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Lu Leonard is a Actor American born on 5 june 1926 at Long Beach (USA)
Lu Leonard (June 5, 1926 – May 14, 2004), the daughter of character actor Hal Price, was an American actress. She made over 45 film and television appearances between 1956 and 1995. Due to her rotund figure, Leonard was often cast as a love interest who often intimidated her husband or boyfriend.
Leonard's first major appearance was as the wife of Three Stooges member Larry Fine in the film Husbands Beware.
Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, Leonard made television appearances on such shows as Laverne & Shirley, Mork & Mindy and Married... with Children. Her most memorable was in a recurring role as William Conrad's wise-cracking secretary in Jake and the Fatman. She had small but memorable roles in Starman and Micki + Maude. Also during this time she became a regional celebrity in the Los Angeles Theatre circuit for her outrageous portrayal as a lesbian head matron in the play Women Behind Bars.
Health problems (including diabetes) eventually set in and she left Hollywood in the mid-1990s, living primarily in Oregon. Lu eventually decided to move into the Motion Picture Country Home in Woodland Hills, California, where she spent her remaining years. She died of a heart attack on May 14, 2004 at age 77, and a bench in the Roddy McDowall garden at the Motion Picture Home has been dedicated in her memory.
She has also done voices in the Hanna-Barbera version of the animated TV series Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventures.
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Lu Leonard
Birth name May Lou Price
Nationality USA
Birth 5 june 1926 at Long Beach (USA)
Death 14 may 2004 (at 77 years) at Woodland Hills (USA)
Nationality USA
Birth 5 june 1926 at Long Beach (USA)
Death 14 may 2004 (at 77 years) at Woodland Hills (USA)
Leonard's first major appearance was as the wife of Three Stooges member Larry Fine in the film Husbands Beware.
Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, Leonard made television appearances on such shows as Laverne & Shirley, Mork & Mindy and Married... with Children. Her most memorable was in a recurring role as William Conrad's wise-cracking secretary in Jake and the Fatman. She had small but memorable roles in Starman and Micki + Maude. Also during this time she became a regional celebrity in the Los Angeles Theatre circuit for her outrageous portrayal as a lesbian head matron in the play Women Behind Bars.
Health problems (including diabetes) eventually set in and she left Hollywood in the mid-1990s, living primarily in Oregon. Lu eventually decided to move into the Motion Picture Country Home in Woodland Hills, California, where she spent her remaining years. She died of a heart attack on May 14, 2004 at age 77, and a bench in the Roddy McDowall garden at the Motion Picture Home has been dedicated in her memory.
She has also done voices in the Hanna-Barbera version of the animated TV series Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventures.
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Man of the Year (1995)
, 1h26Directed by Dirk Shafer
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, HIV/AIDS in film, LGBT-related film
Actors Dirk Shafer, Bill Brochtrup, Mary Stein, Beth Broderick, Michael Marisi Ornstein, Lu Leonard
Roles Dee Dee
Rating59%
Blank Check (1994)
, 1h34Directed by Rupert Wainwright
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about children, Children's films
Actors Brian Bonsall, Karen Duffy, Miguel Ferrer, James Rebhorn, Tone Loc, Jayne Atkinson
Rating53%
The story begins when convicted bank robber Carl Quigley (Miguel Ferrer) escapes from prison. Soon after his prison break, Quigley enters a warehouse and recovers $1,000,000 he had hidden there sometime before his arrest (although it is unclear exactly how he illegally obtained the money). The film then cuts to 12-year-old Preston Waters (Brian Bonsall), whose father (James Rebhorn) works as an investor for a living and is very frugal with money—so much so that when he is given a blank check from his grandmother for his birthday, his dad fills it out for only $11.00. Plus, when invited to a friend's birthday party at an amusement park, he only has enough tokens to go on the kiddie rides.
Made in America (1993)
, 1h51Directed by Richard Benjamin
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romance
Actors Whoopi Goldberg, Ted Danson, Nia Long, Will Smith, Jennifer Tilly, Paul Rodriguez
Roles Sperm Bank Nurse
Rating51%
Zora Matthews (Long), whose mother Sarah (Goldberg) conceived her with the aid of an anonymous sperm donor, discovers her father is a white man named Hal Jackson (Danson). This comes as a major shock to Sarah, who had explicitly requested a black donor. On top of that, Jackson is a loud, self-promoting car salesman, which clashes with Sarah's intellectualism. The film revolves around Zora and her mother's rocky relationship with Jackson. Jackson eventually comes to have feelings for his supposed daughter and her mother.
