Actor
Leah Baird
June 19, 1883 · Chicago, Illinois, USA
Leah Baird (June 20, 1883 – October 3, 1971) was an American actress of the silent screen, and a screenwriter. She began her film career in 1910 in Jean and the Waif opposite Jean, the Vitagraph Dog. She played several leads in William F. Brady's troupe, opposite Douglas Fairbanks. In the late 1910s she played in 15 episodes of the serial Wolves of Kultur. Baird wrote and produced film during the 1920s.
Baird later became a screenwriter and contributed to a number of Clara Bow features. She was married to producer Arthur F. Beck.
Notable work
Often works with
Moroni Olsen
4 titles together
Mildred Pierce, Air Force, One Foot in Heaven
John Garfield
4 titles together
Humoresque, Air Force, Thank Your Lucky Stars
Jack Carson
3 titles together
Mildred Pierce, Thank Your Lucky Stars, The Male Animal
Bette Davis
3 titles together
The Man Who Came to Dinner, Watch on the Rhine, Thank Your Lucky Stars
Charles Drake
3 titles together
The Man Who Came to Dinner, Air Force, Winning Your Wings
John Ridgely
3 titles together
The Man Who Came to Dinner, Air Force, Dangerously They Live
Full filmography · 71
The Hard Man
as Townswoman (uncredited)
1957
Around the World in 80 Days
as Extra (uncredited)
19566.7
Riding Shotgun
as Townswoman (uncredited)
19546
It Should Happen to You
as Audience Member (uncredited)
19547.1
Gasoline Alley
as Pedestrian (uncredited)
1951
The Man Who Cheated Himself
cast
19506.2
Humoresque
as Professor (uncredited)
19477
The Verdict
as French Charwoman (uncredited)
19466.5
Shadow of a Woman
as Mrs. Calvin, Genevieve's Mother
1946
Mildred Pierce
as Police Matron (uncredited)
19457.6
Make Your Own Bed
as John's Wife
1944
Thank Your Lucky Stars
as Bus Passenger (uncredited)
19436.2