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Howard, Leslie (1893–1943)

English actor. His films include The Scarlet Pimpernel (1935), The Petrified Forest (1936), Pygmalion (1938), and Gone With the Wind (1939).

He was killed during a secret wartime mission when the plane he was travelling in was shot down by the Germans, allegedly because Winston Churchill was thought to be aboard.



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Hollywood stars who supported the war - not just ``the troops'' - included Fred Astaire, Judy Garland, director John Ford, who proudly made war propaganda movies (Ford was also wounded during the Battle of Midway), and Leslie Howard, who played Ashley Wilkes in Gone With the Wind.
NOW THOSE WERE STARS TODAY'S ACTORS FIGHT ONLY THOUGHT OF WAR, NOT ... by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
Reynolds, who was an MGM studio star for 18 years, dipped into $200,000 of her savings and borrowed another $165,000 for an extended shopping spree that netted 2,000 garments once worn by Marilyn Monroe, Greta Garbo, Cary Grant and Leslie Howard, among many others.
Hollywood Rethreads by BELGUM, DEBORAH / Los Angeles Business Journal
Pimpernel, billed as "the new romantic comedy adventure," is based on a novel by Baroness Orczy that's had various theatrical lives, including a popular 1935 movie version featuring Leslie Howard and Merle Oberon.
Capeman and Pimpernel by Ostlere, Hilary / Dance Magazine
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