- Born
- Died
- Birth nameBarbara Anderson
- Height1.59 m
- Barbara Leonard was born on January 9, 1908 in San Francisco, California, USA. She was an actress, known for L'affront (1930), Une heure près de toi (1932) and L'homme des Folies Bergère (1935). She was married to Armando Fleury de Barros and Jean Leonard. She died on July 2, 1971 in Orange, California, USA.
- SpousesArmando Fleury de Barros(1917 - ?) (1 child)
- In 1935 she was beaten and robbed in her Hollywood home by two men posing as door-to-door salesmen. The next week papers across the country began to run a picture of the angry actress toting a revolver and daring the thugs to return.
- An police evidence photo of Barbara Leonard, with the words "Last Warning" written on her back, adorns the cover of the book "Beverly Hills Confidential: A Century of Stars, Scandals and Murders" by Barbara Schroeder and Clark Fogg. An article in the book details the origin of the photograph.
- Was raised in France and Switzerland, and was reportedly fluent in five languages (English, French, German, Spanish and Italian).
- Said her big break came when she did an act with Maurice Chevalier in "Paramount on Parade" (1930).
- In the 1930 US Federal Census her husband's occupation was recorded as "musician, music school".
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