About Mrs. Leslie (1954)
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Shirley Booth followed up her Oscar-winning performance in Come Back Little Sheba with the high-gloss soap opera About Mrs. Leslie. Based on a novel by Vina Delmar, the film casts Booth as a philosophical boarding house keeper who recalls her life and loves in a long, long flashback. Born on the wrong side of the tracks, Vivien (Booth) escapes her surroundings by becoming a cabaret singer. She meets and falls in love with handsome, secretive George Leslie (Robert Ryan), then becomes his mistress, assuming his last name in the interests of propriety. Upon Leslie's death, Vivien discovers that her lover was actually a fabulously wealthy industrialist. Her experiences are placed in context with the present-day travails of her boarders, notably young sweethearts Nadine (Marjie Millar) and Ian (Alex Nicol). ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- Shirley Booth - Mrs. Vivien Leslie
- Marjie Millar - Nadine Roland
- Sammy White - Harry Willey
- Eilene Janssen - Pixie Croffman
- Henry Morgan - Fred Blue
- Virginia Brissac - Mrs. Poole
- Ellen Corby - Mrs. Croffman
- Joan Shawlee - Girl at nightclub
- Mabel Albertson - Mrs. Sims
- Edith Evanson - Mrs. Fine
- Ann McCrea - Girl at nightclub
- Maide Norman - Camilla
- Percy Helton - Mr. Hackley
- Amanda Blake - Gilly
- Pierre Watkin - Lewis
- Robert Ryan - George Leslie
- Alex Nicol - Lan McKay
- James Bell - Mr. Poole
- Philip Ober - Mort Finley
- Gale Page - Marion King
- Ian Wolfe - Mr. Pope
- Ray Teal - Barney
- Jerry Paris
- Nana Bryant - Mrs. McKay
- Isaac Jones - Jim
- Ric Roman - Ric
- Jack Larson
- Laura Elliot - Felice
- Benny Rubin - TV Director
- Director(s):
- Daniel Mann
- Writer(s):
- Hal Kanter, Ketti Frings
- Producer(s):
- Hal B. Wallis
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