Photo: Elmer Fryer / Public domain (source: Wikimedia Commons)
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.
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
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Aquarius / Ox
- Origin
- Detroit, Michigan, United States
- Occupation
- actor / film actor / television actor
2. Background
Awards & achievements
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Frequently asked questions
When was Joan Leslie born?
January 26, 1925 – October 12, 2015.
Where is Joan Leslie from?
Joan Leslie is from Detroit, Michigan, United States.
What does Joan Leslie do?
Joan Leslie works as actor, film actor, television actor.
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.