Joan Leslie

Infobox actor
name = Joan Leslie

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imagesize = 200px
caption = from the trailer for the film
"The Hard Way" (1943).
birthname = Joan Agnes Theresa Sadie Brodel
birthdate = birth date and age|1925|1|26
birthplace = Detroit, Michigan
spouse = William G. Caldwell (1950-2000)
awards = Golden Boot Award
2006 Lifetime Achievement
Walk of Fame - Television
1560 Vine Street

Joan Leslie (born January 26 1925 in Detroit, Michigan) is a former American actress.

Early life

Born Joan Agnes Theresa Sadie Brodel in Detroit, Michigan, Leslie began performing at the age of three as part of a vaudeville act with her two sisters. She began her Hollywood acting career while still a teenager, performing under her real name in several movies, beginning with her debut in the MGM movie "Camille" (1936) with Greta Garbo and Robert Taylor.

Hollywood success

Leslie got her first major role in "High Sierra" (1941) with Humphrey Bogart, playing a crippled girl under her new billing as "Joan Leslie". She also starred in "Sergeant York" and "The Wagons Roll at Night" in the same year. She later appeared as James Cagney's wife in "Yankee Doodle Dandy" (1942), and at age 18 she starred in "The Sky's the Limit" (1943) with Fred Astaire.

She starred in many more movies until 1950, when she married Dr. William Caldwell. Her last movie role was in "The Revolt of Mamie Stover" (1956), and she eventually retired from acting altogether to look after her identical twin daughters Patrice and Ellen. She has appeared in several television commercials since then, and also made guest appearances in the TV shows "Murder, She Wrote" and "Charlie's Angels". She also provided commentary as extras on the "Yankee Doodle Dandy", "Sergeant York", and "High Sierra" DVDs.

She has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1560 Vine Street.

Filmography

Features:
*"Camille" (1936)
*"Men with Wings" (1938)
*"Nancy Drew... Reporter" (1939)
*"Love Affair" (1939)
*"Winter Carnival" (1939)
*"Two Thoroughbreds" (1939)
*"Laddie" (1940)
*"High School" (1940)
*"Young as You Feel" (1940)
*"Star Dust" (1940)
*"Susan and God" (1940)
*"Military Academy" (1940)
*"Foreign Correspondent" (1940)
*"High Sierra" (1941)
*"The Great Mr. Nobody" (1941)
*"The Wagons Roll at Night" (1941)
*"Thieves Fall Out" (1941)
*"Sergeant York" (1941)
*"Nine Lives Are Not Enough" (1941)
*"Yankee Doodle Dandy" (1942)
*"The Hard Way" (1943)
*"The Sky's the Limit" (1943)
*"This Is the Army" (1943)
*"Thank Your Lucky Stars" (1943)
*"Hollywood Canteen" (1944)
*"Where Do We Go from Here?" (1945)
*"Rhapsody in Blue" (1945)
*"Too Young to Know" (1945)
*"Cinderella Jones" (1946)
*"Janie Gets Married" (1946)
*"Two Guys from Milwaukee" (1946)
*"Repeat Performance" (1947)
*"Northwest Stampede" (1948)
*"The Skipper Surprised His Wife" (1950)
*"Born to Be Bad" (1950)
*"Man in the Saddle" (1951)
*"Hellgate" (1952)
*"Toughest Man in Arizona" (1952)
*"Woman They Almost Lynched" (1953)
*"Flight Nurse" (1953)
*"Jubilee Trail" (1954)
*"Hell's Outpost" (1954)
*"The Revolt of Mamie Stover" (1956)Short Subjects:
*"Alice in Movieland" (1940)
*"Meet the Stars #2: Baby Stars" (1941)
*"Stars on Horseback" (1943)
*"Screen Snapshots: Ha! Ha! From Hollywood" (1953)

External links

*imdb name|id=0504125|name=Joan Leslie
* [http://www.picturegoer.com/index.html Joan Leslie fan site]