Joan Leslie

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Mini Biography

Joan Leslie (birth name Joan Agnes Theresa Sadie Brodel) (born 26 January 1925, Detroit, Michigan) and began acting as a child performer. She was never able to escape the good girl role in her early work. She was married to Dr. William Caldwell (17 March 1950 - 5 April 2000 (his death)). She quit her acting career to raise her identical twin daughters Patrice and Ellen. Both daughters are now Doctors teaching at Universities.

Trivia

Performed under her real name, debuted in "Camille" (1936), (as Joan Brodel)
Adopting "Joan Leslie" for "High Sierra" (1941).
Her sister, Mary Brodel, had a short career in the 1940s, as did her other sister, Betty Brodel.
Mentioned in the Andrew Sister's Song: "Corns for My Country": "We're not petite like Joan Leslie". (Leslie was 5' 4")
Leslie (as Joan Manion} was Fred Astair's dance partner "Sky's the Limit" (1943)