Leigh Christian

Leigh Christian was born on Oct 25, 1945 in USA. Leigh Christian's big-screen debut came with The World's Greatest Athlete directed by Robert Scheerer in 1973.

Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the oldest child of six siblings to Dottie and Harlow, teenage parents of Polish and German heritage. Participating in the Arts throughout high school; she was editor of the three page school newspaper, and won 1st Prize for a paper-mache sculpture of a boldly striped yellow and black Octopus. When competing in the Drama Division of the annual Forensics contests for a monologue from the play: "Anna Karenina," which ends with her falling to her death on the train tracks; she lost the 1st prize by only one vote.