Kuffs (1992)
, 1h40Directed by Bruce A. Evans
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action, Adventure, Crime
Actors Christian Slater, Milla Jovovich, Bruce Boxleitner, Tony Goldwyn, Ashley Judd, Troy Evans
Roles Harriet
Rating58%
George Kuffs (Slater) is an irresponsible 21-year-old high school dropout from San Francisco who walks out on his pregnant girlfriend Maya Carlton (Jovovich). Having lost his last job and with no prospects he visits his brother Brad (Bruce Boxleitner), who serves as an officer in the San Francisco Patrol Special Police, a civilian auxiliary police unit that sees potential officers assign themselves specific areas and work on a for-hire basis. Brad is not willing to loan George any money, though, and suggests George join him as a Patrol Special and work under him. Before George can decide whether to accept the offer, a man named Kane (Leon Rippy) shoots Brad in a church. George runs into the church to try to help Brad as Kane nonchalantly walks away from the scene, and Brad is rushed to the hospital for emergency surgery.
A Climate for Killing (1991)
Genres Drama
Actors John Beck, Katharine Ross, Steven Bauer, Mia Sara, Lu Leonard, Tony Frank
Roles Winnie
Rating51%
Shadowzone (1990)
, 1h28Directed by Joseph S. Cardone
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Horror
Actors Louise Fletcher, David Beecroft, James Hong, Miguel A. Nunez, Jr., Lu Leonard
Roles Mrs. Cutter
Rating50%
During a secret subterranean scientific experiment, studying effects of artificially created excessive daytime sleepiness, the portal to a parallel universe was discovered. There is no escaping Shadowzone. While there, even your thoughts can betray you. That's a lesson learned too late by NASA hyper-sleep researchers. Through the dimension comes an alien invader that disturbs the experiment, taking the shape of each person's most morbid fear.
Without You I'm Nothing (1990)
Genres Comedy
Themes Films based on plays
Actors John Doe, Sandra Bernhard, Ken Foree, Steve Antin, Lu Leonard, Kevin Dorsey
Roles Sandra's Manager
Rating63%
Circuitry Man (1990)
, 1h33Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Action, Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction
Themes Films about computing, Post-apocalyptic films, Films about religion, Films set in the future, Political films, Cyberpunk films, Dystopian films, Anticipation, Disaster films
Actors Jim Metzler, Dana Wheeler-Nicholson, Lu Leonard, Vernon Wells, Barbara Alyn Woods, Dennis Christopher
Roles Juice
Rating47%
In a post-apocalyptic future the natural world has died from pollution and the population is forced to live underground. A woman attempts to smuggle a suitcase of contraband drug/chips from Los Angeles to the underground remnants of New York City, while eluding both police and gangsters. Along the way, she is aided by a romantic bio-mechanical android and pursued by Plughead, a villain with the ability to tap into people's minds.
You Can't Hurry Love (1988)
, 1h32Directed by Richard Martini
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors David Leisure, Scott McGinnis, Anthony Geary, Bridget Fonda, Frank Bonner, Lu Leonard
Roles Miss Frigget
Rating47%
The Princess Academy (1987)
, 1h30Origin France
Genres Comedy
Actors Lar Park-Lincoln, Lu Leonard, Eva Gabor, Richard Paul, Carole Davis, Éric Viellard
Roles Fräulein Stinkenschmidt
Rating34%
Cindy Cathcart (Lar Park-Lincoln) is a student out of place at an exclusive Swiss finishing school, Von Pupsin Academy. A poor orphan, Cindy is attending on a scholarship, and is resented by her snobby peers as well as Fraulein Stinkenschmidt (Lu Leonard). She soon finds allies: her British roommate, an outgoing Texan, Lulu Belle (Britt Helfer), an Italian Mafiosi's daughter, Isabella (Barbara Rousek), and most crucial, the school's headmistress, Countess Von Pupsin (Eva Gabor).
