Leigh Snowden (June , â€" May , ) was an American actress in motion
pictures and television.Snowden was born Martha Lee Estes in Memphis,
Tennessee, U.S. When her father died when she was three, Estes and her
mother moved to Covington, Tennessee. When she was , Estes married her
classmate, James Snowden, and moved with him to San Francisco,
California, when he joined the military. After the birth of two
children, a girl and boy, Leigh and James Snowden got an uncontested
divorce with Leigh gaining custody of the children.After her divorce,
Snowden moved to Los Angeles, California, and worked in modeling and
in small parts on television. She got her big break into show business
on a Jack Benny Christmas show that was televised from the San Diego
Naval Base. When Snowden walked across the stage in front of an
audience of , sailors, the sailors cheered and whistled so
enthusiastically that Hollywood studios contacted her the next day.
The event led to the newspaper headline "Sailors' Whistles Blow Blonde
into Film Studio". 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.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. Her last performance in movies was as Evie in The
Comancheros (). Her last TV roles came in episodes of This Is Alice ()
and Tightrope ().
pictures and television.Snowden was born Martha Lee Estes in Memphis,
Tennessee, U.S. When her father died when she was three, Estes and her
mother moved to Covington, Tennessee. When she was , Estes married her
classmate, James Snowden, and moved with him to San Francisco,
California, when he joined the military. After the birth of two
children, a girl and boy, Leigh and James Snowden got an uncontested
divorce with Leigh gaining custody of the children.After her divorce,
Snowden moved to Los Angeles, California, and worked in modeling and
in small parts on television. She got her big break into show business
on a Jack Benny Christmas show that was televised from the San Diego
Naval Base. When Snowden walked across the stage in front of an
audience of , sailors, the sailors cheered and whistled so
enthusiastically that Hollywood studios contacted her the next day.
The event led to the newspaper headline "Sailors' Whistles Blow Blonde
into Film Studio". 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.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. Her last performance in movies was as Evie in The
Comancheros (). Her last TV roles came in episodes of This Is Alice ()
and Tightrope ().
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