QUEENIE LEONARD ENGLISH ACTRESS BORN 1905 FEBRUARY 18 - 2002 JANUARY 17

 

QUEENIE LEONARD ENGLISH ACTRESS BORN

 1905 FEBRUARY 18 - 2002 JANUARY 17

Queenie Leonard (born Pearl Walker, 18 February 1905 – 17 January 2002) was an English character actress and singer. She was the last surviving cast member of And Then There Were None (1945).[

Early life and career

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 1966. Her last appearance was in 20th Century Fox's Doctor Dolittle.

Personal life

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

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

Death

She died of natural causes on 17 January 2002, in West Los Angeles, one month before her 97th birthday. She is buried in the Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery in Los Angeles in the burial plot called the "Garden of Roses". She was the last surviving cast member of And Then There Were None (1945).[when?