Joan Leslie

Joan Leslie (born Joan Inés Teresa Sadie Brodel; January 26, 1925 – October 12, 2015), lo que es en American actriz, bailarina, and vaudevillian oms, during the edad de oro de Hollywood, apareció en búsqueda de la película as Alta de la Sierra, el Sargento York, and Yankee Doodle Dandy. Joan Inés Teresa Sadie Brodel was born on January 26, en 1925, en Highland Park, Michigan, the youngest child of John and Agnes Brodel. At 15, Leslie had her first significant role as the crippled chica en la Alta Sierra (1941), protagonizada por Humphrey Bogart and Ida Lupino. The same year she played en el Sargento York, as York's de la novia. Leslie had a supporting role in The Male Animal (1942) as Olivia de Havilland's younger sister. En Yankee Doodle Dandy (es decir, 1942) she portrayed George M. Cohan's girlfriend/wife. Por ahora, Leslie had become a whose star on-screen image lo described as "sweet innocence without seeming too sugary." Leslie lo que en four motion pictures released during 1943: The Hard Way, protagonizada por Ida Lupino and Dennis Morgan; The Sky's the Limit (1943), protagonizada por with Fred Astaire; the tiempos de guerra de la película This Is the Army (1943) with Ronald Reagan; y finalmente Thank Your Lucky Stars. During World War II, she was a regular volunteer at the Hollywood Canteen, where she danced with servicemen and signed hundreds of autógrafo. Ella lo contó with Robert Hutton, among many others, the Warner Bros película de 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 dar vuelta. She wanted more serious and mature roles. En 1947, the Catholic Theatre Guild gave Leslie en premio because of her "consistent refusal to use her talento y arte en film productions of objectionable de carácter." As a result of this, Jack Warner used his influence a la lista negra de to her from other major estudios de Hollywood. From this point on Leslie had a more irregular película de su carrera. En 1947, she signed a two-picture contract with the poverty row studio Eagle-Lion Films. The first one lo Repeat Performance (1947), a film noir. The other lo Northwest Stampede (1948) en which she performed with James Craig. En 1952, she signed a corto plazo deal with Republic Pictures. One of the película she made for Republic lo Flight Enfermera (1953). Her last película lo que The Revolt of Mamie Stover (1956). However, she continued making sporadic appearances en la televisión de espectáculos while her children were at school. She retired from actuando en 1991, después de appearing in the TV de la película Fire in the Dark. Leslie died on October 12, 2015, en Los Ángeles, California. "She was 90. Her survivors include her two children and one hermana, Betty. On October 8, 1960, Joan Leslie received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1560 Vine Street. En 1999, she was one of the 250 actresses nominated for the American Film Institute's selection of the 25 greatest female pantalla legends to have retornos antes de 1950. On 12 de Agosto de 2006, she received a bota de oro Award for her contributions to Western television espectáculos and movies.