Hefty American character actress Lu Leonard began her movie and TV career around 1949. During the politically incorrect 1950s, Leonard was subject to all sorts of on-screen humiliations due to her size and harridan demeanor; she even suffered the ignominy of playing the wife of Larry Fine in the 1956 Three Stooges 2-reeler Husbands Beware. After years of virtual anonymity, she was bombarded with excellent reviews and positive audience response for her portrayal of a hatchet-faced admitting nurse in the 1985 Dudley Moore vehicle Micki and Maude. Lu Leonard subsequently enjoyed a burst of TV fame as William Conrad's wise-lipped secretary Gertrude in Jake and the Fatman (1987).
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Man of the Year
Actor |
1995 | |||
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Blank Check
Actor |
1994 | |||
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Made in America
Actor |
1993 | |||
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Kuffs
Actor |
1992 | |||
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A Climate for Killing
Actor |
1991 | |||
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Circuitry Man
Actor |
1990 | |||
| 1990 | ||||
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Shadowzone
Actor |
1990 | |||
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Without You I'm Nothing
Actor |
1990 | |||
| 1988 | ||||
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You Can't Hurry Love
Actor |
1988 | |||
| 1987 | ||||
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The Princess Academy
Actor |
1987 | |||
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Stand Alone
Actor |
1985 | |||
| 1984 | ||||
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Micki + Maude
Actor |
1984 | |||
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Night Court: The Nun
Actor |
1984 | |||
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Starman
Actor |
1984 | |||
| 1983 | ||||
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Annie
Actor |
1981 | |||
| 1980 | ||||
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The Littlest Angel
Actor |
1969 |
