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 shows 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 thats not me at all Id never played tough Id played all kinds of things but Id never played someone whos 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 didnt 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 Zombies The Devils Rejects the sequel to the 2003 horror film House of 1000 Corpses In 2007 she played security guard Patty Frost in Rob Zombies remake of Halloween In 2008 she played as Betty in the thrillerhorror film House In 2010 she starred in The Afflicted She also appeared on Ryans 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 Beginners 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 childrens 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 MASH writer Dan Wilcox She was previously married to fellow actor Victor Holchak