Queenie Leonard

Queenie Leonard
Leonard in And Then There Were None (1945)
Born
Pearl Walker

(1905-02-18)18 February 1905
Died17 January 2002(2002-01-17) (aged 96)
Resting placeWestwood Memorial Park
OccupationActress
Years active1921–1968
Spouses
(m. 1936; div. 1947)
    (m. 1958; div. 1963)

    Queenie Leonard (born Pearl Walker; 18 February 1905 – 17 January 2002) was a British actress. She was the last surviving cast member of And Then There Were None (1945) until her death in 2002.

    Biography

    She was born as Pearl Walker in Manchester, Lancashire, England in 1905 and began performing on stage with her father when she was 14 years old.[1] She debuted on film in 1931. She had already amassed 20 years of stage and screen experience when, in 1941, she made the first of more than 30 Hollywood films. She also appeared in cabaret in Britain and in the United States, starred in a one-woman show, acted in television sitcoms, and provided voices for Disney animated films. She retired in 1968. Her last appearance was in 20th Century Fox's Star!.

    Leonard was married to film designer Lawrence P. Williams from 1936 to 1947,[2] and to actor Tom Conway[3] from 1958 to 1963. Both unions were childless and ended in divorce.

    Leonard was legally blind for part of her life.[1]

    On 17 January 2002, Leonard died of natural causes at her apartment in West Los Angeles, at age 96. She is buried in the Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery in Los Angeles in the burial plot called the "Garden of Roses".

    Complete filmography

    Year Title Roles Notes
    1931 Who Killed Doc Robin? Amy Anderson Short
    1934 Romance in Rhythm Skye Gunderson
    1936 Skylarks Maggie Hicks
    1937 Moonlight Sonata Margit
    The Show Goes On Lilith Henderson
    Limelight Queenie
    Dick Whittington and His Cat Dick Whittington TV movie
    Millions Lilian
    1938 Have You Brought Your Music? Mishina TV movie
    They're Off! Diana Turriot
    On the Spot Minn Lee
    Kate Plus Ten Ellen Pamplemousse
    King of the Congo Ruth TV movie
    Pest Pilot Lady April
    1939 More Fun and Games! Tuesday X
    1941 Ladies in Retirement Sister Agatha
    Confirm or Deny Daisy, Consolidated Press Switchboard Operator
    1942 This Above All Violet Worthing
    Eagle Squadron Bridget – Lancashire blonde
    1943 Forever and a Day Maid as Oueenie Leonard
    Thumbs Up Janie Brooke
    1944 The Lodger Daisy – the Maid
    The Uninvited Mrs. Taylor Uncredited
    Our Hearts Were Young and Gay Maid
    1945 Tonight and Every Night Cockney Woman
    Molly and Me Lily
    And Then There Were None Mrs. Rogers
    My Name Is Julia Ross Alice Uncredited
    1946 Cluny Brown Weller
    The Locket Woman Singer
    1947 Life With Father Maggie
    The Lone Wolf in London Lily
    1948 The Black Arrow Serving Woman Uncredited
    Homecoming Nurse
    Hills of Home Mrs. MacFadyen
    1949 My Own True Love Minor Role
    The Secret of St. Ives Maid
    1950 A Life of Her Own Hotel Matron
    1951 Lorna Doone Gweeny
    Kind Lady Bit Role
    Alice in Wonderland A Bird in a Tree/Snooty Flower Voice
    Thunder on the Hill Mrs. Smithson
    Thunder in the East Miss Huggins Uncredited
    1952 The Narrow Margin Mrs. Troll
    Les Misérables Valjean's Maid Uncredited
    Million Dollar Mermaid Mrs. Graves, John's Mother
    1953 Latin Lovers Rufina Scenes cut
    1954 Ring of Fear Tillie / Fortune-Teller Uncredited
    1955 The King's Thief Apothecary's Wife
    1956 Gaby Canteen Worker Uncredited
    23 Paces to Baker Street Miss Elsie Schuyler
    D-Day the Sixth of June Corporal on Train
    1960 All the Fine Young Cannibals Nurse
    1961 One Hundred and One Dalmatians Princess Voice
    1962 The Notorious Landlady Woman Uncredited
    Hatari! Nurse Scenes cut
    1963 The Prize Miss Fawley Uncredited
    1964 What a Way to Go! Lady Kensington
    Mary Poppins Depositor
    My Fair Lady Cockney Bystander
    1967 Doctor Dolittle Courtroom Spectator
    1968 Star! Grand Dam

    References

    1. ^ a b Oliver, Myrna (29 January 2002). "Queenie Leonard, 96; Cabaret Singer Appeared in Films". The Los Angeles Times. p. 9. Retrieved 13 October 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
    2. ^ Surowiec, Catherine A. "Williams, Lawrence Paul [Bill]". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/63301. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
    3. ^ "Tom Conway Dies; Actor, 63, Starred As Falcon in Films". The New York Times. Associated Press. 25 April 1967. p. 4. ProQuest 117685184. Retrieved 13 October 2020.