Leigh Snowden(1929-1982)

She met her husband-to-be Dick Contino at a party given by Tony Curtis to celebrate the first TV show performance of Rory Calhoun. Within three months, she and Contino got married. After a year, with the arrival of their first child, she chose to be a stay-at-home mom who cared mostly about her family. She hated housework but enjoyed cooking.

I knew I was no Katherine Cornell, so I just chose my studio like I'd choose a college. I figured I had lots to learn and U-I was the best teacher. -- LS, in a 1956 interview with James Bacon.