1. Leigh Snowden was an American actress in motion pictures and television.
12 Facts About Leigh Snowden
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When she was 16, Estes married her classmate, James Leigh Snowden, and moved with him to San Francisco, California, when he joined the military.
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Leigh Snowden got her big break into show business on a Jack Benny Christmas show that was televised from the San Diego Naval Base.
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When Leigh Snowden walked across the stage in front of an audience of 10,000 sailors, the sailors cheered and whistled so enthusiastically that 11 Hollywood studios contacted her the next day.
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Leigh Snowden chose Universal Pictures because of the training provided by its film school; she began voice and acting classes with Mara Corday, Pat Crowley, Clint Eastwood, James Garner, and John Saxon.
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Leigh Snowden appeared in the films All That Heaven Allows, The Square Jungle, The Creature Walks Among Us, Outside the Law, I've Lived Before, and Hot Rod Rumble in addition to television appearances.
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Contino's family, who were Catholic, originally objected to the marriage because Leigh Snowden was divorced, but they relented and attended the civil ceremony in a Beverly Hills hotel.
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Leigh Snowden left acting after her marriage and the birth of their first child.
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Leigh Snowden sometimes appeared with him as a singer, in his nightclub acts.
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In 1971, Leigh Snowden appeared in the role of Maggie in the Fresno Community Theater production of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof by Tennessee Williams.
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Leigh Snowden professed a love of the stage, though she claimed to be nervous about having to appear in her slip during most of the play's second act.
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Leigh Snowden died of cancer, aged 52, on May 16,1982 in North Hollywood, California.