Lenore Aubert

Lenore Aubert (born Eleanore Maria Leisner,[1] April 18, 1913[note 1][1] – July 31, 1993) was a model and Hollywood actress best known for her movie roles as exotic, mysterious women.

Lenore Aubert
Born	Eleanore Maria Leisner (1913-04-18)April 18, 1913 Celje, Slovenia
Died	July 31, 1993(1993-07-31) (aged 80) Great Neck, Long Island, New York, U.S.
Years active	1938-1952
Known for	Dr. Sandra Mornay
Notable work	Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)
Spouse(s)	Julius Altman ​ ( m. 1938; div. 1956) Milton Greene ​ ( m. 1959; div. 1974)

Early years

Aubert was born in what is now Celje, Slovenia, but at the time was part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. She grew up in Vienna.

Career

In New York, she found work as a model and was eventually offered a stage role as Lorraine Sheldon in The Man Who Came to Dinner[2] at the La Jolla Playhouse in San Diego. She began her U.S. film career in the early 1940s, taking the French-sounding screen name Lenore Aubert.

She was professionally pursued by Louis B. Mayer, to be put under a seven year contract to Metro Goldwyn-Mayer, however Samuel Goldwyn, with whom she was already under contract, refused to sell her contract to M.G.M.

Her European accent limited her choice of roles, and she played such parts as a Nazi spy and a French war bride. She was most fond of her role in the 1947 film I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now, playing glamorous entertainer Fritzi Barrington.[3] Her best-known role was as Dr. Sandra Mornay, a beautiful but sinister scientist, in the 1948 horror-comedy Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein.

Later years

Aubert's film career was basically over by the end of the 1940s. She and her husband then moved back to New York City, starting a garment business. A few years later, the couple divorced. She went back to Europe, only to return to the United States in 1959.

She did volunteer work for the United Nations Activities and Housing Section and the Museum of Natural History. In 1983, she suffered a stroke, which eventually impaired her memory.

Much of Aubert's life after her film career is known from a personal interview in August 1987 by Jim McPherson (1938-2002) of the Toronto Sun. He was editor of the Sun's TV listings magazine from its launch in 1973 until his retirement in 1994.[4][5]

Personal life

Aubert was married to Julius Altman, who was Jewish, and the couple fled Austria after the Anschluss to escape Nazi persecution. They moved to the United States after spending time in Paris.[1]

She returned to the United States as the wife of millionaire Milton Greene. They divorced in 1974.

Death

Auberrt died in 1993.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1938	Bluebeard's Eighth Wife	Party Guest	Uncredited
1943	They Got Me Covered	Mrs. Vanescu
1944	Passport to Destiny	Grete Neumann
1944	Action in Arabia	Mounirah al-Rashid
1945	Having Wonderful Crime	Gilda Mayfair
1946	The Catman of Paris	Marie Audet
1946	The Wife of Monte Cristo	Countess of Monte Cristo Haydée
1947	The Other Love	Yvonne Dupré
1947	I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now	Fritzi Barrington
1947	The Prairie	Ellen Wade
1948	The Return of the Whistler	Alice Dupres Barkley
1948	Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein	Sandra Mornay
1949	Barbary Pirate	Zoltah
1949	Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff	Angela Gordon
1949	The Silver Theatre		Episode: "The Farewell Supper"
1949	Suspense		Episode: "The Thin Edge of Violence"
1950	Actor's Studio		2 episodes
1950	Famous Jury Trials		Episode: "The People vs. William Tait"
1951	Falschmunzer am Werk	Madame Winter
1952	Une fille sur la route	Princesse Véra	(final film role)

Notes

1. The book Women in Horror Films, 1940s says that Aubert was born "on April 18, 1913 (although 1918 was given in publicity)."

References

1. Mank, Gregory William (2005). Women in Horror Films, 1940s. McFarland. pp. 367–378. ISBN 9781476609553. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
2. Johnson, Erskine (October 14, 1943). "Hollywood Doings". Kingsport Times. Tennessee, Kingsport. Newspaper Enterprise Association. p. 4. Retrieved August 1, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
3. "Lenore Aubert". Issuu.
4. Cappello, Bill (February 15, 2008). "Bill's Blog: Lenore Aubert".
5. Family, Toronto Sun (October 3, 2007). "The Departed 1".

External links

• Lenore Aubert on IMDb
• Lenore Aubert at Find a Grave