Article: ON LOCATION MOVIE, TV VETERANS FIND HEAVEN AT RETIREMENT HAVEN.(News)

Byline: Dana Bartholomew Staff Writer

WOODLAND HILLS - Actress-comedienne Lu Leonard thought her 50-year Hollywood career would end with her as a doddering old lady in a rundown L.A. bungalow, tottering out for her Social Security check.

Instead, Leonard, who had roles in ``Annie,'' ``Micki & Maude'' and TV's ``Jake and the Fatman,'' landed a suite at the landmark complex known to most people as the Motion Picture Home - a 48-acre health-care and retirement paradise for veteran entertainers and industry professionals run by the Motion Picture & Television Fund.

``I describe this as living in a first-class hotel,'' said Leonard, 77, beaming ...

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