Joan Leslie

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1925-01-26 (90 years old)

Deathday

2015-10-12

Place of Birth

Detroit, Michigan, USA

Joan Leslie

Biography

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 rol...

Acting

1941

High Sierra

as Velma

1947

Repeat Performance

as Sheila Page

1943

The Hard Way

as Katherine 'Katie' Blaine

1951

Man in the Saddle

as Laurie Bidwell Isham

1950

Born to Be Bad

as Donna Foster

1945

Rhapsody in Blue

as Julie Adams

1943

1943

The Sky's the Limit

as Joan Manion

1943

This Is the Army

as Eileen Dibble

1941

Sergeant York

as Gracie Williams

1982

Showbiz Goes to War

as (archive footage)

1942

The Male Animal

as Patricia Stanley

1941

1956

The Revolt of Mamie Stover

as Annalee Johnson

1953

1941

The Great Mr. Nobody

as Mary Clover

1954

Jubilee Trail

as Garnet Hale

1952

Hellgate

as Ellen Hanley

1952

1946

Janie Gets Married

as Janie Conway

1941

Thieves Fall Out

as Mary Matthews

1938

Men with Wings

as Young Patricia Falconer

1940

High School

as Patsy

1946

1953

Flight Nurse

as Lt. Polly Davis

1946

Cinderella Jones

as Judy Jones

1941

Nine Lives Are Not Enough

as Receptionist (uncredited)

1940

Alice in Movieland

as Alice Purdee (as Joan Brodel)

1940

Laddie

as Shelley Stanton

1948

Northwest Stampede

as Chris Johnson

1976

The Keegans

as Mary Keegan

1939

Two Thoroughbreds

as Wendy Conway (as Joan Brodel)

1940

Susan and God

as Party Guest (uncredited)

1940

Star Dust

as College Girl (uncredited)

1939

Nancy Drew... Reporter

as Mayme, Journalism Student (uncredited)

1939

Love Affair

as Autograph Seeker (uncredited)

1950

1945

Too Young to Know

as Sally Sawyer

1954

Hell's Outpost

as Sarah Moffit

1940

Foreign Correspondent

as Jones' Sister (uncredited)

1939

Winter Carnival

as Betsy Phillips

1936

Camille

as Marie Jeanette (uncredited)

1986

Charley Hannah

as Sandy Hannah

1944

I Am an American

as Self (uncredited)

1989

Turn Back the Clock

as Party Guest

1943

The Voice That Thrilled the World

as Self (segment 'Yankee Doodle Dandy') (archive footage)

1947

So You Want to Be in Pictures

as Herself (archive footage) (uncredited)

1940

Young as You Feel

as Girl (as Joan Brodel)

1991

1945

Where Do We Go from Here?

as Sally Smith / Prudence / Katrina

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