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Andrea Leeds (August 14 1914 – May 21 1984) was an Oscar-nominated American film actress.
<p>Born Antoinette Lees in Butte, Montana, she began her film career in 1934 playing bit parts and using her given name. As Andrea Leeds she played her first substantial role in the 1936 film Come and Get It and achieved another success with her next film It Could Happen to You (1937).
<p>She received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her next role, as an unsuccessful, aspiring actress in Stage Door (1937). As part of a cast of highly regarded actresses including Katharine Hepburn, Ginger Rogers, Lucille Ball and Eve Arden, Leeds was singled out by many critics and received widespread acclaim. After her film success in Stage Door, Leeds read for the role of Melanie in Gone with the Wind, but didn't get the role, which eventually went to Olivia de Havilland.
<p>Her wholesome quality led to her being cast in The Goldwyn Follies (1938) playing "Miss Humanity" - a woman...
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