 marriage to actor Donald Harron. Following her divorce from Harron, in the 1970s Leith resumed her career and appeared mainly in television shows, including Starsky and Hutch, Barnaby Jones, and Baretta. She left the screen again in the early 1980s.[2]

Personal life

She was involved with actor Jeffrey Hunter during his divorce in 1955. She dated actor Marlon Brando in 1956.[3][4]

Leith died on November 4, 2019 at the age of 94.[5] Upon her death, her body was donated to medical science at the UCLA Medical School.^{[citation needed]}

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1953	Fear and Desire	Young Girl
	Here Come the Girls	Chorus Girl	Uncredited
1954	Black Widow	Claire Amberly
1955	White Feather	Ann Magruder
	Violent Saturday	Linda Sherman
1956	On the Threshold of Space	Pat Lange
	A Kiss Before Dying	Ellen Kingship
	Toward the Unknown	Connie Mitchell
	The 20th Century-Fox Hour	Irene Bennett	Episode: "The Last Patriarch"
1958	Sing, Boy, Sing	Stewardess	Uncredited
	Jane Wyman Presents the Fireside Theatre	Barbara	Episode: "The Bravado Touch"
	The Millionaire	Lil Harrigan	Episode: "The Frank Harrigan Story"
1959	Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond	Sally Conroy	Episode: "The Bride Possessed"
1961	Great Ghost Tales		Episode: "August Heat"
1962	The Brain That Wouldn't Die	Jan Compton
1977	Baretta	Sally Locker	Episode: "Guns and Brothers"
	Starsky & Hutch	Margaret Blaine	Episode: "Death in a Different Place"
	First Love	Mrs. March	Uncredited

References

External links

• Virginia Leith at IMDb

На других языках

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[de] Virginia Leith

Virginia Leith (* 15. Oktober 1925 in Cleveland, Ohio; † 4. November 2019 in Palm Springs, Kalifornien) war eine US-amerikanische Schauspielerin. Bekanntheit erlangte sie durch ihre Hauptrolle in dem Horrorfilm Der Kopf, der nicht sterben durfte.

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- [en] Virginia Leith

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[ru] Лейт, Вирджиния

Вирджиния Лейт (англ. Virginia Leith; 15 октября 1925 — 4 ноября 2019[2]) — американская актриса.

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