From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Leah Baird (June 20, 1883 – October 3, 1971) was an American actress of the silent screen, and a screenwriter. She began her film career in 1910 in Jean and the Waif opposite Jean, the Vitagraph Dog. She played several leads in William F. Brady's troupe, opposite Douglas Fairbanks. In the late 1910s she played in 15 episodes of the serial Wolves of Kultur. Baird wrote and produced film during the 1920s. Baird later became a screenwriter and contributed to a number of Clara Bow features. She was married to producer Arthur F. Beck.

Filmography

• 1957The Hard Man — Townswoman (uncredited)
• 1956Around the World in 80 Days — Extra (uncredited)
• 1954It Should Happen to You — Audience Member (uncredited)
• 1954Riding Shotgun — Townswoman (uncredited)
• 1951Gasoline Alley — Pedestrian (uncredited)
• 1950The Man Who Cheated Himself
• 1947Humoresque — Professor (uncredited)
• 1946Shadow of a Woman — Mrs. Calvin, Genevieve's Mother
• 1946The Verdict — French Charwoman (uncredited)
• 1945Mildred Pierce — Police Matron (uncredited)
• 1944Make Your Own Bed — John's Wife
• 1943Action in the North Atlantic — Mother (uncredited)
• 1943Air Force — Nurse #2 (uncredited)
• 1943Thank Your Lucky Stars — Bus Passenger (uncredited)
• 1943Watch on the Rhine — Miss Drake (uncredited)
• 1942Busses Roar — 2nd Old Maid
• 1942Lady Gangster — Matron
• 1942The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady — Superintendent
• 1942The Male Animal — Trustee's Wife (uncredited)
• 1942Winning Your Wings — High Schooler's Mother (uncredited)
• 1941Bad Men of Missouri — Ms. Brooks
• 1941Bullets for O'Hara — Police Matron
• 1941Dangerously They Live — Fake Telephone Operator (uncredited)
• 1941Manpower — Mrs. Taylor (uncredited)
• 1941One Foot in Heaven — Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
• 1941The Man Who Came to Dinner — Fan at Train Station (uncredited)
• 1933Jungle Bride — Story
• 1927Stolen Pleasures — Writer
• 1927The Return of Boston Blackie — Adaptation, Screenplay
• 1926Devil's Island — Screenplay, Story
• 1926Shadow of the Law — Producer, Writer
• 1926Spangles — Writer
• 1926The False Alarm — Screenplay
• 1925Barriers Burned Away — Screenplay
• 1925The Primrose Path — Writer
• 1925The Unnamed Woman — Billie Norton, Story
• 1923Is Divorce a Failure? — Carol Lockwood, Adaptation, Screenplay
• 1923The Destroying Angel — Mary Miller /Sara Law, Scenario Writer
• 1923The Miracle Makers — Doris Mansfield, Story
• 1922When Husbands Deceive — Viola Baxter, Screenplay, Story
• 1922When the Devil Drives — Blanche Mansfield, Screenplay
• 1920The Bond of Blood — Evelyn
• 1919As a Man Thinks — Elinor Clayton
• 1919The Capitol — Margaret Kennard / Agnes Blake
• 1919The Echo of Youth — Olive Martin
• 1919The Volcano — Ruth Carroll
• 1918Life or Honor? — Helen West
• 1918Moral Suicide — Fay Hope
• 1918Wolves of Kultur — Alice Grayson
• 1917One Law for Both — Helen
• 1917Sins of Ambition — Laurette Maxwell
• 1917The Devil's Pay Day — Jean Haskins
• 1916Lights of New York — Yolande Cowles
• 1916The People vs. John Doe — Woman Lawyer
• 1915The Ruling Power
• 1914Absinthe — Madame Dumas
• 1914Neptune's Daughter — Princess Olga
• 1913A Birthday Gift — Alice's Aunt
• 1913Bunny and the Bunny Hug
• 1913Cutey and the Chorus Girls — Kitty - Another Dancer
• 1913Ivanhoe — Rebecca of York
• 1913The Lady and the Glove — Anne
• 1913The Only Veteran in Town — Mrs. Arnold - Dora's Mother
• 1913Vampire of the Desert — Mrs. William Corday
• 1912A Cure for Pokeritis
• 1912Chumps — Terpsine - the Cause
• 1912Following the Star — George's Fiancée
• 1912Stenographer Wanted — The Brunette Stenographer
• 1912The Adventure of the Italian Model — The Model
• 1912The Black Sheep — Mrs. Moreland - Clara's Mother
• 1912The Days of Terror; or, In the Reign of Terror — Ruth
• 1912The Foster Child — An Heiress
• 1912The Gamblers
• 1912The Miracle — Mousali - a Poor Woman
• 1912The Old Silver Watch — Mildred as an Adult
• 1912The Red Barrier — Isabel, Professor Bain's Daughter
• 1912The Spider's Web — Brenda Wray - Lester's Stenographer
• 1911The Wooing of Winifred

Appearances as themselves (1)

• 1914The Great Universal Mystery — Herself