Leni Stengel

Leni Stengel (12 September 1901 – 1 July 1982) was a German-born actress who appeared on Broadway, on television, and in films, through the 1920s to 1950s.

[citation needed] Her work in films includes Half Shot at Sunrise (1930), Cracked Nuts (1931), Beau Ideal (1931), The Animal Kingdom (1932), and Hollywood Speaks (1932).

[citation needed] In television, she appeared in Lux Video Theatre, "Ti Babette" (1953), "Legacy of Love" (1952); Police Story, "Detective Sergeant, Martin Stephens" (1952);[citation needed] Lights Out, "Carmelita" (1951), The Clock, "Accident on Canigou" (1951).

[citation needed] In her films and radio performances with comedy duo Wheeler & Woolsey, such as Half Shot at Sunrise (1930) and Cracked Nuts (1931), she worked as the straight man and romantic interest with Robert Woolsey, as Dorothy Lee did with Bert Wheeler.

In Half Shot at Sunrise, they share a comic dance routine, during which she tears off most of Woolsey's doughboy uniform, until he ends up in his skivvies, posing in a fountain.

Leni Stengel as Zuleika, in Beau Ideal (1931)
Robert Woolsey and Leni Stengel in Half Shot at Sunrise (1930)
Leni Stengel with Bobby Clark and Paul McCullough in Kickin' the Crown Around (1933)