Joan Leslie
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Joan Leslie was an American actress and vaudevillian, who during the Hollywood Golden Age, appeared in films such as High Sierra, Sergeant York and Yankee Doodle Dandy.
Leslie in Too Young to Know (1945)
11-year-old Leslie in Camille (1936)
1941 studio publicity portrait
Leslie in 1946
Betty Brodel
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Elizabeth Ann Franzalia, better known as Betty Brodel, was an American actress, singer and vaudevillian. She appeared in several films during a brief decade-long career, spanning from 1936 to 1946, du
Joan Leslie
…Leslie was born Joan Agnes Theresa Sadie Brodel, the youngest child in her family. Her father was a bank clerk. Joan's two older sisters, Betty and Mary Brodel, shared their mother's musical interest and started to learn how to play instruments, such as the saxophone and the banjo, at an early…
Brodel in Swing Hostess (1944)