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person_profile-Joan Leslie

Joan Leslie Died at age: 90

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Joan Leslie

Date of Birth:

Jan 26, 1925

Country of birth:

USA

Died:

Oct 12, 2015

Biography of

Joan Leslie

    From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    Joan Leslie (born Joan Agnes Theresa Sadie Brodel; January 26, 1925 – October 12, 2015) was an American actress, dancer, and vaudevillian who, during the Hollywood Golden Age, appeared in such films as High Sierra, Sergeant York, and Yankee Doodle Dandy.

    Joan Agnes Theresa Sadie Brodel was born on January 26, 1925, in Highland Park, Michigan, the youngest child of John and Agnes Brodel.

    At 15, Leslie had her first significant role as the crippled girl in High Sierra (1941), starring Humphrey Bogart and Ida Lupino. The same year she played in Sergeant York as York's fiancée.

    Leslie had a supporting role in The Male Animal (1942) as Olivia de Havilland's younger sister. In Yankee Doodle Dandy (also 1942) she portrayed George M. Cohan's girlfriend/wife. By now, Leslie had become a star whose on-screen image was described as "sweet innocence without seeming too sugary."

    Leslie was in four motion pictures released during 1943: The Hard Way, starring Ida Lupino and Dennis Morgan; The Sky's the Limit (1943), starring with Fred Astaire; the wartime film This Is the Army (1943) with Ronald Reagan; and finally Thank Your Lucky Stars.

    During World War II, she was a regular volunteer at the Hollywood Canteen, where she danced with servicemen and signed hundreds of autographs. She was featured with Robert Hutton, among many others, in the Warner Bros. film Hollywood Canteen (1944). In 1946 Leslie's career took a dive when she took Warner Brothers to court in order to get released from her contract based on moral and religious grounds because of the parts they kept giving her. She wanted more serious and mature roles. In 1947, the Catholic Theatre Guild gave Leslie an award because of her "consistent refusal to use her talents and art in film productions of objectionable character." As a result of this, Jack Warner used his influence to blacklist her from other major Hollywood studios.

    From this point on Leslie had a more irregular film career. In 1947, she signed a two-picture contract with the poverty row studio Eagle-Lion Films. The first one was Repeat Performance (1947), a film noir. The other was Northwest Stampede (1948) in which she performed with James Craig. In 1952, she signed a short-term deal with Republic Pictures. One of the films she made for Republic was Flight Nurse (1953). Her last film was The Revolt of Mamie Stover (1956). However, she continued making sporadic appearances in television shows while her children were at school. She retired from acting in 1991, after appearing in the TV film Fire in the Dark.

    Leslie died on October 12, 2015, in Los Angeles, California. She was 90. Her survivors include her two children and one sister, Betty.

    On October 8, 1960, Joan Leslie received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1560 Vine Street. In 1999, she was one of the 250 actresses nominated for the American Film Institute's selection of the 25 greatest female screen legends to have debuted before 1950. On August 12, 2006, she received a Golden Boot Award for her contributions to Western television shows and movies.

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Joan Leslie

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Filmography of

Joan Leslie

Found 53 Movies in total

... 2008

... 2008

... 1998

... 1995

Fire in the Dark

Ruthie ( Actor )

... 1991

Turn Back the Clock

Party Guest ( Actor )

... 1989

Charley Hannah

Sandy Hannah ( Actor )

... 1986

Showbiz Goes to War

(archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1982

The Keegans

Mary Keegan ( Actor )

... 1976

The Revolt of Mamie Stover

Annalee Johnson ( Actor )

... 1956

Hell's Outpost

Sarah Moffit ( Actor )

... 1954

Jubilee Trail

Garnet Hale ( Actor )

... 1954

Flight Nurse

Lt. Polly Davis ( Actor )

... 1953

Woman They Almost Lynched

Sally Maris ( Actor )

... 1953

Toughest Man in Arizona

Mary Kimber ( Actor )

... 1952

Hellgate

Ellen Hanley ( Actor )

... 1952

Man in the Saddle

Laurie Bidwell Isham ( Actor )

... 1951

... 1951

Born to Be Bad

Donna Foster ( Actor )

... 1950

The Skipper Surprised His Wife

Daphne Lattimer ( Actor )

... 1950

Northwest Stampede

Chris Johnson ( Actor )

... 1948

Repeat Performance

Sheila Page ( Actor )

... 1947

Two Guys from Milwaukee

Connie Reed ( Actor )

... 1946

Janie Gets Married

Janie Conway ( Actor )

... 1946

Cinderella Jones

Judy Jones ( Actor )

... 1946

Too Young to Know

Sally Sawyer ( Actor )

... 1945

Rhapsody in Blue

Julie Adams ( Actor )

... 1945

Where Do We Go from Here?

Sally Smith / Prudence / Katrina ( Actor )

... 1945

Hollywood Canteen

Self ( Actor )

... 1944

Thank Your Lucky Stars

Pat Dixon ( Actor )

... 1943

This Is the Army

Eileen Dibble ( Actor )

... 1943

The Sky's the Limit

Joan Manion ( Actor )

... 1943

The Hard Way

Katherine 'Katie' Blaine ( Actor )

... 1943

Yankee Doodle Dandy

Mary ( Actor )

... 1942

The Male Animal

Patricia Stanley ( Actor )

... 1942

Sergeant York

Gracie Williams ( Actor )

... 1941

Nine Lives Are Not Enough

Receptionist (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1941

Thieves Fall Out

Mary Matthews ( Actor )

... 1941

The Wagons Roll at Night

Mary Coster ( Actor )

... 1941

The Great Mr. Nobody

Mary Clover ( Actor )

... 1941

High Sierra

Velma ( Actor )

... 1941

Foreign Correspondent

Jones' Sister (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1940

Susan and God

Party Guest (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1940

Star Dust

College Girl (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1940

Young as You Feel

Girl (as Joan Brodel) ( Actor )

... 1940

High School

Patsy ( Actor )

... 1940

Laddie

Shelley Stanton ( Actor )

... 1940

Two Thoroughbreds

Wendy Conway (as Joan Brodel) ( Actor )

... 1939

Winter Carnival

Betsy Phillips ( Actor )

... 1939

Love Affair

Autograph Seeker (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1939

Nancy Drew... Reporter

Mayme, Journalism Student (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1939

Men with Wings

Young Patricia Falconer ( Actor )

... 1938

Camille

Marie Jeanette (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1936