Nan Leslie
{{Short description|American actress (1926–2000)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Nan Leslie
| image = Nan Leslie in The Californians, 1957.jpg
| caption = Leslie in The Californians (1957)
| birth_name = Nanette June Leslie{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tc1HDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA86|title=The Lone Ranger on Radio, Film and Television|first=Ed|last=Andreychuk|page=86|date=January 16, 2018|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9780786499724|via=Google Books}}
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1926|06|04|mf=yes}}
| birth_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2000|07|30|1926|06|04|mf=yes}}
| death_place = San Juan Capistrano, California, U.S.
| resting_place = Pacific View Memorial Park
| occupation = Actress
| years_active = 1945–1968
| spouse = Jason Copage{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7-DgDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA439|title=Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons, 3d ed.|page=439|first=Scott|last=Wilson|publisher=McFarland|date=August 22, 2016|isbn=9780786479924|via=Google Books}}
}}
Nanette June Leslie (June 4, 1926 – July 30, 2000) was an American actress. She was known for playing Martha McGivern in the American western television series The Californians.
Life and career
Leslie was born in Los Angeles, California, the daughter of Frank Leslie, a salesman, and his wife, Alma.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yXAkDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA1995-IA29|title=Television Western Players, 1960-1975: A Biographical Dictionary|page=250|first=Everett|last=Aaker|publisher=McFarland|date=May 16, 2017|isbn=9781476628561|via=Google Books}} Leslie attended University High School. She began her career in 1945 in the film Under Western Skies. Leslie starred, co-starred and appeared in other films such as Guns of Hate, The Devil Thumbs a Ride, Under the Tonto Rim, Sunset Pass, The Miracle of the Hills, Western Heritage, The Arizona Ranger, Wild Horse Mesa and I'll Remember April.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=E2YvBhX8CZ0C&pg=PA132|title=Westerns Women: Interviews with 50 Leading Ladies of Movie and Television Westerns from the 1930s to the 1960s|pages=132–140|first1=Boyd|last1=Magers|first2=Michael|last2=Fitzgerald|publisher=McFarland|date=July 1, 2004|isbn=9780786420285|via=Google Books}}
File:Sean McClory Nan Leslie The Californians.jpg in The Californians, 1957]]
File:Robert Cornthwaite Nan Leslie The Californians 1958.jpg in The Californians, 1958]]
Between 1949 and 1955 Leslie appeared in eight episodes of The Lone Ranger; the most appearances in the series by any actress. She played Faith Harding in four episodes of The Gene Autry Show, 1950–1955. In 1954, Leslie guest-starred in the western television series Annie Oakley.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_aq_zAEACAAJ|title=Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2000|page=141|first=Harris|last=Lentz|publisher=McFarland|date=June 2001|isbn=9780786410248|via=Google Books}} She also guest-starred in The Adventures of Kit Carson and The Cisco Kid, appearing in five episodes of each. Leslie later joined the cast of the western television series The Californians, playing Jack McGivern's wife Martha McGivern from 1957 to 1958. Leslie retired in 1968, her last credit being for the film The Bamboo Saucer.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pfNACgAAQBAJ&pg=PT136|title=Riverboat: The Evolution of a Television Series, 1959-1961|first1=S. L.|last1=Kotar|first2=J. E.|last2=Gessler|publisher=BearManor Media|date=December 2009|isbn=9781593935054|via=Google Books}}
Death
Leslie died in July 2000 from complications of pneumonia in San Juan Capistrano, California, at the age of 74.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/89624071/nan-leslie/|title=Nan Leslie|work=The Star Press|location=Muncie, Indiana|date=August 5, 2000|access-date=November 27, 2021|page=8|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Open access}} She was buried in Pacific View Memorial Park.
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External links
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- {{IMDb name|0504160}}
- {{TCMDb name|112474%7C115908}}
- [https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/nan_leslie/ Rotten Tomatoes profile]
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Category:Actresses from Los Angeles
Category:Deaths from pneumonia in California
Category:American film actresses
Category:American television actresses
Category:20th-century American actresses
Category:Western (genre) television actors
Category:Western (genre) film actresses