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Leigh Snowden (born Martha Lee Estes, June 23, 1929 – May 11, 1982) was an American actress in motion pictures and television. Snowden was from Covington, Tennessee. She began her career as a model for household appliances. A publicity photo of Snowden appeared in the July 1956 issue of Golf Digest; she was identified as a "movie starlet." Earlier in the year she had served as queen of the Tournament of Champions pro golf event in Las Vegas. Snowden was blond with a southern accent. She was first noticed on a Jack Benny television Christmas show when she walked across the stage before... MORE

Leigh Snowden (born Martha Lee Estes, June 23, 1929 – May 11, 1982) was an American actress in motion pictures and television. Snowden was from Covington, Tennessee. She began her career as a model for household appliances. A publicity photo of Snowden appeared in the July 1956 issue of Golf Digest; she was identified as a "movie starlet." Earlier in the year she had served as queen of the Tournament of Champions pro golf event in Las Vegas. Snowden was blond with a southern accent. She was first noticed on a Jack Benny television Christmas show when she walked across the stage before ten thousand sailors. A newspaper piece with the headline Sailors Whistles Blow Blond Into Film Studio, followed. The column revealed that the morning after the show, agents for eleven Hollywood studios either phoned or came to Snowden's door bidding for her attention. Universal Pictures won the right to sign Snowden. There followed voice lessons to correct her southern accent and acting classes. She was instructed along with Mara Corday, Pat Crowley, Clint Eastwood, James Garner, and John Saxon. There was a seemingly endless number of dates with men arranged by Universal. Snowden became an actress in LESS