Leslie Easterbrook
Easterbrook was born in Los Angeles. She was adopted when she was nine months old; her adoptive parents, Carl and Helen Easterbrook, raised her in Arcadia, Nebraska. She attended and graduated from Kearney High School and Stephens College. Her father was a music professor and her mother was an English teacher at the University of Nebraska at Kearney. Easterbrook appeared in about a dozen feature films and over 300 television episodes. One of her earlier successes was in 1980 as Rhonda Lee beginning with season six of Laverne & Shirley. The role of Rhonda was part of the show's change of locale from Milwaukee to Hollywood. Easterbrook performed as Debbie Callahan in the Police Academy film series. Easterbrook told author Paul Stenning, "The funny thing is, that's not me at all. I'd never played tough. I'd played all kinds of things, but I'd never played someone who's intimidating or someone that was aggressive sexually. I was of a size that I never played the girl who got the guy. I wondered how I could do it. But I did. I went for the audition and I scared the producer and the director and then they backed up in their chairs and I went 'Oh no, now I really blew it. I scared them'. So I left the audition upset. I didn't get to read the script until I got the part. I thought it was outrageous and so funny." Easterbrook appeared in Murder, She Wrote, Diagnosis: Murder, Hangin' with Mr. Cooper, Baywatch, Matlock, Hunter, and The Dukes of Hazzard. In 2005, she replaced Karen Black as Mother Firefly in Rob Zombie's The Devil's Rejects, the sequel to the 2003 horror film, 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. In 2010, she starred in The Afflicted. She also appeared on Ryan's Hope as Devlin Kowalski. Her voice work has been featured in several projects, including Batman: The Animated Series and Superman: The Animated Series. She sang the National Anthem at Super Bowl XVII which landed her starring roles in musicals on Broadway 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 a National Rifle Association member and has served on the board of directors of the California Rifle and Pistol Association. Easterbrook is married to M*A*S*H writer Dan Wilcox. She was previously married to fellow actor Victor Holchak.
Known For
Credits
- 2021 · The Wedding Pact 2: The Baby Pact as Donna Carter
- 2021 · Body of the Mined as Morla
- 2020 · Beast Mode as Zelda Zine
- 2020 · Voices as Samantha
- 2018 · A Christmas Arrangement as Dorothy Cromwell-Eastland
- 2018 · Intensive Care as Claire
- 2018 · Abnormal Attraction as Madam Hildie
- 2017 · The Neighborhood as Annabella
- 2017 · Charlotte as Martha (segment "Howl of a Good Time")
- 2017 · Monster X as
- 2016 · Sugar Skull Girls as Azreal
- 2016 · Greater as Barbara
- 2016 · Terror Birds as Dr. Slater
- 2015 · Howl of a Good Time as Martha
- 2015 · Daddy as Mrs. McCormack
- 2015 · Lavalantula as Doris
- 2015 · Rivers 9 as Martha
- 2014 · House of the Witchdoctor as Irene Van Hooten
- 2014 · Number Runner as Babette Schiller
- 2014 · The Wedding Pact as Donna
- 2014 · NightLights as Gina
- 2013 · A Little Christmas Business as Linda Collier
- 2013 · Clubhouse as Patty Newman
- 2013 · Compound Fracture as Annabelle
- 2012 · Sorority Party Massacre as Stella Fawnskin
- 2012 · Find Me as Linda
- 2011 · The Afflicted as Maggie
- 2011 · Rift as Meagan Charms
- 2011 · Monsterpiece Theatre Volume 1 as Bessie
- 2009 · Black Water Transit as Bet Tannen
- 2008 · House as Betty
- 2007 · The Heartbreak Kid as Jodi's Mom
- 2007 · Retribution Road as Lana Gambol
- 2007 · Halloween as Patty Frost
- 2007 · Cartel, 1882 as Fame Longstreet
- 2007 · A Family Lost as Carol
- 2006 · A Dead Calling as Marge
- 2005 · The Devil's Rejects as Mother Firefly
- 2005 · Murder at the Presidio as Thelma 'Bunny' Atkins
- 2005 · Long Distance as Mrs. Freeman
- 2003 · Dismembered as Helen
- 2002 · The Moment After as Stephanie
- 2002 · The Biggest Fan as Police Officer
- 2001 · Maniacts as Matron Knull
- 2000 · Big Wind on Campus as Science Teacher
- 1998 · The Garden Party as
- 1998 · The Hunted as Lynn the Manager
- 1997 · Police Academy: The Series as D.A. Debbie Callahan
- 1996 · Superman: The Animated Series as Mala (voice)
- 1995 · Mr. Payback: An Interactive Movie as Diane Wyatt
- 1994 · Police Academy: Mission to Moscow as Callahan
- 1993 · Diagnosis: Murder as Helen Frolick
- 1992 · Hangin' with Mr. Cooper as Coach Judd
- 1992 · Batman: The Animated Series as Randa Duane (voice)
- 1989 · Ann Jillian as
- 1989 · Baywatch as Dita
- 1989 · Police Academy 6: City Under Siege as Callahan
- 1988 · Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach as Callahan
- 1988 · The Taking of Flight 847: The Uli Derickson Story as Audrey
- 1987 · Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol as Callahan
- 1986 · Police Academy 3: Back in Training as Lieutenant Callahan
- 1986 · Matlock as
- 1985 · Misfits of Science as
- 1985 · Private Resort as Bobbie Sue
- 1984 · Murder, She Wrote as Sally Templeton
- 1984 · Murder, She Wrote as Glenda Morrison
- 1984 · Murder, She Wrote as Vikki Palumbo
- 1984 · Murder, She Wrote as Antoinette Fishman
- 1984 · Hunter as June Schwan
- 1984 · Brothers as
- 1984 · Police Academy as Sergeant Callahan
- 1980 · Me and Maxx as
- 1980 · Just Tell Me What You Want as Hospital Nurse
- 1977 · The Love Boat as Edie Franklin
- 1976 · Laverne & Shirley as Rhonda Lee
- Future · Witches Playground as Miranda