Joan Leslie

Joan Leslie (born Joan Agnès Thérèse Sadie Brodel; January 26, 1925 – October 12, 2015) ce qui American actress, dancer, and vaudevillian oms, during the Hollywood de l'âge d'or, appeared in such films as High Sierra, Sergent York, and Yankee Doodle Dandy. Joan Agnès Thérèse Sadie Brodel was born on January 26, en 1925, à Highland Park, Michigan, the youngest child of John and Agnes Brodel. At 15, Leslie had her first significant role as the crippled girl dans High Sierra (1941), avec Humphrey Bogart and Ida Lupino. The same year she played dans Sergent York as York fiancée. Leslie had a supporting role in The Male Animal (1942) as Olivia de Havilland s younger sister. Dans Yankee Doodle Dandy (donc 1942) she portrayed George M. Cohan s girlfriend/wife. By now, Leslie had become a star whose on-screen image de ce que described as "sweet innocence without seeming too sugary." Leslie ce four motion pictures sorti during 1943: The Hard Way, avec Ida Lupino and Dennis Morgan; The Sky's the Limit (1943), mettant en vedette with Fred Astaire; the wartime film This Is the Army (1943) avec Ronald Reagan; and finally Thank Your Lucky Stars. During World war II, she was a regular volunteer at the Hollywood Canteen, where she je jouais, je dansais with servicemen and signed hundreds of autographs. She ce qui est en vedette with Robert Hutton, among many others, the Warner Bros film Hollywood Canteen (1944). En 1946, Leslie s career took a dive when she took Warner Brothers to court in order to get released from her contract based on moral and religious grounds, because of the parts they kept donner her. She wanted more serious and mature roles. En 1947, the Catholic Theatre Guild gave Leslie award because of her "consistent refusal to use talents et d'art dans le film productions of objectionable character." As a result of this, Jack Warner, used his influence to liste noire her from other major les studios d'Hollywood. From this point on Leslie had a more irregular film de carrière. En 1947, elle signed a two-picture contract with the poverty row studio Eagle Lion Film. The first one ce que Repeat Performance (1947), a film noir. The other ce qui Northwest Stampede (1948) in which she performed with James Craig. En 1952, elle signed a short-term deal with Republic Pictures. One of the film she made for Republic que Flight Nurse (1953). Her last film ce The Revolt of Mamie Stover (1956). However, she continued making sporadic apparences dans television shows while her children were at school. She retired from intérim en 1991, after appearing in the TV film Fire in the Dark. Leslie died on October 12, 2015, à Los Angeles, California. She que 90. Her survivors include her two children and one sister, Betty. On October 8, 1960, Joan Leslie received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1560 Vine Street. En 1999, elle est de ce one-of-the-250 actresses nominated for the American Film Institute s selection of the 25 greatest female screen legends to have des retours avant 1950. On August 12, 2006, she received a Golden Boot Award for her contributions to Western television shows and movies.