Leni Stengel  Leni Stengel (September 12, 1901 – July 1, 1982) was an actress who appeared on Broadway, on television, and in films, through the 1920s to 1950s. She was born in Berlin, Germany, and was a grandniece of the German composer Friedrich von Flotow. Her work in films includes "Half Shot at Sunrise" (1930), "Cracked Nuts" (1931), "Beau Ideal" (1931), "The Animal Kingdom" (1932), and "Hollywood Speaks" (1932). She worked with Buster Keaton in "Casanova wider Willen" ("The Reluctant Casanova", 1931), the German version of "Parlor, Bedroom and Bath" (1931). In television, she appeared in "Lux Video Theatre", "Ti Babette" (1953), "Legacy of Love" (1952); "Police Story", "Detective Sergeant, Martin Stephens" (1952); "Lights Out", "Carmelita" (1951), "The Clock", "Accident on Canigou" (1951). On Broadway, she appeared in "Princess Turandot" (1926, fantasy), "These Few Ashes" (1928, comedy), "Tovarich" (1936, comedy), and "Swan Song" (1946, her final Broadway appearance). 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. She died in 1982 in New York City, New York, USA.