Connie Leon
Nacimiento : 1881-01-01, Cheshire, England, UK
Muerte : 1955-05-10
Historia
Connie Leon was an English-born actress in American films who throughout her career typically appeared in small uncredited parts.
Miss Jane, Merryman Resident
Raised by Natalie Brennan, a flamboyant and irresponsible mother, Ziggy Brennan gets involved in hustling men at a young age. She hangs around with a wild crowd and learns gets her "street smarts" first from her mother, who wants everyone to think they are sisters, and then from Denny Reagan, an older man. He starts teaching her his tricks of the trade and she falls right in line with his crooked ways. Then one night she meets Martin J. 'Mart' Neilson, a tall, handsome, honest farmer boy who's a sailor and they fall in love. While he's away fighting the war, she discovers she's pregnant.
Flower Woman
Según una antigua leyenda, si varios desconocidos piden a la vez un deseo al ídolo chino Kwan Yin, éste abre los ojos y los hace realidad. Crystal Shackleford decide averiguar qué hay de cierto en todo esto. Para ello, reúne en la calle a dos extraños con problemas diferentes y les propone pedir un deseo la noche en la que comienza el nuevo año chino.
Italian Woman
A finales de la Segunda Guerra Mundial (1939-1945), el comandante Joppolo es destinado con su unidad a una población italiana para que se encargue de tomar posiciones. A pesar de su misión, poco a poco terminará implicándose en la vida de ese pueblo siciliano.
Mrs. Clive (Uncredited)
After suffering a head injury during the Blitz, John Loder, a theatre actor comes to believe himself to be the Brighton Strangler, the murderer he was playing onstage.
Old Lady
Linda Wadsworth rebels against her millionaire grandfather, J. H. Wadsworth, and runs away from home. Unknown to Mr. Wadsworth, she gets a job at one of his many five-and-ten-cents stores as a clerk.
lady Purchaser of Cake (uncredited)
Tras dos años de reclusión, Stephen Neale abandona el sanatorio mental de Lembridge. Se encuentra entonces con un mundo distinto que nada tiene que ver con lo que él conocía. A su alrededor todo resulta inexplicable, sobre todo, el ser víctima de una persecución por parte de agentes del nazismo. Pero, cuando Stephen decide contarle a otras personas lo que le sucede, lo único que consigue es que piensen que está loco.
Mrs. Quimp's Neighbor (uncredited)
Historia de un simpático cura y su actividad a favor de su parroquia, así como las discrepancias con otro sacerdote mayor y más severo
Tama's Mother
Tras haber estudiado en los Estados Unidos, un ingeniero japonés vuelve a su país, poco antes de que estalle la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Cuando comienza la guerra, se alista en el ejército y su simpatía por el mundo occidental cambia por completo.
Wartime Londoner
In World War II, American Gates Trimble Pomfret is in London during the Blitz to sell the ancestral family house. The current tenant, Leslie Trimble, tries to dissuade him from selling by telling him the 140-year history of the place and the connections between the Trimble and Pomfret families.
Neighbor Calling the Police (uncredited)
Oliver conoce a Irena durante una visita al zoo, se enamoran y acaban contrayendo matrimonio. Durante el convite, una misteriosa mujer aparece y afirma ser pariente de Irena. Ella comienza desde entonces a comportarse de manera extraña. Por ello, Oliver solicita la ayuda del doctor Judd, un psiquiatra, mientras confía sus temores a Alice, una amiga. Los celos de Irena complicarán aún más la situación, poniendo en peligro la vida de Alice.
Simpson
Durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial, una familia inglesa, que vive en un pequeño pueblo, logra sobrevivir a los bombardeos alemanes. La madre se encuentra al frente de la casa esperando que su hijo y su marido regresen de la guerra.
Lib Smith (uncredited)
In December 1892, a silent mysterious and very private man, for whom a new house has just been built, arrives in the small town of Bridgewood to keep a promise.
