Actress Joan Leslie

Joan Leslie (born January 26, 1925 in Detroit, Michigan) was an American actress. Image File history File links Joanleslie. ... Image File history File links Joanleslie. ... January 26 is the 26th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1925 (MCMXXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... Nickname: Motto: Speramus Meliora; Resurget Cineribus (Latin for, We Hope For Better Things; It Shall Rise From the Ashes) Location in Wayne County, Michigan Coordinates: Country United States State Michigan County Wayne County  - Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick Area    - City 370. ... Actors in period costume sharing a joke while waiting between takes during location filming An actor is a person who acts, or plays a role, in a dramatic production. ...

Born in Detroit and christened Joan Agnes Theresa Sadie Brodel, she was 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 Camille (1936). Motto: Speramus Meliora; Resurget Cineribus (We Hope For Better Things; It Shall Rise From the Ashes - this motto was adopted after the disastrous 1805 fire that devastated the city) Nickname: The Motor City and Motown Location in Wayne County, Michigan Founded Incorporated July 24, 1701 1815  County Wayne County Mayor... Vaudeville is a style of multi-act theatre which flourished in North America from the 1880s through the 1920s. ... ... Camille is a 1926 silent film based on the 1852 novel and play La Dame aux Camélias by Alexandre Dumas, fils. ... 1936 (MCMXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ...

She got her first major role in High Sierra (1941) with Humphrey Bogart, playing a crippled girl under her new billing as "Joan Leslie". She starred in Sergeant York and The Wagons Roll at Night in the same year. She later played as James Cagney's wife in Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942), and starred in The Sky's the Limit (1943) with Fred Astaire, still only eighteen years old. High Sierra (1941) is an early film noir written by John Huston and W.R. Burnett from the novel by W.R. Burnett. ... For the movie, see 1941 (film). ... Humphrey DeForest Bogart (December 25, 1899 – January 14, 1957) was an iconic American actor of legendary fame who retained his legacy after death. ... For the unsuccessful U.S. weapon system, see M247 Sergeant York. ... James Francis Cagney, Jr. ... Yankee Doodle Dandy is a 1942 biographical film about George M. Cohan, starring James Cagney, Joan Leslie, Walter Huston, Richard Whorf, Irene Manning, George Tobias, Rosemary DeCamp and Jeanne Cagney. ... Year 1942 (MCMXLII) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1942 calendar). ... The Skys The Limit (RKO) is a 1943 Hollywood musical comedy film with a wartime theme starring Fred Astaire, Joan Leslie, Robert Benchley, Robert Ryan and Eric Blore, with music by Harold Arlen and lyrics by Johnny Mercer. ... 1943 (MCMXLIII) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1943 calendar). ... Fred Astaire (May 10, 1899 – June 22, 1987), born Frederick Austerlitz in Omaha, Nebraska, was an American film and Broadway stage dancer, choreographer, singer and actor. ...

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 (1957), and she eventually retired from acting altogether to look after her identical twin daughters Patrice and Ellen. She has starred 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 on the Yankee Doodle Dandy DVD extras. 1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Revolt of Mamie Stover is a 1951 novel by William Bradford Huie about a Mississippi prostitute living in Honolulu. ... Year 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Murder, She Wrote is a long-running television mystery series starring Angela Lansbury as mystery writer and amateur detective Jessica Fletcher. ... This article is about the television series. ...

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

External links

• Joan Leslie at the Internet Movie Database
• Joan Leslie fan site