---
name: "Leigh Snowden"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/leigh-snowden"
fi1m_id: "leigh-snowden"
imdb_id: "nm0811357"
tmdb_id: 140302
wikidata_id: "Q6519677"
roles: []
born: "23 June 1929"
died: "11 May 1982"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 86
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-25T07:31:18.969310+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Leigh Snowden

## Identity

Leigh Snowden

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/leigh-snowden
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** leigh-snowden
- **IMDb ID:** nm0811357
- **TMDB ID:** 140302
- **Wikidata ID:** Q6519677
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leigh_Snowden, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6519677, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0811357/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/140302

Actor. Born 23 June 1929 in Memphis. Died 11 May 1982.

## Details

- **Born:** 23 June 1929, Memphis
- **Died:** 11 May 1982
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leigh_Snowden, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6519677, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0811357/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/140302

## Biography

Leigh Snowden was an American actress in film, television and stage. Born Martha Lee Estes in Memphis, Tennessee, she worked as a model and in small television parts after moving to Los Angeles.

She gained notice after a walk-on appearance on *The Jack Benny Program* in 1954 led to a contract with Universal Pictures. Her film roles included parts in *Kiss Me Deadly* (1955), *All That Heaven Allows* (1955) as Jo-Ann Grisby, *The Creature Walks Among Us* (1956) and *The Comancheros* (1961).

In 1956 she married accordionist Dick Contino; the couple had three children in addition to two from her first marriage. Snowden largely retired from acting after the marriage but appeared on stage in 1971. She died of cancer in 1982.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *All That Heaven Allows* (1955), Fi1m 86, as Jo-Ann Grisby — [page](https://film.one/film/all-that-heaven-allows.md)
- *Kiss Me Deadly* (1955), Fi1m 87, as Cheesecake — [page](https://film.one/film/kiss-me-deadly.md)

## Complete filmography (12)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Detectives* (1959), series, Actor
- *Tightrope* (1959), series, Actor
- *Hot Rod Rumble* (1957), as Terri Warren
- *I've Lived Before* (1956), as Lois Gordon
- *The Rawhide Years* (1956), as Miss Vanilla Bissell
- *Outside the Law* (1956), as Maria Craven
- *The Creature Walks Among Us* (1956), as Marcia Barton
- *The Square Jungle* (1955), as Lorraine Evans
- *All That Heaven Allows* (1955), as Jo-Ann Grisby — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/all-that-heaven-allows.md)
- *Francis in the Navy* (1955), as Appleby
- *Kiss Me Deadly* (1955), as Cheesecake — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/film/kiss-me-deadly.md)
- *Lux Video Theatre* (1950), series, as Diane Baxter

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