Peggy Ryan

She was continuing to teach tap-dance up to two days before her death from the effects of a stroke. Other movies Leelee has starred in include Jungle 2 Jungle (1997), Never Been Kissed (1999), Here on Earth (2000), My First Mister (2001), The Glass House (2001), Joy Ride (2001) and Max (2002). She was brought back to the small screen to play a minor role, as a secretary, in Hawaii Five-0. Leelee speaks fluent French and this has enabled her to land roles in L'Idole (2002) and the miniseries Les Liaisons dangereuses (2003), an adaptation of Pierre Choderlos de Laclos's classic novel of sexual intrigue. Her third wedding, in 1958, was to Hawaiian columnist Eddie Sherman, following which she left movies for choreography and semi-retirement. The title role in the TV movie Joan of Arc (1999) earned her a Golden Globe nomination and a second nomination followed her portrayal of Tosia Altman in the TV movie Uprising (2001). They toured together in a nightclub act before being divorced in 1957. She rose to fame in her mid-teens with her appearance in the movie Deep Impact (1998) and went on to play a modern Lolita in Stanley Kubrick's Eyes Wide Shut (Released in 1999, although Leelee was not even seventeen when her nymphet-like scenes were shot), which led to the forming of a firm friendship with the director.

She left Universal and was paired up with dancer Ray McDonald for 1949's Shamrock Hill and 1953's All Ashore, and married him in 1953. She claims to be a descendant of the family of King Jan Sobieski of Poland and collects locks of hair from her co stars. She married James Cross in 1945; they were divorced in 1952. Liliane Rudabet Gloria Elsveta Sobieski (born June 10, 1982), better known as Leelee (or LeeLee) Sobieski, is an American actress, born in New York City, New York to a French father and an American mother. Her first pairing with O'Connor was 1942's What's Cookin'?, and they appeared in films together throughout World War II. Her singing, acting, and dancing skills were noticed by George Murphy, who helped her get a role in 1937's Top of the Town.

Her parents were the Vaudeville team "The Merry Dancing Ryans," and Peggy joined them onstage before she was two years old. Peggy Ryan (born Margaret O'Rene Ryan on 28 August 1924 in Long Beach, California - 30 October 2004 in Las Vegas, Nevada) was an American dancer who starred in a series of movie musicals at Universal Studios tapping with Donald O'Connor. Hawaii Five-O - 1968 (television series). All Ashore - 1953.

Shamrock Hill - 1949. There's a Girl in My Heart - 1949. Men in Her Diary - 1945. On Stage Everybody - 1945.

That's the Spirit - 1945. Patrick the Great - 1945. Here Come the Co-eds - 1945. Bowery to Broadway - 1944.

Babes on Swing Street - 1944. The Merry Monahans - 1944. This Is the Life - 1944. Chip Off the Old Block - 1944.

Top Man - 1943. Mister Big - 1943. When Johnny Comes Marching Home - 1942. Get Hep to Love - 1942.

Give Out, Sisters - 1942. Private Buckaroo - 1942. Miss Annie Rooney - 1942. Girls' Town - 1942.

What's Cookin'? - 1942. Sailor's Lady - 1940. The Grapes of Wrath - 1940. She Married a Cop - 1939.

The Flying Irishman - 1939. Billy Rose's Casa Maņana Revue - 1938. Women Men Marry - 1937. Top of the Town - 1937.

The Wedding of Jack and Jill - 1930.