Biography

Prolific (and ubiquitous) bit player Leoda Richards was born Leoda Carole Knapp, March 15, 1907 in Columbus, Ohio. The daughter of Carl and Celia Knapp, Richards trained as a dancer. Moreover, Leoda was in the original company of 3 Broadway musicals: "A Connecticut Yankee," "Strike Me Pink," and "Anything Goes." She took the name, 'Leoda Richards', after marrying Charles Richards in 1928. Leoda first began appearing in films in uncredited minor roles in the late 1940's. A quintessential 'little old lady type', Richards can be spotted in scores of films and TV shows as party guests, passengers on either airplanes or ocean liners, spectators at sporting events, or patrons in clubs, diners, casinos, or restaurants. On February 7, 1998, Leoda passed away in Laguna Niguel, California. She was survived by a daughter, Barbara.
- IMDb mini biography by: woodyanders grammar corrected by U.N. Owen

Silver gray hair.

Trained as a dancer and was in the original company of three Broadway musicals under the stage name Leoda Knapp (her real name). She appeared in "A Connecticut Yankee," "Strike Me Pink" and "Anything Goes" (as one of Reno Sweeney's Angels).

Married Charles Richards in 1928 and eventually took his name as her stage moniker. He died in 1950. They had one daughter, Barbara.

Played the saleslady in Witness for the Prosecution (1957), who, at the very beginning of the film, sells a hat to Emily Jane French (Norma Varden). French is later the victim whose apparent murderer is being prosecuted.

Daughter of Carl and Celia (Sauer) Knapp.