Marjorie Leet

Marjorie Leet
Leet in 1925, photographed by Alfred Cheney Johnston
Born(1904-05-13)May 13, 1904
Iowa, U.S.
DiedJanuary 4, 1994(1994-01-04) (aged 89)
Deerfield Beach, Florida, U.S.
Years active1923–1954

Marjorie Leet (May 13, 1904 – January 4, 1994) was an American actress, Ziegfeld girl and revue dancer.

Biography

Leet on the cover of Midweek-Pictorial, 1924.

Leet was born in Iowa, her father William A. Leet was a landowner who owned the William A. Leet and Frederick Hassler Farmstead District, however the costs of the construction of the building led him to loose his wealth, leading him and his wife to divorce, and to loose the building to his farm manager Frederick H. Hassler. They would relocate and live in Minneapolis until 1922 when she left for New York to join the Morgan Dancers upon the invitation of Marion Morgan.

She was invited by Florenz Ziegfeld to appear in the Ziegfeld Follies of 1923, continuing on with various productions and events during the 1920s. She starred in the musicals No Foolin' in June 1926 at the Globe Theatre, Criss Cross in 1926 and appearing alongside John Wayne in The Big Trail in 1930. She would appear on General Motors Theatre in 1952 and On Camera in 1954, later she would move to Deerfield Beach, Florida, and die in 1994.

References

  1. ↑ Minneapolis Morning Tribune, January 13, 1922
  2. ↑ Midweek Pictorial 1924-11-13: Vol 20 Iss 12. Internet Archive. 1924-11-13.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  3. 1 2 Norton, Richard C. (2002). A chronology of American musical theater. Internet Archive. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-508888-5.
  4. ↑ The Billboard 1924-11-01: Vol 36 Iss 44. Internet Archive. Prometheus Global Media. 1924-11-01.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  5. ↑ Musical Courier 1926-12-30: Vol 93 Iss 27. Internet Archive. Summy-Birchard Publishing Company. 1926-12-30.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  6. ↑ Higham, Charles (1972). Ziegfeld. Internet Archive. Chicago, Regnery.
  7. ↑ The best plays of 1926-27 ; and the year book of the drama in America. Internet Archive. New York : Dodd, Mead and Co. 1927.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  8. ↑ Photoplay 1930-11: Vol 38 Iss 6. Internet Archive. MacFadden Publishing Inc. 1930-11-01.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  9. ↑ Hubbard-Ullman Publishing Corporation (1931). Broadway and Hollywood "Movies" (Feb - Dec 1931). Media History Digital Library. Hubbard-Ullman Publishing Corporation.