BIOGRAFIA-JOAN LESLIE

Nascida Joan Agnes Theresa Sadie Brodel em Detroit, Michigan, no dia 26 de Janeiro de 1925, Joan Leslie é uma atriz e pin-up americana. Leslie começou aos três anos no teatro de vaudeville. Foi para Hollywood ainda adolescente, atuando com seu nome verdadeiro em diversos filmes.

Seu maior papel foi em "High Sierra" (1941) já usando o nome "Joan Leslie". Também fez outro filme importante "Yankee Doodle Dandy" (1942), e aos 18 anos estrelou "The Sky's the Limit" (1943). Em 1950 se casou com Dr. William Caldwell, com quem ficou até a morte dele em 2000 e tiveram duas filhas gêmeas. Seu último filme foi em "The Revolt of Mamie Stover" (1956) e ela assim se aposentou. Mas apareceu em diversos comerciais para a TV e participou de shows também na TV. Ela tem uma Estrela na Calçada da Fama.

Filmography  Year Title Role Studio Notes 1936 Camille Marie Jeanette MGM Uncredited 1938 Men with Wings Patricia Falconer at age 11 Paramount Uncredited 1939 Nancy Drew... Reporter Mayme, journalist student Warner Bros. Uncredited Love Affair Autograph seeker RKO Uncredited Winter Carnival Betsy Phillips Walter Wanger Productions As Joan Brodel Two Thoroughbreds Wendy Conway RKO As Joan Brodel 1940 Laddie Shelley Stanton RKO As Joan Brodel High School Patsy 20th Century Fox Uncredited Young as You Feel Girl 20th Century Fox As Joan Brodel Star Dust College girl 20th Century Fox Uncredited Susan and God Party guest MGM Uncredited Military Academy Marjorie Blake Columbia As Joan Brodel Foreign Correspondent Jones' Sister Walter Wanger Productions Uncredited Alice in Movieland Alice Purdee Warner Bros. Short film 1941 High Sierra Velma Warner Bros. The Great Mr. Nobody Mary Clover Warner Bros. The Wagons Roll at Night Mary Coster Warner Bros. Thieves Fall Out Mary Matthews Warner Bros. Sergeant York Gracie Williams Warner Bros. Nine Lives Are Not Enough Newspaper receptionist Warner Bros. Uncredited 1942 The Male Animal Patricia Stanley Warner Bros. Yankee Doodle Dandy Mary Warner Bros. 1943 The Hard Way Katie Chernen Warner Bros. The Sky's the Limit Joan Manion RKO This Is the Army Eileen Dibble Warner Bros. Thank Your Lucky Stars Pat Dixon Warner Bros. 1944 Hollywood Canteen Herself Warner Bros. I Am an American Herself Warner Bros. 1945 Where Do We Go from Here? Sally Smith/Prudence/Katrina 20th Century Fox Rhapsody in Blue Julie Adams Warner Bros. Too Young to Know Sally Sawyer Warner Bros. 1946 Cinderella Jones Judy Jones Warner Bros. Janie Gets Married Janie Conway Warner Bros. Two Guys from Milwaukee Connie Reed Warner Bros. 1947 Repeat Performance Sheila Page Eagle-Lion 1948 Northwest Stampede Christine "Honey" Johnson Eagle-Lion 1950 The Skipper Surprised His Wife Daphne Lattimer MGM Born to Be Bad Donna Foster RKO 1951 Man in the Saddle Laurie Bidwell Isham Columbia 1952 Hellgate Ellen Hanley Commander Films Toughest Man in Arizona Mary Kimber Republic 1953 Woman They Almost Lynched Sally Maris Republic Flight Nurse Lt. Polly Davis Republic 1954 Jubilee Trail (it) Garnet Hale Republic Hell's Outpost Sarah Moffit Republic 1956 The Revolt of Mamie Stover Annalee Johnson 20th Century Fox Television  Year Title Role Notes 1951 Family Theater Claudia Procles Episode: " Hill Number One: A Story of Faith and Inspiration" 1951 The Bigelow Theatre Episode: "Flowers for John" 1951-1952 Fireside Theater Ilse Episodes: "Black Savannah," "The Imposter" 1952 Schlitz Playhouse of Stars Episode: "The Von Linden File" 1953 Summer Theater Ada Jordan Episode: "Dream Job" 1953-1954 Ford Theatre Marie Pasquin/Susan Farrington Episodes: "The Old Man's Bride, Wonderful Day for a Wedding, Girl in Flight 1954 Lux Video Theatre Vanessa Cook Episode: "Pick of the Litter" 1955 Studio 57 Jane Merlin Episode: "Vacation with Pay" 1956 The 20th Century Fox Hour Peg Episode: "Smoke Jumpers" 1956 Chevron Hall of Stars Episode: "Conflict" 1958 The Christophers Episode: "Find the Good Within You" 1959 General Electric Theater Sarah Owens Episode: "The Day of the Hanging" 1965 Branded Emily Cooper Episode: "Leap Upon Mountains" 1975 Police Story Mary Devereux Episode: "Headhunter" 1976 The Keegans Mary Keegan TV movie 1978 Charlie's Angels Catherine Calhoun Episode: "The Jade Trap" 1979 The Incredible Hulk Lily Beaumont Episode: "My Favourite Magician" 1983 Simon & Simon Toni Meyers Episode: "Shadow of Sam Penny" 1983 Shadow of Sam Penny 1986 Charley Hannah Sandy Hannah TV movie 1988 Murder, She Wrote Lillian Appletree Episode: "Mr. Pennroy's Vacation" 1989 Turn Back the Clock Party Guest TV movie 1991 Fire in the Dark Ruthie TV movie