- Born
- Died
- Birth nameCora Virginia Leith
- Height5′ 7″ (1.70 m)
- Sultry, smoky-voiced brunette actress, a former model, who was put under contract by 20th Century-Fox in the early 1950s. She had a showy role and acquitted herself well in the thriller Violent Saturday (1955), but her career quickly lost momentum when Fox didn't renew her contract in 1956. She later achieved cult status as the disembodied fiancée in the cheapjack sci-fi film "classic" The Brain That Wouldn't Die (1962).
- IMDb mini biography by: frankfob2@yahoo.com
- SpouseDonald Harron(November 6, 1960 - 1968) (divorced)
- Arrested for felonious assault with a razor blade after a fight with her roommate on October 22, 1943. The attack required 40 stitches to repair the damage to her roommate's face. It appears the roommates had major disagreements over late-night reading.
- She dated Marlon Brando.
- Her debut film was "Fear and Desire" which was also the first film directed by Stanley Kubrick.
- She was involved with Jeffrey Hunter during the latter's divorce and while they were shooting "A Kiss Before Dying".
- Upon her death, her body was donated to medical science at the UCLA Medical School.
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