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Actress Virginia Leith, known for her roles in movies likeOn the Threshold of SpaceandToward the Unknown, has died. She was 94.
A spokesperson for Leith’s family, Jane Chalmers, toldVarietythat the actress died at her Palm Springs, California, home on Nov. 4. According toVariety, her death came “after a brief illness.”
Born Cora Virginia Leith on Oct. 15, 1925, in Cleveland, Leith spent her early working years as a waitress at a drive-in and a hat check attendant, accordingto her IMDb biography.
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Robert Wagner (L) and Virginia Leith inA Kiss Before Dying(1956).United Artists/Kobal/Shutterstock
Virginia Leith in 1956.20th Century Fox Film Corp./courtesy Everett
Leith went on to land lead roles in films likeOn the Threshold of Space,Toward the Unknown,Violent SaturdayandA Kiss Before Dying. In the latter, she appeared alongsideJoanne WoodwardandRobert Wagner. She also starred with Wagner in the 1955 westernWhite Feather.
Virginia Leith inThe Brain That Wouldn’t Die(1962).
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Leith appeared onscreen four more times over the next two decades: on television inBarettaandStarsky and Hutch, and in the moviesFirst LoveandCurtains. She retired from acting after the latter film, which was released in 1983.
Although she was, at different points, romantically linked to Hollywood bigwig actors likeMarlon Brando,James DeanandFrank Sinatra, according toTHR, the actress was married just once, toHee Hawactor Don Harron, from 1960 to 1968.
The couple had no children, but Leith was stepmother to Harron’s daughters Martha and Mary Harron. Mary is known for her writing and directing work on American Psycho.
source: people.com
