Virginia Leith, actress who worked with Stanley Kubrick but was best known as the decapitated fiancée in 'The Brain That Wouldn't Die' – obituary
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Virginia Leith, who has died aged 94, was a smoky-voiced model turned actress who began her career under Stanley Kubrick’s direction, before featuring in the film noir classics Violent Saturday and A Kiss Before Dying, before achieving sci-fi cult status as the disembodied fiancée in The Brain That Wouldn’t Die.
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Virginia Leith, actress who worked with Stanley Kubrick but was