Leslie Banning (born Mary Louise Welch; November 15, 1930 – July 22, 2014) was an American film actress. She was sometimes credited as Leslye Banning. Banning attended Glendale High School. Banning signed a contract with

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in 1949. She played the female lead in the Western film ''Cactus Caravan'' (1951). On May 1, 1949, Banning married Wallace Russell, brother of actress

Jane Russell Ernestine Jane Geraldine Russell (June 21, 1921 – February 28, 2011) was an American actress, singer, and model. She was one of Hollywood's leading sex symbols in the 1940s and 1950s. She starred in more than 20 films. Russell moved from th ...

. In 1974, her married name was Mary Lou Rogers; she was married to a teacher in Simi Valley, California. Banning died in

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on July 22, 2014, at the age of 83.

Selected filmography

* ''

Renegades of the Sage ''Renegades of the Sage'' is a 1949 American Western film directed by Ray Nazarro and written by Earle Snell. The film stars Charles Starrett, Smiley Burnette, Leslie Banning, Trevor Bardette, Douglas Fowley and Jock Mahoney. The film was rele ...

'' (1949) * '' Dangerous Inheritance'' (1950) * ''

A Woman of Distinction ''A Woman of Distinction'' is a 1950 American romantic comedy film directed by Edward Buzzell and starring Rosalind Russell and Ray Milland. Plot Susan Manning Middlecott is dean of a New England school called Benton College and it is her whole ...

'' (1950) * ''

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'' (1950) * '' Hurricane at Pilgrim Hill'' (1950) * '' His Kind of Woman'' (1951) * ''

Black Hills Ambush ''Black Hills Ambush'' is a 1952 American Western film directed by Harry Keller and starring Allan Lane, Leslie Banning and Eddy Waller.Drew, p. 18. Plot Cast * Allan Lane as Rocky Lane * Black Jack as Black Jack * Eddy Waller as Nugget C ...

'' (1952) * '' Stagecoach to Fury'' (1956)

References

Bibliography

* Bernard A. Drew. ''Motion Picture Series and Sequels: A Reference Guide''. Routledge, 2013.

External links

* 1930 births 2014 deaths 20th-century American actresses 21st-century American women American film actresses People from Los Angeles {{US-film-actor-1930s-stub