Leila Ernst Family, Real Name, Spouse, Profession, Eye Color, body stats, Feet Size, Wiki

Leila Ernst Family, Real Name, Spouse, Profession, Eye Color, body stats, Feet Size, Wiki

Leila Ernst (July 28, 1920 â€" May 26, 1970) was an American Broadway

actress. Her Broadway debut was in the 1939 production Too Many Girls.

She also had a role in the film Life with Henry.Ernst was born on July

28, 1920, in Jaffrey, New Hampshire. She had two younger brothers. She

attended school in Europe and according to her, "I'd probably been

better off in a school right here at home." Her family did not approve

of her becoming an actress, enrolling in a drama school, and joining

the Mercury Theater Group. Ernst did multiple jobs including nailing

scenery and delivering posters by driving the company's Ford Model

T.Her first role was in the 1939 Broadway production Too Many Girls,

directed by George Abbott. Ernst said that she tried to have an

audition for Abbott for months, but that Abbott had trouble arranging

it. Actor Eddie Bracken said that he would tell Abbott about her after

hearing her sing and he later sent a note to Ernst which stated that

Abbott did not want to see her, but for her to come anyway. With the

help of a stage carpenter who played the piano for her and

encouragement from Bracken to run out there, Ernst barged into a dance

audition that Abbott was holding to sing and dance for him. Abbott

gave Ernst the role and she signed a contract for $40 a week for Too

Many Girls.Two months after her role in Too Many Girls, Paramount

Pictures asked her to travel to Hollywood for a screen test for a role

in a then untitled film in the Henry Aldrich film series. The screen

test cost $1,200 and had a film crew of 24. It had no audio. Ernst and

Jackie Cooper were told by the director Theodore Reed to ad lib as if

there were no film crew surrounding them. She starred in the 1941 film

Life with Henry directed by Reed which was the second film in the

Henry Aldrich film series.
Leila Ernst Family, Real Name, Spouse, Profession, Eye Color, body stats, Feet Size, Wiki


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