Leigh Rose(1936-2017)

I was born in Pidgeon Roost Holler, West Virginia. My father was a coal miner who went blind from the carbide in the mine-lamps and was sent to Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland by the John L. Lewis Mine Worker's Union for surgery. My family then moved to New Castle, Delaware and my mother got work as a parachute maker for the World War II , war effort. I was a homemaker for 33 years, I was married to a psychiatrist/lawyer who died in an airplane crash in 1992. I was a stay-at-home-mom and raised three daughters. In 1994 I decided to pursue my lifelong hidden desire to be an actor. I do a lot of commercials, TV, feature films, and stage plays. I'm happy to say my income is in the 6 figure range. I do volunteer work in my spare time.