Lu Leonard
Biography: Hefty American character actress Lu Leonard began her movie and TV career around 1949. During the politically incorrect 1950s, Leonard was subject to all sorts of on-screen humiliations due to her size and harridan demeanor; she even suffered the ignominy of playing the wife of Larry Fine in the 1956 Three Stooges 2-reeler Husbands Beware. After years of virtual anonymity, she was bombarded with excellent reviews and positive audience response for her portrayal of a hatchet-faced admitting nurse in the 1985 Dudley Moore vehicle Micki and Maude. Lu Leonard subsequently enjoyed a burst of TV fame as William Conrad's wise-lipped secretary Gertrude in Jake and the Fatman (1987).
Lu Leonard's Scores
- TV
| Average career score: | N/A | |
|---|---|---|
- By date
- By user score
| Title: | Year: | Credit: | User score: |
|---|---|---|---|
| Get Smart (1995): Season 1 | Jan 8, 1995 | Scrum | tbd |
| Growing Pains: Season 5 | Sep 20, 1989 | Guard | tbd |
| Jake and the Fatman: Season 3 | Sep 20, 1989 | Gertrude [Season 1: 1987-1988] | tbd |
| Married with Children: Season 3 | Nov 6, 1988 | Miss De Groot | 8.0 |
| Jake and the Fatman: Season 1 | Sep 26, 1987 | Gertrude [Season 1: 1987-1988] / Gertrude | tbd |
| Who's the Boss?: Season 3 | Sep 23, 1986 | Mrs. Hiller | tbd |
| Webster: Season 3 | Sep 20, 1985 | Officer | tbd |
| The Facts of Life: Season 7 | Sep 14, 1985 | Estelle | tbd |
| Night Court: Season 2 | Sep 27, 1984 | Mother Frances | tbd |
| Webster: Season 2 | Sep 21, 1984 | Babe | tbd |
| Laverne & Shirley (1983): Season 5 | Sep 13, 1979 | Dottie | tbd |
