
Acting
Virginia Leith
Born — Died
1925-10-15 — 2019-11-04
Place of birth
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Known for
Acting
Credits
14 titles
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 19…
Known for
5.7Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond is an American anthology series that dramatized purportedly real-life supernatural and paranormal experiences. The series was hosted by John Newland and ran for three seasons on ABC from January 1959 to July 1961.
One Step Beyond
1959
5.4After their airplane crashes behind enemy lines, four soldiers must survive and try to find a way back to their battalion. However, when they come across a local peasant girl the horrors of war quickly become apparent.
Fear and Desire
1953
6.7Three men case a small town very carefully, with plans to rob the bank on the upcoming Saturday, which turns violent and deadly.
Violent Saturday
1955
4.7Dr. Bill Cortner and his fiancée, Jan Compton, are driving to his lab when they get into a horrible car accident. Compton is decapitated. But Cortner is not fazed by this seemingly insurmountable hurdle. His expertise is in transplants, and he is excited to perform the first head transplant. Keeping Compton's head alive in his lab, Cortner plans the groundbreaking yet unorthodox surgery. First, however, he needs a body.
The Brain That Wouldn't Die
1962
6.8The story of the peace mission from the US cavalry to the Cheyenne Indians in Wyoming during the 1870s. The mission is threatened when a civilian surveyor befriends the chief's son and falls for the chief's daughter.
White Feather
1955
6.4When a young stage hopeful is found dead, suspicion falls on her mentor, a successful Broadway producer.
Black Widow
1954
Film credits
2020s · 1 titles
2010s · 1 titles
1970s · 2 titles
1950s · 7 titles
5.4After their airplane crashes behind enemy lines, four soldiers must survive and try to find a way back to their battalion. However, when they come across a local peasant girl the horrors of war quickly become apparent.
Fear and Desire
1953
6.7Three men case a small town very carefully, with plans to rob the bank on the upcoming Saturday, which turns violent and deadly.
Violent Saturday
1955
6.8The story of the peace mission from the US cavalry to the Cheyenne Indians in Wyoming during the 1870s. The mission is threatened when a civilian surveyor befriends the chief's son and falls for the chief's daughter.
White Feather
1955
6.4When a young stage hopeful is found dead, suspicion falls on her mentor, a successful Broadway producer.
Black Widow
1954
6.3A college student tries to get rich quick by wooing two wealthy sisters.
A Kiss Before Dying
1956
6.0In the early stages of the space program, Capt. Jim Hollenbeck undergoes any experiment needed to ensure success in the new Air Force branch -- even though he's not required to be a subject in the tests. Always remaining a constant source of support, his wife, Pat, accepts his unwavering commitment to scientific progress. When Maj. Ward Thomas becomes the new head of the program, Hollenbeck must convince him of the necessity of taking the extra steps.
On the Threshold of Space
1956
5.9Tortured into a false confession while a POW in Korea, Major Lincoln Bond returns to active service as a test pilot. Determined to clear his name, Bond battles a hard-nosed base commander, prejudiced officers and his own insecurities.
Toward the Unknown
1956
Series credits
5.7Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond is an American anthology series that dramatized purportedly real-life supernatural and paranormal experiences. The series was hosted by John Newland and ran for three seasons on ABC from January 1959 to July 1961.
One Step Beyond
1959
4.2An impending hurricane threatens to destroy the Silver Sands Condominium in Fiddler Key, Florida.
Condominium
1980




