15 Facts About Leslie Parrish

Leslie Parrish was born on Marjorie Hellen; March 13,1935 and is an American actress, activist, environmentalist, writer, and producer.

Leslie Parrish worked under her birth name for six years before changing it in 1959.

At the age of 14, Leslie Parrish was a talented and promising piano and composition student at the Philadelphia Conservatory of Music.

At the age of 16, Leslie Parrish earned money for her tuition by working as a maid and a waitress, and by teaching piano.

Leslie Parrish was quickly discovered and signed with Twentieth Century Fox in Hollywood.

Leslie Parrish gained wide attention in her first starring role as Daisy Mae in the movie version of Li'l Abner, where she changed her name from Marjorie Hellen to Leslie Parrish at the director's request.

Leslie Parrish appeared in the film The Manchurian Candidate, playing Laurence Harvey's on-screen fiancee, Jocelyn Jordan.

Leslie Parrish served as associate producer on the film version of Jonathan Livingston Seagull.

Leslie Parrish was a vocal opponent of the Vietnam War, and a member of the Jeannette Rankin Brigade, a group of notable women who fought against the war and for civil rights.

Leslie Parrish founded "STOP", an anti-war organization that trained speakers to engage the public.

In 1969, Leslie Parrish joined many in an effort to remove Los Angeles mayor Sam Yorty from office.

Leslie Parrish supported and campaigned for a former police lieutenant named Tom Bradley, who was then the city's first black city councilman.

Leslie Parrish was one of forty activist citizens who served on Bradley's Blue Ribbon Commission to choose new Los Angeles Commissioners.

In 1999, Leslie Parrish created a 240-acre wildlife sanctuary on Orcas Island to save it from normal development techniques which include logging.

Leslie Parrish married songwriter Ric Marlow in 1955; the couple divorced in 1961.