American actress. She came to Hollywood from Detroit, Michigan. After her husband passed in 1922, she went into extra work as a way of supporting their three children.
She was also known as Gertrude Leslie, under which she was listed in the Motion Picture Almanacs for 1931 and 1932 as well as a widely-circulated 1936 newspaper article (although other, similar articles from the same year refer to her as Geraldine). Her Almanac bios read:
"LESLIE, GERTRUDE: b. Detroit, Mich.; e. in Detroit and at Sacred Heart Convent in Calgary, Alberta, Can.; h. 5 feet 4 inches; w. 114 pounds; blond hair, brown eyes. Went to Los Angeles in 1921. First picture work was with Mary Miles Minter. Since that time has been under contract to MGM, Warner Bros. and First National."
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