
Virginia Leith
- Date of Birth: 1925-10-15
- Date of Death: 2019-11-04
- Place of Birth: Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Virginia Leith (October 15, 1925 - November 4, 2019) was an American film and television actress. Leith starred in a few films, with her most productive peri... From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Virginia Leith (October 15, 1925 - November 4, 2019) was an American film and television actress. Leith starred in a few films, with her most productive period coming in the 1950s. Her debut in 1953 was also the first film directed by Stanley Kubrick, a self-financed art house film, Fear and Desire. She signed a contract with 20th Century-Fox in 1954 and had leading roles in films such as On the Threshold of Space, Toward the Unknown, Violent Saturday and opposite Robert Wagner and Joanne Woodward in the crime drama A Kiss Before Dying. She left show business following her 1960 marriage to actor Donald Harron. After her divorce from Harron, in the 1970s Leith resumed her career and appeared in a few films and on television shows, including Starsky and Hutch, Barnaby Jones, and Baretta. She left the screen again in the early 1980s. Her most recognizable role may have been that of a decapitated woman whose head is kept alive in The Brain That Wouldn't Die.

Violent Saturday
Drama, Crime • 1955 April

White Feather
Action, Western • 1955 February

Black Widow
Mystery, Drama • 1954 October

A Kiss Before Dying
Thriller, Drama, Crime • 1956 April

One Step Beyond
Mystery, Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy • 1959 January

Toward the Unknown
Drama, War • 1956 September

Fear and Desire
Drama, War, Thriller • 1953 March

The Brain That Wouldn't Die
Horror, Science Fiction • 1962 February

First Love
Drama, Romance • 1977 August

On the Threshold of Space
Drama • 1956 March