Leonora Corbett

Leonora Corbett was an English actress, noted for her charm and elegance in stage roles, and for a number of films made in the 1930s.

Corbett was born in London, the daughter of Richard Ashwin Corbett, and was educated at Oxford High School. On leaving school she studied dress designing for two years, but decided that she would prefer the stage. She made her debut in a small part at the Everyman Theatre, Hampstead in 1927, and spent a season with the Festival Theatre Company at Cambridge. In 193031 she was a member of the repertory company of the Everyman, where she played a dozen roles ranging from the classics to recent works by A. A. Milne and Nol Coward. Her West End debut was in November 1931 in Lady in Waiting by Harry Graham and Jacques Natanson. The Times praised the gaiety and charm of her performance. The film producer Michael Balcon recruited her in 1932 for GaumontBritish, and she appeared in her first film, Love on Wheels, the same year. The critic in the The Times was unimpressed by her screen performance In the dbut of Miss Leonora Corbett as a leading lady of the film there is more of promise than ach

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