Leslie Easterbrook

Leslie Easterbrook

Leslie Easterbrook, 2006
Born Leslie Eileen Easterbrook
(1949-07-29) July 29, 1949
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation Actress
Years active 1980–present
Spouse(s) Victor Holchak (1979-??; divorced)
Dan Wilcox (??-present)

Leslie Eileen Easterbrook (born July 29, 1949) is an American actress best known for her role as Officer Debbie Callahan in the Police Academy movies.

Early life

Easterbrook was born in Los Angeles, adopted by Carl and Helen Easterbrook, and raised in 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, Matlock, Hunter, and The Dukes of Hazzard.[3] She appeared as Devlin Kowalski from 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.

Easterbrook 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 an National Rifle Association member and has served on the board of directors of the California Rifle and Pistol Association.[6][7]

In 2005, she replaced 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

  1. ↑ Machray, Robert (February 24, 2010). "Theatre Review (LA): Broads by Fahn and Symon at the El Portal Theatre". blogcritics. Retrieved 2010-02-28.
  2. ↑ Weldon, Michael (1996). The psychotronic video guide. Macmillan. pp. 434–435. ISBN 0-312-13149-6.
  3. ↑ Hofstede, David (2005). The Dukes of Hazzard: The Unofficial Companion. Macmillan. p. 279. ISBN 0-312-35374-X.
  4. ↑ Weiss, Don; Day, Chuck (2003). The Making of the Super Bowl. McGraw-Hill Professional. p. 368. ISBN 0-07-142949-2.
  5. ↑ Grigware, Don (February 22, 2010). "BWW Reviews: Talented Broads Sing BROADS! THE MUSICAL". Broadway World. Wisdom Digital Media. Retrieved 2010-02-28.
  6. ↑ Knight, Ken (2008). The Midnight Show: Late Night Cable-TV "Guy-Flicks" of the 80's. AuthorHouse. p. 66. ISBN 978-1-4343-4148-8.
  7. ↑ Weller, Sandy (April 1, 2005). "CRPA's 130th Anniversary & Annual Banquet". California Rifle & Pistol Association. Retrieved April 2, 2015.
  8. ↑ Monush, Barry; Willis, John (2009). Screen World: The Films of 2008. 60. University of Arkansas Press. p. 225. ISBN 1-4234-7370-1.
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