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Leatrice Joy Gilbert(1924-2015)

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Leatrice Joy Gilbert
Leatrice Joy Gilbert was born on 6 September 1924 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She was an actress, known for Of Human Hearts (1938), Garbo (2005) and Why Be Good? Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema (2007). She was married to John Caldwell Fountain, Ernest Gebler, Henry Hart, George Arthur Hoover and Francis Michael Carney. She died on 20 January 2015 in Connecticut, USA.
BornSeptember 6, 1924
DiedJanuary 20, 2015(90)
BornSeptember 6, 1924
DiedJanuary 20, 2015(90)
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Known for

James Stewart and Ann Rutherford in Of Human Hearts (1938)
Of Human Hearts
6.8
  • Annie Hawks - as a Child
  • 1938
Greta Garbo in Garbo (2005)
Garbo
8.0
  • Self - Interviewee(as Leatrice Fountain)
  • 2005
Why Be Good? Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema (2007)
Why Be Good? Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
6.2
  • Self(as Leatrice Gilbert Fountain)
  • 2007
Eamonn Andrews in This Is Your Life (1955)
This Is Your Life
6.4
TV Series
  • Self

Credits

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Actress



  • Spencer Tracy, Van Johnson, and Phyllis Thaxter in Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944)
    Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
    7.2
    • Girl (uncredited)
    • 1944
  • Marlene Dietrich and Ronald Colman in Kismet (1944)
    Kismet
    6.0
    • Rallah - Water Bearer (uncredited)
    • 1944
  • Spencer Tracy and Irene Dunne in A Guy Named Joe (1943)
    A Guy Named Joe
    6.9
    • Woman in Chinese Restaurant (uncredited)
    • 1943
  • Hitler's Madman (1943)
    Hitler's Madman
    6.5
    • Katy Chotnick (uncredited)
    • 1943
  • Reunion in France (1942)
    Reunion in France
    6.3
    • Girl (uncredited)
    • 1942
  • Greer Garson and Ronald Colman in Random Harvest (1942)
    Random Harvest
    7.9
    • Minor Role (uncredited)
    • 1942
  • Lionel Barrymore, Donna Reed, Phil Brown, and Philip Dorn in Calling Dr. Gillespie (1942)
    Calling Dr. Gillespie
    6.2
    • Girl at School (uncredited)
    • 1942
  • Melvyn Douglas and Norma Shearer in We Were Dancing (1942)
    We Were Dancing
    6.1
    • Debutante (uncredited)
    • 1942
  • James Stewart and Ann Rutherford in Of Human Hearts (1938)
    Of Human Hearts
    6.8
    • Annie Hawks - as a Child
    • 1938

Personal details

  • Alternative names
    • Leatrice Gilbert Fountain
  • Born
    • September 6, 1924
    • Los Angeles, California, USA
  • Died
    • January 20, 2015
    • Connecticut, USA(after long illness)
  • Spouses
      John Caldwell FountainNovember 1952 - November 16, 1988 (his death, 3 children)
  • Children
      John Fountain
  • Parents
      John Gilbert
  • Relatives
    • John Pringle(Grandparent)
  • Other works
    Book (biography of her father), "Dark Star: The Untold Story of the Meteoric Rise and Fall of Legendary Silent Screen Star John Gilbert, " by Leatrice Gilbert Fountain. St. Martin's Press, 1985. ISBN 0312182759(Currently out-of-print.)

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    Daughter of John Gilbert and Leatrice Joy.

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