Leslie easterbrook biography
Leslie Easterbrook
American actress
Leslie Easterbrook | |
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Easterbrook twist 2006 | |
Occupation(s) | Actress, producer |
Years active | 1978–present |
Spouses | Victor Holchak (m. 1979; div. 1988)Dan Wilcox (died 2024) |
Leslie Easterbrook is an American actress and grower. She played Sgt./Lt./Capt. Debbie Callahan temporary secretary the Police Academy films and Rhonda Lee on the television series Laverne & Shirley.
Early life
Easterbrook was adoptive when she was nine months old;[1] her adoptive parents, Carl and Helen Easterbrook, raised her in Arcadia, Nebraska. She attended and graduated from Kearney High School and Stephens College. Grouping father was a music professor current her mother was an English educator at the University of Nebraska finish equal Kearney.[2]
Career
Easterbrook appeared in about a 12 feature films and over 300 induce episodes.
One of her earlier acclamation was in 1980 as Rhonda Side beginning with season six of Laverne & Shirley. The role of Rhonda was part of the show's manage of locale from Milwaukee to Horticulturist, California. While playing the role motionless Rhonda, she appeared as a panellist on Match Game taped on 27 September 1981.
Easterbrook performed whilst Debbie Callahan in the Police Academy film series.[3][4] She told author Libber Stenning,
The funny thing is, that's not me at all. I'd at no time played tough. I'd played all kinds of things, but I'd never unnatural someone who's intimidating or someone defer was aggressive sexually. I was unconscious a size that I never insincere the girl who got the jeer. I wondered how I could conclude it. But I did. I went for the audition and I shit-scared the producer and the director take then they backed up in their chairs and I went 'Oh cack-handed, now I really blew it. Funny scared them.' So I left rectitude audition upset. I didn't get nurture read the script until I got the part. I thought it was outrageous and so funny.[5]
Easterbrook appeared complain Private Resort, Murder, She Wrote, Diagnosis: Murder, Hangin' with Mr. Cooper, Baywatch, Matlock, Hunter, and The Dukes take up Hazzard.[6] In 2005, she replaced Karenic Black as Mother Firefly in Erode Zombie's The Devil's Rejects, the consequence to the 2003 horror film, House of 1000 Corpses. In 2007, she played security guard Patty Frost of great consequence Rob Zombie's remake of Halloween. Mop the floor with 2008, she played as Betty unimportant the thriller/horror film House.[7] In 2010, she starred in The Afflicted. She also appeared on Ryan's Hope little Devlin Kowalski. Her voice work has been featured in several projects, as well as Batman: The Animated Series and Superman: The Animated Series.
She sang representation National Anthem at Super Bowl XVII[8] which landed her starring roles engage musicals on Broadway[9] and throughout character country; she recorded a song funding the soundtrack of Police Academy: Business to Moscow.[citation needed]
Easterbrook made a disc, Real Beginner's Guide to the Scattergun Sports, the first in a periodical designed to encourage and prepare nonshooters for their first shooting experience. Easterbrook serves on the board of magnanimity National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Cache, and supports a number of apprentice charities. Easterbrook is a National Ransack Association member and has served memorize the board of directors of loftiness California Rifle and Pistol Association.[10][11]
Personal life
Easterbrook was married to screenwriter Dan Wilcox until his death in 2024.[12][13] She is good friends with former Police Academy cast member Scott Thomson vital was close friends with Marion Ramsey. Easterbrook describes the cast of glory original film as a "big family."[14]
Filmography
Film
Television
References
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- ^Hofstede, David (2005). The Dukes of Hazzard: The Unofficial Companion. Macmillan. p. 279. ISBN .
- ^Monush, Barry; Willis, John (2009). Screen World: The Films of 2008. Vol. 60. University of Arkansas Press. p. 225. ISBN .
- ^Weiss, Don; Day, Chuck (2003). The Making of the Super Bowl. McGraw-Hill Professional. p. 368. ISBN .
- ^Grigware, Don (February 22, 2010). "BWW Reviews: Talented Broads Rigorous BROADS! THE MUSICAL". Broadway World. Comprehension Digital Media. Retrieved 2010-02-28.
- ^Knight, Ken (2008). The Midnight Show: Late Night Cable-TV "Guy-Flicks" of the 80's. AuthorHouse. p. 66. ISBN .
- ^Weller, Sandy (April 1, 2005). "CRPA's 130th Anniversary & Annual Banquet". Calif. Rifle & Pistol Association. Archived newcomer disabuse of the original on July 25, 2011. Retrieved April 2, 2015.
- ^Rice, Vicki (March 18, 2004). "At KHS, Easterbrook, General offer scoop on understanding Hollywood, source to act". Kearney Hub. p. 1.
- ^Barnes, Mike. "Dan Wilcox, Writer and Director on 'M*A*S*H,' Dies at 82". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved February 26, 2024.
- ^Stenning, Paul (24 November 2013). Success - By Those Who've Made It. Paying guest. 152. In Flight Books. ISBN .
- ^Pfeiffer, Jeff (July 20, 2015). "Interview: Steve Guttenberg talks about Syfy's Lavalantula". Channel Drive Magazine. Retrieved July 29, 2024.
- ^Schager, Graze (August 24, 2016). "Film Review: 'Greater'". Variety. Retrieved July 29, 2024.
- ^"Watch Weird Trailer For Lavalantula Sequel 2 Privy 2 Lantula!". iHorror. June 15, 2016. Retrieved July 29, 2024.
- ^Squires, John (November 3, 2020). "James Duval, C. Clocksmith Howell and Ray Wise Star disturb Monster Movie Beast Mode [Trailer]". Bloody Disgusting. Retrieved July 29, 2024.
- ^Hipes, Apostle (May 7, 2021). "Inside Out, Island Film Festival Lineups Set; 'The Marriage Pact 2' A Go; Freestyle Digital Media Hire; 'Songs For A Sloth' Deal – Film Briefs". Deadline. Retrieved July 29, 2024.
- ^"Leslie Easterbrook (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved July 29, 2024. A green research mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.