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'''Laurie Leigh''' (born 16 September 1932) was an [[English people|English]] actress who appeared in British television and film.<ref>{{cite book| url = https://www.google.ru/books/edition/British_Film_and_Television_Year_Book/u8r2iHhgjq0C?hl=ru&gbpv=1&bsq=%22+leigh+laurie%22| title = British Film and Television Year Book| publisher = British and American Press| date = 1962| page = | isbn = }}</ref>.

When first [[James Bond]] movie, Dr. No, was being planned, Leigh was working for [[Harry Saltzman]] and [[Cubby Broccoli]]. Salzman's desk was filled with pictures of handsome men. She spotted [[Sean Connery]], with whom she had appeared in the 1961 television production Anna Karenina. Harry Saltzman asked her view of the him. She rated his positively.<ref name="Oxfordmail">{{cite web| last = | first = | url = https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/6639545.dont-give-hope/| title = Don't give up Hope| date = 23 June 1998| language = en| website = oxfordmail.co.uk| access-date = 25 August 2024}}</ref>.

Leigh was as the Bob Hope's personal assistant.<ref>{{cite web| last = | first = | url = https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/6592199.ots-could-drive-me-out-of-business-says-trader/| title = OTS could drive me out of business, says trader| date = 28 June 2002| language = en| website = oxfordmail.co.uk| access-date = 25 August 2024}}</ref>. She with her son David run the antique glass shop.<ref>{{cite web| last = | first = | url = https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/6556006.rent-increase-forces-shop-close/| title = Rent increase forces shop to close| date = 22 June 2005| language = en| website = oxfordmail.co.uk| access-date = 25 August 2024}}</ref>.

She was married to the clock restorer Woolf Leigh, who died in 1992. David, her son, is an instrument restorer and classical musician.<ref name="Oxfordmail"/>.

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