Margot Leonard

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Margot Leonard-Quick (* 2. October 1927 as Margot Löbel in Chemnitz ) is a German actress . For decades she was one of the most sought-after voice actors , among others as the German standard voice of Marilyn Monroe and Brigitte Bardot .

Life

Margot Leonard received her first film role in 1949 in Man Don't Play With Love . She was a busy actress in film and early television productions during the 1950s . She also played theater in Berlin. From the 1950s onwards, Leonard was extensively involved in dubbing, which is why her appearances in film and television became increasingly rare. She is likely to be known to a wider audience through her role as Elfriede Zerfass in the ARD series Moselbrück .

For decades Leonard was one of the busiest voice actors and was the standard German voice of many international stars. She was cast as the congenial spokeswoman for Marilyn Monroe for a decade - between 1952 and 1961 - and preferred the actress in classics such as blondes , Some like it hot , The darn 7th year, or How do you get a millionaire? . Between 1955 and 1971 Leonard dubbed the French actress Brigitte Bardot in 15 films , including in With the Arms of a Woman , And Always The Woman Lures and Viva Maria! . Between 1949 and 1966 Leonard voiced Janet Leigh in eleven films , including Scaramouche, the gallant Marquis and Psycho . She also spoke regularly to Kim Novak , for example in My Bride is Psychic or The Man with the Golden Arm .

She also lent her voice to numerous well-known colleagues such as Katharine Hepburn in Leopards You Don't Kiss , Judy Garland in The Wizard of Oz , Grace Kelly in Noon , Gina Lollobrigida in The Beauties of the Night , Vera Miles in The Black Hawk , Julie Harris in Beyond Eden , Glynis Johns in The Jester , Mylène Demongeot in the Fantomas films, Natalie Wood in … Because They Don't Know What They're Doing, and Carroll Baker in Far Land and Cheyenne . Diana Rigg spoke in the James Bond film On Her Majesty's Secret Service and in the television series With Umbrella, Charm and Melon . In another television series, she spoke to Ros Drinkwater in the role of Steve Temple in Paul Temple . In addition, she was known from many radio play productions, such as in 1967 from the last Paul Temple multi-part as Steve Temple, namely in Paul Temple and the case of Alex by Francis Durbridge . Her partners included Paul Klinger as Paul Temple as well as Ernst Hilbich , Kurt Lieck and Gerd Baltus .

She has retired from working life since the early 1990s and lives in Tuscany. Margot Leonard's older sister was the actress Bruni Löbel , her brother-in-law was the actor and voice actor Holger Hagen .

Film and television (selection)

As an actress

As a voice actress

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Nils Daniel Peiler: I look at pearls . In: Filmdienst . No. 20 , 2012.
personal data
SURNAME Leonard, Margot
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Leonard-Schnell, Margot (full name); Löbel, Margot (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German actress and voice actress
DATE OF BIRTH October 2, 1927
PLACE OF BIRTH Chemnitz