Leslie Easterbrook (born July 26, 1949) played the part of Rhonda Lee, the buxom blonde neighbor and nemesis to Laverne and Shirley who later befriends the two, in the final three seasons of the ABC-TV series Laverne & Shirley. Leslie is well known to moviegoers for her role as the voluptuous yet no-nonsense blonde bombshell Debbie Callahan in the Police Academy comedy film series.
Early life[]
Leslie was an adopted child, born in Los Angeles, California, but raised by her adoptive parents in rural Arcadia, Nebraska. She attended and graduated from Kearney High School and Stephens College. Her father was a music professor at the University of Nebraska at Kearney.[
Career[]
Easterbrook has become a familiar face to American audiences, with about a dozen feature films and over 300 television episodes to her credit. She first became famous as Rhonda Lee, the Marilyn Monroe-like neighbor of Laverne & Shirley, but the role for which she is most widely known is that of Sergeant, Lieutenant, and then Captain, Debbie Callahan, the beautiful yet no-nonsense blonde bombshell in the popular Police Academy movie series.[1][2] Easterbrook has appeared in Murder, She Wrote, Hangin' with Mr. Cooper, Baywatch, Wikipedia:Matlock (TV series)|Matlock]], Hunter, and The Dukes of Hazzard.[3]
She appeared as Devlin Kowalski from the ABC-TV daytime soap opera Ryan's Hope. More recently, she has been doing voice work, including Superman and Batman: The Animated Series. Her vocal talents led to her being chosen to sing the National Anthem at Super Bowl XVII [4] and have landed her starring roles in musicals on Broadway[5] and throughout the country; she recorded a song for the soundtrack of Police Academy: Mission to Moscow. Leslie made a video, Real Beginner's Guide to the Shotgun Sports, the first in a series designed to encourage and prepare nonshooters for their first shooting experience. Easterbrook serves on the board of the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund, and supports a number of children's charities. Easterbrook is a National Rifle Association member and has served on the board of directors of the California Rifle and Pistol Association.[6][7] In 2005, Leslie replaced actress Karen Black as Mother Firefly in Rob Zombie's The Devil's Rejects, the sequel to the 2003 horror movie, House of 1000 Corpses. In 2007, she played security guard Patty Frost in Rob Zombie's remake of Halloween. In 2008, she played as Betty in the thriller/horror film House.[8] In 2010, she starred in The Afflicted.
References[]
- ↑ Machray, Robert (February 24, 2010). Theatre Review (LA): Broads by Fahn and Symon at the El Portal Theatre. blogcritics. Retrieved on 2010-02-28.
- ↑ Weldon, Michael (1996). pp. 434–435. Macmillan. ISBN 0-312-13149-6.
- ↑ Hofstede, David (2005). . Macmillan. ISBN 0-312-35374-X.
- ↑ . McGraw-Hill Professional (2003). ISBN 0-07-142949-2.
- ↑ Grigware, Don (February 22, 2010). BWW Reviews: Talented Broads Sing BROADS! THE MUSICAL. Broadway World. Wisdom Digital Media. Retrieved on 2010-02-28.
- ↑ Knight, Ken (2008). . AuthorHouse. ISBN 978-1-4343-4148-8.
- ↑ Weller, Sandy (April 1, 2005). CRPA's 130th Anniversary & Annual Banquet. California Rifle & Pistol Association. Retrieved on April 2, 2015.
- ↑ . University of Arkansas Press (2009). ISBN 1-4234-7370-1.
External links[]
- Leslie Easterbrook article at Wikipedia
Leslie Easterbrook at the Internet Movie Database
