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Leah Baird

Leah Baird

Actor and writer · Died October 3, 1971, aged 88 · Chicago, Illinois, USA

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.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
June 19, 1883
Died
October 3, 1971 (aged 88)
From
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Works as
Actor and writer
Titles
19 on MovieCove · 78 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 65 days to Oct 28Down 22% in 30 days

What are Leah Baird's films like?

Across a limited sample of 4 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Survival.

Themes

share of theme weight
Morality
49%
Survival
23%
Bonds
20%
Society
8%
Justice2 titles, browse their movies with this themeDeception2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 4 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 2 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 0

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

A split, not a type: Gentle 1 · Charged 1 · Intense 2

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 1 · Shifting 3 · Whiplash 0

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 3 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 0

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 0 · Even-paced 4 · Relentless 0

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 1 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 1

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

A split, not a type: Easy watch 2 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 1

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 4 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings shown from 5 titles

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
3
Thrilling
2
Dread
1
Romantic
1
Melancholic
1
Other
2

How their films linger

Hopeful3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteCathartic2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Leah Baird's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 6 of their 19 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (4).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Leah Baird's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

78 credits, 19 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.

  • The Hard Man(1957)

    as Townswoman (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films

  • Around the World in 80 Days(1956)

    as Extra (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • Riding Shotgun(1954)

    as Townswoman (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films

  • It Should Happen to You(1954)

    as Audience Member (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • Gasoline Alley(1951)

    as Pedestrian (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • The Man Who Cheated Himself(1950)

    Actor

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • Humoresque(1946)

    as Professor (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films

  • The Verdict(1946)

    as French Charwoman (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films

  • Shadow of a Woman(1946)

    as Mrs. Calvin, Genevieve's Mother

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • Mildred Pierce(1945)

    as Police Matron (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films

  • Make Your Own Bed(1944)

    as John's Wife

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films

  • Thank Your Lucky Stars(1943)

    as Bus Passenger (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films

  • Watch on the Rhine(1943)

    as Miss Drake (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • Action in the North Atlantic(1943)

    as Mother (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films

  • Air Force(1943)

    Writer · as Nurse #2 (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • Busses Roar (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)

    as 2nd Old Maid

  • The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)

    as Superintendent

  • Winning Your Wings (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)

    as High Schooler's Mother (uncredited)

  • Lady Gangster (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)

    as Matron

  • The Male Animal (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)

    as Trustee's Wife (uncredited)

  • Dangerously They Live (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1941)

    as Fake Telephone Operator (uncredited)

  • The Man Who Came to Dinner(1941)

    as Fan at Train Station (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films

  • One Foot in Heaven(1941)

    as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films

  • Manpower (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1941)

    as Mrs. Taylor (uncredited)

  • Bad Men of Missouri(1941)

    as Ms. Brooks

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films

  • Bullets for O'Hara (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1941)

    as Police Matron

  • Jungle Bride(1933)

    Story

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films

  • The Return of Boston Blackie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1927)

    Adaptation · Screenplay

  • Stolen Pleasures (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1927)

    Writer

  • Spangles (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1926)

    Writer

  • The False Alarm (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1926)

    Screenplay

  • Devil's Island (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1926)

    Screenplay · Story

  • Shadow of the Law (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1926)

    Producer · Writer

  • The Unnamed Woman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1925)

    Story · as Billie Norton

  • The Primrose Path (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1925)

    Writer

  • Barriers Burned Away (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1925)

    Screenplay

  • The Miracle Makers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1923)

    Story · as Doris Mansfield

  • The Destroying Angel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1923)

    Scenario Writer · as Mary Miller /Sara Law

  • Is Divorce a Failure? (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1923)

    Adaptation · Screenplay · as Carol Lockwood

  • When Husbands Deceive (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1922)

    Screenplay · Story · as Viola Baxter

  • When the Devil Drives (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1922)