Ma Sing
The film tells the story of Chinese guerrillas fighting for the Allied cause in Burma during Early in World War II, Chungking schoolteacher Lin Yang is recruited to help with the dangerous mission of protecting the Allied supply line from Burma into China. In spite of the danger involved, her determination to help is strengthened when one of her young students is killed in a Japanese air raid. Some time later, she is part of a group of Allied representatives departing from Lashio, on a bus traveling the Burma Road back to China. A bridge outage forces them to spend the night in a monastery along the way, and during the night they watch in horror as a supply convoy of trucks is bombed by Japanese planes. The timing and accuracy of the raid brings them to realize that either one of their group, or perhaps the priest in the monastery, is really an enemy agent
Mrs. Wykes (uncredited)
Tras varios años en Estados Unidos, el hijo de un noble inglés regresa a la mansión de su padre en Gales. Una noche que asiste a una feria zíngara es mordido por un lobo y su vida comienza a cambiar cuando teme ser el responsable de las muertes que se están produciendo en la localidad.
Suwa
A fallen woman seeks redemption at a Singapore rubber plantation. Melodrama.
Housewife
In this musical comedy, a motley band of musicians have only their extreme poverty in common. They end up writing a hit and getting a recording contract. The trouble is, the composer's works are never played without another band member doctoring them up to make them swingier. Fortunately, the composer isn't too averse to the changes as he has just won the heart of the beauty who sings his revamped songs. Songs include: "Where Did You Get That Girl?" (Harry Puck, Bert Kalmar, sung by Helen Parrish), "Sergeant Swing," "Rug-Cuttin' Romeo" (Milton Rosen, Everett Carter).
Lily Langtry's Maid (uncredited)
Texas, 1880, años agitados tras la Guerra Civil estadounidense. El famoso juez Roy Bean (Walter Brennan), caprichoso y de singular moralidad, cabecilla de los ganaderos, y autodenominado "la única ley al oeste de Pecos", acusa falsamente a un forastero llamado Cole Harden (Gary Cooper) de robar un caballo. Condenado a la horca tras el juicio, Cole Harden ideará un plan para librarse de la muerte: el juez siente una tremenda admiración por una famosa actriz a la que el sentenciado a muerte dice conocer.
Second Landlady
A self-made success is determined to give his son the lavish upbringing he himself was denied. Not surprisingly, the son grows up to be spoiled rotten, causing grief and pain to everyone who loves him.
Flower Woman
A London artist struggles to complete one last painting before going blind.
Mrs. Hart - Cockney Patient
A British doctor and his son's Austrian governess have an affair and are accused of killing his wife.
Bill's Housekeeper (uncredited)
Bill Burnett, a resident of Bali, visits New York City, meets and falls in love with Gail Allen, the successful manager of a Fifth Avenue shop, who is determined to remain free and independent. Bill proposes, Gail declines and Bill goes home to Bali. But a young girl, Rosie, and Tony the Window Cleaner, who dispels advice on every floor, soon have Gail thinking maybe she was a bit hasty with her no to Bill's proposal. Ere long she discovers that she does love Bill and can't live without him. She goes down to Bali to give him the good news. He learns that he is soon to marry Noel Van Ness. She goes back to New York City.
Nurse (uncredited)
El médico hindú Rama Safti, después de hacer unas prácticas en Estados Unidos, regresa a su país para curar a los pobres de Ranchipur. Allí conoce a Lady Edwina, una mujer infelizmente casada, que intenta paliar su soledad con efímeras aventuras. La vida de ambos cambiará cuando se produzca un gran terremoto.
Woman (uncredited)
After the woman who raised him claims he's not her son, Richard searches for clues about his identity. Urged on by his mentor, Capt. Randolph Courtney, Richard focuses on Julia Trent Anders, a middle-aged actress who just might be his real mother. But soon, Richard begins to fall for Julia's stepdaughter. Amidst the upheaval, Richard schemes to return Julia to the stage -- but he's in for another big surprise.
Yogami's Housekeeper Millie (uncredited)
Wilfred Glendon, doctor en botánica, emprende un viaje al Tíbet con el fin de localizar una extraña flor que crece únicamente en esa región bajo el influjo de la Luna. En el momento en que recoge un ejemplar, sufre el ataque de un hombre lobo que lo deja herido y con el estigma del licántropo. De regreso en Londres, recibe la visita del doctor Yogami, la persona que lo atacó. Éste le informa de que la flor que recogió es el único remedio para aletargar durante una noche el mal de luna
Flower Woman (Uncredited)
A young lady leaves her brutal husband and meets another man on board a ship.