Eleanore Maria Leisner Wiki: Salary, Married, Wedding, Spouse, Family
Lenore Aubert (April 18, 1918 - July 31, 1993) was a model and Hollywood actress best known for her movie roles as exotic, mysterious women.She was born Eleanore Maria Leisner in what is now Celje, Slovenia, but at the time was part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. She grew up in Vienna. She 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.In New York, she found work as a model and was eventually offered a lucrative stage role as Lorraine Sheldon in The Man Who Came to Dinner 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.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. Her best-known role was as Dr. Sandra Mornay, a beautiful but sinister scientist, in the 1948 horror-comedy Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein.Her 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 as the wife of millionaire Milton Greene. They also eventually divorced, in 1974.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. She died in 1993.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.
Full Name
Eleanore Maria Leisner
Net Worth
$9 Million
Date Of Birth
April 18, 1918
Died
1993-07-31
Place Of Birth
Cilli, Austria-Hungary [now Celje, Slovenia]
Profession
Actress, Soundtrack
Spouse
Milton Greene (divorced)
Nicknames
Lenore Aubert, Aubert, Lenore
Star Sign
Aries
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Fact
1
Although her name and somewhat unidentifiable accent has led many to believe that she's French, "Lenore Aubert" is actually a stage name; her real name is Eleanore Leisner, and she was born in what is now Slovenia.
2
Her father was a general in the Austrian army.
3
Forced to leave Austria when the Nazis took over because her husband was Jewish, she fled to Paris, where for a time she was a model.
4
She was the only woman to portray a mad scientist in the Golden Age of the cinema. This occurred when she was cast as Dr. Sandra Mornay in the movie Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948).
5
In the 1960s was active in the United Nations Activity and Housing Section
6
Was discovered by a talent scout while performing in a Los Angeles community theatre production
Actress
Title
Year
Status
Character
Une fille sur la route
1952
Princesse Véra
Fall 7:9
1951
Madame Winter
Actor's Studio
1950
TV Series
Famous Jury Trials
1950
TV Series
Suspense
1949
TV Series
The Silver Theatre
1949
TV Series
Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff
1949
Angela Gordon
Barbary Pirate
1949
Zoltah
Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein
1948
Sandra Mornay
The Return of the Whistler
1948
Alice Dupres Barkley
The Prairie
1947
Ellen Wade
I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now
1947
Fritzi Barrington
The Other Love
1947
Yvonne Dupré
The Wife of Monte Cristo
1946
Countess of Monte Cristo Haydée
The Catman of Paris
1946
Marie Audet
Having Wonderful Crime
1945
Gilda Mayfair
Action in Arabia
1944
Mounirah al-Rashid
Passport to Destiny
1944
Grete Neumann
They Got Me Covered
1943
Mrs. Vanescu
Bluebeard's Eighth Wife
1938
Party Guest (uncredited)
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now
1947
performer: "Love's Own Sweet Song", "What's the Use of Dreaming" - uncredited
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Morey Amsterdam Show
1950
TV Series
Herself - Actress
Through Wendy's Window
1949
TV Series
Herself
Archive Footage
Known for movies
Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948) as Sandra Mornay
Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff (1949) as Angela Gordon
They Got Me Covered (1943) as Mrs. Vanescu
The Return of the Whistler (1948) as Alice Dupres Barkley