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Joan Leslie, born on January 26, 1925 in Detroit, Michigan, United States, was a film actor and television actor. Death is recorded on October 12, 2015, at the age of 90. Listed accolades include star on Hollywood Walk of Fame.
My Take
Joan Leslie fascinates me because she carried the entire weight of Hollywood's Golden Age before she was out of her teens. Holding her own opposite Bogart in High Sierra and Cagney in Yankee Doodle Dandy at fifteen or sixteen is no small feat, and I admire that she did it under her own name rather than a manufactured persona. There's a quiet integrity in a career like that. Her star on the Walk of Fame feels less like decoration and more like overdue acknowledgment. Decades later, what stays with me is how naturally she belonged on that black-and-white screen.
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1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Joan Leslie
- Name (Japanese)
- ジョーン・レスリー
- Reading
- じょーん・れすりー
- Born
- January 26, 1925 – October 12, 2015
- Origin
- Detroit, Michigan, United States
- Occupation
- actor / film actor / television actor
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Aquarius / Ox
2. Background
Awards & achievements
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
3. Links
4. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.
Frequently asked questions
When was Joan Leslie born?
Joan Leslie was born on January 26, 1925.
When did Joan Leslie die?
Joan Leslie died on October 12, 2015, aged 90.
Where was Joan Leslie from?
Joan Leslie was from Detroit, Michigan, United States.
What did Joan Leslie do?
Joan Leslie worked as actor, film actor, television actor.
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