Leon Marks Lion[2] (12 March 1879 – 28 March 1947) was an English stage and film actor, playwright, theatrical director and producer.[3][4][5] He starred in Joseph Jefferson Farjeon's 1925 hit play Number 17 as well as its subsequent 1932 film adaptation by Alfred Hitchcock.
Leon M. Lion | |
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 Photo by Howard Coster | |
| Born | Leon Marks Lion 12 March 1879 |
| Died | 28 March 1947 (aged 68) |
| Occupation(s) | Actor Playwright Stage director Theatrical producer |
| Spouse |
Kathleen Crighton Symington
(m. 1907; div. 1925) |
Selected filmography
edit- The Woman Who Was Nothing (1915)
- Hard Times (1915)
- The Chinese Puzzle (1919)
- Chin Chin Chinaman (1932)
- Number Seventeen (1932)
- The Chinese Puzzle (1932)
- The Amazing Quest of Ernest Bliss (1936)
- Strange Boarders (1938)
- Crackerjack (1938)
References
edit- ^ "Probate, Divorce, And Admiralty Division - Decree against a Theatre Manager - Lion vs. Lion". The Times. No. 43925. 1 April 1925. p. 5.
- ^ "Lion, Leon Marks - RBSCP". www.lib.rochester.edu.
- ^ "Leon M. Lion". Archived from the original on 23 October 2012. Retrieved 24 May 2011.
- ^ League, The Broadway. "Leon M. Lion – Broadway Cast & Staff - IBDB". www.ibdb.com.
- ^ "Leon M Lion - Theatricalia". theatricalia.com.
External links
edit- Leon M. Lion Papers at the Harry Ransom Center
- Leon M. Lion at IMDb
- Leon M. Lion at the Internet Broadway Database
- Plays by Leon M. Lion on Great War Theatre
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