Leslie Easterbrook

Template:Short description Template:Infobox person Leslie Easterbrook is an American actress and producer. She played Sgt./Lt./Capt. Debbie Callahan in the Police Academy films and Rhonda Lee on the television series Laverne & Shirley.

Early life

Easterbrook was adopted when she was nine months old;<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> 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.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

Career

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 Burbank, California. While playing the role of Rhonda, she appeared as a panelist on Match Game taped on 27 September 1981.

Easterbrook performed as Debbie Callahan in the Police Academy film series.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref> She told author Paul Stenning:<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

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 Private Resort, Murder, She Wrote, Diagnosis: Murder, Hangin' with Mr. Cooper, Baywatch, Matlock, Hunter, and The Dukes of Hazzard.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> 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.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> 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<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> which landed her starring roles in musicals on Broadway<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and throughout the country; she recorded a song for the soundtrack of Police Academy: Mission to Moscow.Template:Citation needed

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.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Personal life

Easterbrook was married to screenwriter Dan Wilcox until his death in 2024.<ref>Rice, Vicki (March 18, 2004). "At KHS, Easterbrook, Johnston offer scoop on understanding Hollywood, starting to act". Kearney Hub. p. 1.</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> She is good friends with former Police Academy cast member Scott Thomson and was close friends with Marion Ramsey. Easterbrook describes the cast of the original film as a "big family."<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1980	Just Tell Me What You Want	Hospital Nurse
1984	Police Academy	Sgt. Debbie Callahan
	His & Hers	Sharon
1985	Private Resort	Bobbie Sue
1986	Police Academy 3: Back in Training	Debbie Callahan
1987	Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol
1988	Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach
	The Taking of Flight 847: The Uli Deckerson Story	Audrey	Television film
1989	Police Academy 6: City Under Siege	Debbie Callahan
1994	Police Academy: Mission to Moscow
1995	Mr. Payback: An Interactive Movie	Diane Wyatt
1997	Two Small Voices	Patient #2	Television film
1998	The Hunted	Lynn the Manager
2000	Big Wind on Campus	Science Teacher
2001	The Song of the Lark	Jesse Darcy	Television film
	Maniacts	Matron Knull
2002	The Moment After	Stephanie	Short film
2003	Dismembered	Helen
2004	Tales of a Fly on the Wall	Bud's Mom	Television film
2005	Long Distance	Mrs. Freeman
	Murder at the Presidio	Thelma "Bunny" Atkins	Television film
	The Biggest Fan	Police Woman
	The Devil's Rejects	Mother Firefly
2006	A Dead Calling	Marge
2007	A Family Lost	Carol	Television film
	Cartel, 1882	Fame Longstreet
	Halloween	Patty Frost
	The Heartbreak Kid	Jodi's Mom
	Retribution Road	Lana Gambol
2008	House	Betty
2009	Black Water Transit	Bet Tannen
2010	Hollywood & Wine	Hattie Mcdaniel
2011	The Afflicted	Maggie
	Rift	Meagan Charms
	Skeletons in the Closet	Eleanor	Short film
2012	Find Me	Linda
	Sorority Party Massacre	Stella Fawnskin
2013	Clubhouse	Patty Newman
	Nevermind the Dawn	Rose	Short film
	Compound Fracture	Annabelle
	A Little Christmas Business	Linda Collier
	House of the Witchdoctor	Irene Van Hooten
2014	The Wedding Pact	Donna
	Number Runner	Babette Schiller
	NightLights	Gina
2015	Rivers 9	Martha
	Lavalantula	Doris	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Daddy	Mrs. McCormack
	Howl of a Good Time	Martha	Short film
2016	Terror Birds	Dr. Slater
	Greater	Barbara Burlsworth	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Sugar Skull Girls	Azreal
	2 Lava 2 Lantula	Doris	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Of Flesh and Bone	Margaret	Short film
2017	Prisoner	Woman	Short film
	Charlotte	Martha	Segment: "Howl of a Good Time"
	The Neighborhood	Annabella
	Dark Image	Phyllis Browne
	Furious of Alabama	Paula Hargrove
2018	Abnormal Attraction	Hildie "The Witch"
	Intensive Care	Claire
	A Christmas Arrangement	Dorothy Cromwell-Eastland
2020	Voices	Samantha Eisner
	Beast Mode	Zelda Zine	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2021	Body of the Mined	Morla	Short film
	The Baby Pact	Donna Carter	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2022	Give Till It Hurts	Veranda

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1980	Me and Maxx	Miss Arnold	Episode: "Dad's Day"
1980–1983	Laverne & Shirley	Rhonda Lee	Main role (season 6–8); 51 episodes
1981; 1983	The Love Boat	Wendy / Edie Franklin	2 episodes
1982	Fantasy Island	Michelle	Episode: "The Perfect Gentleman / Legend"
	The Devlin Connection	Nurse	Episode: "The Absolute Monarch of Ward C"
1983	Ace Crawford, Private Eye	Dee Dee Bozwell	Episode: "Bull Bates"
	Trapper John, M.D.	Louella	Episode: "The Final Cut"
1984	The Dukes of Hazzard	Madame Delilah	Episode: "The Fortune Tellers"
	Domestic Life	Kiki	Episode: "Cooking with Candy"
	Glitter	Teri Davis	Episode: "Trouble in Paradise"
	1st & Ten	Allison	Episode: "By the Bulls"
1985	Brothers	Professor Victoria Karper	Episode: "To Play or Not to Play"
	Misfits of Science	Strickland's Secretary	Episode: "Deep Freeze"
1986–1987	Ryan's Hope	Devlin Kowalski	Recurring role; 23 episodes
1988	Ohara	Gloria Collins	Episode: "X"
1988; 1991; 1995	Murder, She Wrote	Various characters	4 episodes
1989	It's a Living	Evelyn	Episode: "Matchmaker, Matchmaker"
	The Munsters Today	Neighbor	Episode: "Murder in Munsterland"
1990	Equal Justice	Charlene West	Episode: "The Art of the Possible"
1990; 1993	Matlock	Joanna Wilson	2 episodes
1991	Hunter	June Schwan	Episode: "Ex Marks the Spot"
	Baywatch	Dita	Episode: "Money, Honey"
1992	Hangin' with Mr. Cooper	Coach Judd	Episode: "Cheers"
	Batman: The Animated Series	Randa Duane (voice)	Episode: "Heart of Steel"
1993	Bodies of Evidence	Lily McCloud	Episode: "Eleven Grains of Sand"
1997	Superman: The Animated Series	Mala (voice)	citation	CitationClass=web }} A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.</ref>
	Police Academy: The Series	Debbie Callahan	Episode: "Dead Man Talking"
1998	Diagnosis: Murder	Helen Frolick	Episode: "Food Fight"
2011	The Funny Man	Beatrice	Main role; 10 episodes Web series
2014	Mr. Wang Goes to Hollywood	Senator Wilson	Episode: "Science in the Hood"
2018	See Ya	Lana Turner	2 episodes

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