Starman (1984)
, 1h55Directed by John Carpenter
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Fantastic, Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Romance
Themes Films about extraterrestrial life, Films about extraterrestrial life
Actors Jeff Bridges, Karen Allen, Charles Martin Smith, Richard Jaeckel, Ted White, Dirk Blocker
Roles Roadhouse Waitress
Rating69%
Launched in 1977, the Voyager 2 space probe carried a gold phonographic disk with a message of peace, inviting alien civilizations to visit Earth. The probe is intercepted by an alien ship which then sends a small scout vessel to establish first contact with Earth. However, instead of greeting the alien craft, the US government shoots it down. Crashing in Chequamegon Bay, Wisconsin, the lone alien occupant, looking like a floating ball of glowing energy, finds the home of recently widowed Jenny Hayden (Karen Allen). While there, the alien uses a lock of hair from her deceased husband, Scott, to clone a new body for himself as a terrified Jenny watches. The alien "Starman" (Jeff Bridges) has seven small silver spheres with him which provide energy to perform miraculous feats. He uses the first to send a message to his people stating that Earth is hostile and his spacecraft has been destroyed. He arranges to rendezvous with them in three days time. He then uses the second sphere to create a holographic map of the United States, coercing Jenny into taking him to the rendezvous point in Arizona.
, 1h34Directed by Sam Firstenberg
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical
Themes Dance films, Films about music and musicians, Hip hop films, Musical films
Actors Lucinda Dickey, Shabba Doo, Michael Chambers, Ice-T, John LaMotta, Lu Leonard
Roles Head Nurse
Rating51%
Breakin' 2 features three characters from Breakin' – Kelly (Lucinda Dickey), Ozone (Adolfo Quinones), and Turbo (Michael Chambers) – who struggle to stop the demolition of a community recreation center by a developer who wants to build a shopping mall. Viktor Manoel, Ice-T, and Martika (who was little known then) also appear as dancers.
Micki + Maude (1984)
, 1h58Directed by Blake Edwards
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality
Actors Amy Irving, Ann Reinking, Dudley Moore, Richard Mulligan, George Gaynes, Wallace Shawn
Roles Nurse Mary Verbeck
Rating59%
Rob Salinger (Dudley Moore) is an overworked television reporter. He is happily married to Micki (Ann Reinking), a lawyer who is a candidate to become a judge. Rob wants a child badly, but Micki decides to postpone having children in order to better pursue her new career opportunity. On an assignment, Rob interviews a young musician, Maude Guillory (Amy Irving), and is smitten with her. They begin seeing one another and, when she becomes pregnant, Maude and her father, professional wrestler Barkhas Guillory (Hard Boiled Haggerty) begin to plan her wedding to Rob.
Annie (1982)
, 2h6Directed by John Huston
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Musical theatre, Musical
Themes Films about adoption, Films about children, Films about music and musicians, Théâtre, Musical films, Political films, Films based on plays, Films based on musicals, Children's films
Actors Albert Finney, Carol Burnett, Bernadette Peters, Ann Reinking, Tim Curry, Geoffrey Holder
Roles Mrs. Pugh
Rating65%
In 1933, during The Great Depression, a young orphan named Annie is living in the Hudson Street Orphanage in New York City. One night, Annie comforts one of the youngest orphans by singing to her (“Maybe”). The orphanage's cruel and alcoholic supervisor Agatha Hannigan hears the singing, and punishes the orphans by making them clean up the orphanage ("It's the Hard Knock Life"). Later while trying to flee in a laundry truck, Annie rescues a dog being tormented by a group of boys. She names him Sandy after convincing a dogcatcher that he is hers (“Dumb Dog”), and the pair is escorted back to the orphanage. Soon after, Miss Hannigan discovers Sandy and threatens to send him to the sausage factory (“Sandy”). However, Grace Farrell, a secretary to billionaire Oliver Warbucks, arrives, saying that he wants an orphan to stay at his mansion for a week to help his image. Despite Hannigan's objections, Grace picks Annie and allows Sandy to accompany her.
Husbands Beware (1956)
Directed by Jules White
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Buddy films
Actors Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Shemp Howard, Lu Leonard, Maxine Gates, Christine McIntyre
Roles Larry's Wife
Rating71%
Moe and Larry marry Shemp's overweight sisters (Lou Leonard and Maxine Gates), and discover to their horror after the vows that the girls are a couple of battle axes. After being kicked out from their place, the new bridegrooms vow revenge on Shemp for introducing them. Later, Shemp has a voice lesson with student, Fanny Dinkelmeyer since he is a music teacher. He then discovers that he has to marry a woman within seven hours to receive $500,000 from his dead Uncle's will.