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Leah Waggner Net Worth
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Leah Waggner net worth is $1.4 Million
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Leah Waggner was born Rosemarie Dawn Waggner in 1927 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania , USA. Her parents were Glenn S. Waggner, manager of Harris Dental, a dental supplies company, and Rose E. Waggner. Following graduation from St. Gertrude's High School Leah entered Longwood State Teachers College, in Farmville, Virginia, USA as a freshman in 1943 ...
Net Worth
$1.4 Million
Date Of Birth
1927
Place Of Birth
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Profession
Actress
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Fact
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In reflecting on once being fat, Leah reported in a Richmond newspaper that in the early 1950s she put on unwanted pounds while she and her husband were in England. Bill Schallert was on a fellowship, and to occupy her time Leah ate. Back in America, despite their tight budget, she became a compulsive eater. To return to her slim figure Leah developed a plan to lose three pounds a week. The plan had to be inexpensive and healthy. It consisted of three times a day eating a broiled hamburger, a glass of skim milk, an orange, and raw carrots.
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Among the many Virginians present at the 1951 Oscar Awards Ceremony were Leah Waggner and her husband, William Schallert. Leah was reported to be a contrasting beauty to Ava Gardner, also in attendance. It was that Leah was a screen newcomer with "flaxen charm" by Hollywood writer, Carol Leh. Leah wore an aqua brocade satin with a slip top and matching top. She wore her hair in a simple page-boy style, and had a black and silver stole with silver sandals. The writer noted that her husband, Bill Schallert, was the son of the Los Angeles Times drama editor, Edwin Schallert.
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After arriving in California in 1948, Leah studied for three years with Dennis Weaver's workshop for actors. Her first tutor was Mme. Maria Ouspenskaya.
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Erskine Johnson introduced Leah in his nationally syndicated column, "In Hollywood," in January 1951. He announced that she was about to make her screen debut in Paramount's "My Favorite Spy," a new comedy co-starring Bob Hope and Hedy LaMarr.
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In the late 1940s Rosemarie D. Wagner was a registered Democrat on the Burbank, California Voter Registration List for Los Angeles County, California, USA.
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William Schallert and Leah Waggner were both in the cast of the 1948 Circle Theater production of "Rain" in Hollywood, California, USA. Circle Theater used what was termed Unique Circle Players staging where the actors perform in mid-room with the audience seated in a semi-circle to create intimacy and realism. In "Rain" the audience was in a trader's house living room under a bamboo roof and rain effects. It was designed to simulate a dismal Pago Pago Island setting. The play, which opened on October 24, 1948, cast Mr. Schallert as the Rev. Alfred Davidson, a young pastor experiencing moral and spiritual conflicts with his wide, Sadie, played by June Havoc. Miss Waggner was cast as the wife of Dr. MacPhail. The Unique Circle Players were amateur actors and actresses.
