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Also Known As Leslie Howard Steiner
Born April 3, 1893 • London • England
Died June 1, 1943 (aged 50)

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Leslie Howard sits with his arms crossed on the back of a chair, looking thoughtfully to the side, in a black-and-white promotional portrait from 1939.
Leslie Howard as Romeo stands below a balcony, reaching up to Norma Shearer as Juliet, who leans over the ornate stone railing in a famous scene from the 1936 film Romeo and Juliet.
Wendy Hiller and Leslie Howard in a scene from the 1938 film Pygmalion, with Howard holding a small object near Hiller's open mouth as she sits on a sofa.
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