- Leslie Graves
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spelling =Leslie Marie Graves (b.
September 29 1959 inSilver City, New Mexico - d.August 23 1995 inLos Angeles area) was an American actress. She died in 1995 from an AIDS-related illness.Early years
Leslie Graves's father, Michael Graves, was a theatre actor and introduced her very early in entertainment industry, when she was approximately at age of 10. So she started her career with a small role in a Broadway play "A Cry of Players" (1968-1969) written by William Gibson, and then moved to acting for TV series:
Sesame Street (1969, first 13 episodes),The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1971, in the episode titled "Baby Sit-Com"), Here We Go Again (1973), and some uncredited commercials.In late '70s, she left Hollywood, allegedly to move with a boyfriend to Texas, where she worked on a shrimp boat for three years [Koenigsberg, Alice (1984). "Soaps' Young Sirens", Daytime TV Magazine] .
Career
Leslie Graves's comeback to Hollywood in early 1980 was marked by some nude photos (OUI Magazine, a Playboy corporation affiliate, tributed her the honour of the cover and photo shoot by Phillip Dixon in November 1980 and again in May 1981 a photo shoot by five photographers).
At that time some rumors about her involvement with Penthouse publisher,
Bob Guccione , and an argument withPlayboy publisher,Hugh Hefner , arose, as reported in specialised entertainment business magazines [Koenisberg, Alice (1984). "Soaps' Young Sirens", Daytime TV Magazine.] and books [Bonderoff, Jason (1987). "Soap opera babylon". Perigee Books. ISBN 0-399-51291-8.] .As she started to be noticed, she had small roles in two slasher movies: (1981) and
Death Wish II (1982).This helped her to grow artistically, so she apparently found her way to success when CBS in 1982 cast her, at 23, in the role of Brenda Clegg in the daytime soap Capitol.
On the set she found in
Carolyn Jones a sort of second, supportive mother. When Carolyn died, Leslie was devastated, entering depression [Bonderoff, Jason (1987). "Soap opera babylon". Perigee Books. ISBN 0-399-51291-8 .] .In late summer 1984, Leslie left the CBS show for serious drug problems due to heroin overdose, even if her being replaced on the set was masked as stress overload.
Her last public appearance was a nude photo shoot by Jean Rougeron published in the October 1984 issue of OUI Magazine.
Personal life
Leslie Graves was married and had two children.
On August 23, 1995 she died of an AIDS-related illness.
References
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* [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Leslie_Graves/ Yahoo! Group]
* [http://www.capitolmegasite.it capitolmegasite.it] , Capitol soap opera resource with many Cast's Photos and Episodes]
* [http://www.herointimes.com/feb00/obituary.html herointimes] , Leslie Graves' Obituary in 'Heroin Times' blog]
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