Joan Leslie

Joan Leslie

Acting 1925-01-26 Detroit, Michigan, USA

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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1991 Ruthie
1989 Party Guest
1986 Sandy Hannah
1984 Lillian Appletree
1982 (archive footage)
1977
1976 Mary Keegan
1976 Catherine
1965
1956 Annalee Johnson
1954 Garnet Hale
1954 Sarah Moffit
1953 Sally Maris
1953 Lt. Polly Davis
1953 Sarah Owens
1952 Ellen Hanley
1952 Mary Kimber
1951 Laurie Bidwell Isham
1950 Donna Foster
1950 Daphne Lattimer
1950 Vanessa Cook
1948 Chris Johnson
1947 Sheila Page
1947 Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1946 Janie Conway
1946 Connie Reed
1946 Judy Jones
1945 Julie Adams
1945 Sally Sawyer
1945 Herself
1945 Sally Smith / Prudence / Katrina
1944 Self
1944 Self (uncredited)
1943 Katherine 'Katie' Blaine
1943 Pat Dixon
1943 Joan Manion
1943 Eileen Dibble
1943 Self (segment 'Yankee Doodle Dandy') (archive footage)
1942 Mary
1942 Patricia Stanley
1941 Velma
1941 Gracie Williams
1941 Mary Coster
1941 Mary Clover
1941 Mary Matthews
1941 Receptionist (uncredited)
1940 Patsy
1940 Alice Purdee (as Joan Brodel)
1940 Shelley Stanton
1940 Party Guest (uncredited)
1940 College Girl (uncredited)
1940 Jones' Sister (uncredited)
1940 Girl (as Joan Brodel)
1939 Wendy Conway (as Joan Brodel)
1939 Mayme, Journalism Student (uncredited)
1939 Autograph Seeker (uncredited)
1939 Betsy Phillips
1938 Young Patricia Falconer
1936 Marie Jeanette (uncredited)