    Screenplay · as Blanche Mansfield

  • The Bond of Blood (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1920)

    as Evelyn

  • The Capitol (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1919)

    as Margaret Kennard / Agnes Blake

  • The Volcano (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1919)

    as Ruth Carroll

  • As a Man Thinks (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1919)

    as Elinor Clayton

  • The Echo of Youth (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1919)

    as Olive Martin

  • Wolves of Kultur (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1918)

    as Alice Grayson

  • Moral Suicide (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1918)

    as Fay Hope

  • Life or Honor? (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1918)

    as Helen West

  • Sins of Ambition (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1917)

    as Laurette Maxwell

  • One Law for Both (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1917)

    as Helen

  • The Devil's Pay Day (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1917)

    as Jean Haskins

  • The People vs. John Doe (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1916)

    as Woman Lawyer

  • Lights of New York (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1916)

    as Yolande Cowles

  • The Ruling Power (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1915)

    Actor

  • Neptune's Daughter (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1914)

    as Princess Olga

  • Absinthe (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1914)

    as Madame Dumas

  • Ivanhoe (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1913)

    as Rebecca of York

  • The Lady and the Glove (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1913)

    as Anne

  • The Only Veteran in Town (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1913)

    as Mrs. Arnold - Dora's Mother

  • Bunny and the Bunny Hug (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1913)

    Actor

  • Vampire of the Desert (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1913)

    as Mrs. William Corday

  • Cutey and the Chorus Girls (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1913)

    as Kitty - Another Dancer

  • A Birthday Gift (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1913)

    as Alice's Aunt

  • A Cure for Pokeritis (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1912)

    Actor

  • Following the Star (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1912)

    as George's Fiancée

  • The Red Barrier (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1912)

    as Isabel, Professor Bain's Daughter

  • The Adventure of the Italian Model (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1912)

    as The Model

  • The Miracle (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1912)

    as Mousali - a Poor Woman

  • The Black Sheep (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1912)

    as Mrs. Moreland - Clara's Mother

  • The Foster Child (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1912)

    as An Heiress

  • The Gamblers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1912)

    Actor

  • The Days of Terror; or, In the Reign of Terror (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1912)

    as Ruth

  • The Spider's Web (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1912)

    as Brenda Wray - Lester's Stenographer

  • The Old Silver Watch (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1912)

    as Mildred as an Adult

  • Stenographer Wanted (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1912)

    as The Brunette Stenographer

  • Chumps (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1912)

    as Terpsine - the Cause

  • The Wooing of Winifred (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1911)

    Actor

Career shape

Star power in the 85th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 78 titles from 1911 to 1957.

Highest rated

Air Force (1943)

Midcredits 81st

Film career

  • 1941Screen debut· The Man Who Came to Dinner
  • 1945Career best· Mildred Pierce

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting69 of 78: 63 only acting, 6 with another role · typical Midcredits score72ndWriting15 of 78: 8 only writing, 7 with another roleProducing1 of 78: 0 only producing, 1 with another role

78 titles, 7 with more than one role — acting and writing overlap on 6 of them.

By decade

1910s36 · acting1920s15 · 7 acting · 14 crew1930s1 · crew1940s20 · acting1950s6 · acting

Billing

usually 20th · top billed in 0% of 10 roles

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30.

How do Leah Baird's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 71st percentile, the median of all 19; across a limited sample of 4 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 40th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

40thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Approval · how many liked their films

40thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Reach · how many have seen their films

36thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Midcredits score across 19 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up8
  • 50th to 74th6
  • 25th to 49th3
  • Below 25th2

Shape of the crowd

None of their 19 titles divides audiences: 12 are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved2
  • Crowd Pleaser12
  • Broadly Agreed4
  • Mixed1

Most loved · actor

Mildred Pierce (1945)

Midcredits 98th · 88% liked

Reviewers score the acting 59/100 in their films, across 4 reviewed titles; fans 69, detractors 43. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Who does Leah Baird work with?

People who share at least 2 of Leah Baird's MovieCove titles; Jack L. Warner shares the most, 2.