Joan Leslie

Birthday: 26 January 1925, Detroit, Michigan, USA

Birth Name: Joan Agnes Theresa Sadie Brodel

Height: 163 cm

Joan Leslie was born in Detroit and began acting as a child performer. She was never able to escape the good girl role in her early work. She married Dr. William Caldwell in 1950. She quit her acting career to raise her identical twin daughters Patrice and Ellen. Both daughters are now Doctors teaching at universities.

Gary Cooper gave me a doll on the set [of Sergeant York (1941)]. That's how he saw me.

[on making Man in the Saddle (1951)] Randolph Scott was a joy to work with, elegant, such a gentlema...Show more »

[on making Man in the Saddle (1951)] Randolph Scott was a joy to work with, elegant, such a gentleman, and so devastatingly good looking. A charmer with beautiful eyes. I compare him to Gary Cooper, but Cooper had more versatility. Randy was so at ease on the set. Show less «

[on working with James Craig in Northwest Stampede (1948)] He was a pill . . . not easy to work with...Show more »

[on working with James Craig in Northwest Stampede (1948)] He was a pill . . . not easy to work with. He seemed to have a chip on his shoulder and it showed in everything he did. Show less «

Joan Leslie

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