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Leslie Grantham
Leslie Grantham (1947–2018), English actor, played Dirty Den Watts in EastEnders 1985–1989 and 2003–2005; ex-soldier who served about a decade for a 1967 murder conviction in Germany.
Leslie Grossman
Leslie Erin Grossman (born 1971, Los Angeles) is an American actress known as Mary Cherry on Popular and as Meadow Wilton, Coco St. Pierre Vanderbilt, Margaret Booth, Ursula, and Barbara Read across American Horror Story seasons Cult through 13.
Leslie Hope
Leslie Hope (Leslie Ann Hope) is a Canadian actress, director, and producer born in 1965 in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Known for Teri Bauer on 24 season 1 and for directing episodes of Snowpiercer, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, Lost in Space, and the One Piece season finale. Distinct from Bob Hope.
Leslie Howard
Leslie Howard (born Leslie Howard Steiner, 1893–1943), English stage and film actor, director, and producer, star of The Scarlet Pimpernel, Pygmalion, and Gone with the Wind's Ashley Wilkes; killed when his airliner was shot down over the Bay of Biscay in 1943.
Leslie Jones (comedian)
Leslie Jones (Annette Leslie Jones), American stand-up comedian and actress born 1967 in Memphis; SNL writer and cast member 2014-2019, three Emmy nominations, Ghostbusters 2016, Daily Show guest host, Paris 2024 Olympics Sports Emmy.
Leslie Jordan
Leslie Jordan (1955–2022), American actor and comedian, Emmy winner as Beverley Leslie on Will & Grace, Sordid Lives' Brother Boy, pandemic Instagram star, gospel album Company's Comin'.
Leslie Knope
Leslie Knope is the fictional deputy parks director of Pawnee, Indiana, played by Amy Poehler on NBC's Parks and Recreation (2009-2015). Known for her optimism, feminism, pit-to-park project, city council seat, and recall over a soda tax.
Leslie Landon
Leslie Landon (Leslie Landon Matthews), born 1962, daughter of Michael Landon, played Etta Plum on Little House on the Prairie, then became a psychologist and co-authored When Children Grieve.
Leslie Liao
Leslie Liao is an American stand-up comedian, actress, and writer from Orange County, based in Los Angeles, who left a Netflix HR job in 2024 after appearing on Verified Stand-Up, Just For Laughs, and The Tonight Show.
Leslie Mann
Leslie Mann, American comedy actress born 1972 in San Francisco, known for The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Knocked Up, This Is 40, and Blockers; wife of producer-director Judd Apatow, with daughters Maude and Iris Apatow.
Leslie Nielsen
Leslie Nielsen (1926–2010), Canadian-born actor and comedian, spent three decades as a dramatic leading man before Airplane! (1980), Police Squad!, and the Naked Gun trilogy made him the master of deadpan parody.
Leslie Odom Jr.
Leslie Odom Jr. (born 1981, Queens, New York) is an American actor and singer, Tony and Grammy winner as Broadway's original Aaron Burr in Hamilton, Oscar-nominated for One Night in Miami….
Leslie Parrish
Leslie Parrish, born Marjorie Hellen, American actress known for Li'l Abner, The Manchurian Candidate, and Star Trek, later an activist and environmentalist who died in 2025.
Leslie Phillips
Leslie Phillips (Leslie Samuel Phillips, 1924-2022) was an English comic actor of the Carry On and Doctor films, The Navy Lark radio star, voice of the Harry Potter Sorting Hat, and BAFTA-nominated for Venus.
Leslie Stevens
Leslie Stevens (1924–1998), American playwright, producer, writer, and director, creator of The Outer Limits, Stoney Burke, and Search; also wrote Marriage-Go-Round and the Esperanto film Incubus; distinct from the 1964-born actress, folk singer, and writer of the same name.
Leslie Uggams
Leslie Uggams, American Tony Award-winning actress and singer born 1943 in New York City; star of Hallelujah, Baby!, Roots (as Kizzy), The Leslie Uggams Show, Empire, and Blind Al in the Deadpool films.
Leslie Zemeckis
Leslie Zemeckis is an American author, actress, and documentary filmmaker, married to director Robert Zemeckis, known for Behind the Burly Q (2010) and books on burlesque and showgirl history.
Leslye Headland
Leslye Headland (born 1980) is an American playwright, screenwriter, director, and producer known for the Seven Deadly Plays, Bachelorette, Sleeping with Other People, co-creating Russian Doll, and creating Disney+'s The Acolyte.
Less than Zero (film)
Less than Zero is a 1987 American drama film directed by Marek Kanievska, loosely based on Bret Easton Ellis's novel, starring Andrew McCarthy and Robert Downey Jr.
Lesson in Love (第9节课)
Lesson in Love (第9節課) is a 2022 Taiwanese iQIYI original drama, 12 episodes, about teacher Chen Meng-yun (Hsu Wei-ning) and student Chang Yi-hsiang (Edward Chen) in a forbidden romance at Nan-Yi High School, directed by Wang Li-wen.
Lesson of the Evil (悪の教典)
Lesson of the Evil (悪の教典, Aku no Kyōten) is a 2012 Japanese psycho-horror film by Takashi Miike, adapted from Yusuke Kishi's novel, starring Hideaki Ito as psychopathic teacher Seiji Hasumi; 129 min, R15+, Toho, released 10 November 2012.
Lessons in Chemistry
Lessons in Chemistry is an Apple TV+ eight-episode limited series (premiered October 13, 2023) adapted from Bonnie Garmus's 2022 novel, starring Brie Larson as chemist Elizabeth Zott, who hosts the cooking show Supper at Six; showrunner Lee Eisenberg.
Let Him Go
Let Him Go is a 2020 American neo-Western drama thriller written and directed by Thomas Bezucha, adapted from Larry Watson's 2013 novel and starring Kevin Costner and Diane Lane.
Let It Be (1970 film)
Let It Be (1970 film), tied to the Get Back project, is Michael Lindsay-Hogg's documentary of the Beatles' January 1969 sessions and rooftop concert, released May 1970 after the breakup, Oscar-winning, long suppressed, restored on Disney+ May 8, 2024.
Let It Shine (film)
Let It Shine is a 2012 Disney Channel Original Movie musical directed by Paul Hoen, starring Tyler James Williams, Coco Jones, and Trevor Jackson; a Cyrano de Bergerac-style hip-hop story set in Atlanta, premiered June 15, 2012.
Let It Snow (2019 film)
Let It Snow (2019) is a Netflix Christmas romantic comedy directed by Luke Snellin, adapted from the 2008 John Green, Maureen Johnson, and Lauren Myracle book, starring Isabela Merced, Shameik Moore, Kiernan Shipka, and Joan Cusack, released November 8, 2019.
Let Me Eat Your Pancreas (君の膵臓をたべたい)
Let Me Eat Your Pancreas (君の膵臓をたべたい) is the 2017 Toho live-action drama directed by Tsukikawa Sho, starring Minami Hamabe and Takumi Kitamura, adapted from Yoru Sumino's novel; distinct from the 2018 anime film.
Let Me In (film)
Let Me In is a 2010 American-British vampire horror film directed by Matt Reeves, a remake of the acclaimed 2008 Swedish film Let the Right One In.
Let the Bullets Fly (让子弹飞)
Let the Bullets Fly (让子弹飞) is Jiang Wen's 2010 action comedy adapted from Ma Shitu's 夜谭十记, starring Jiang Wen, Chow Yun-fat, and Ge You; it earned 659 million yuan, won Golden Horse screenplay and cinematography awards, and opened Jiang Wen's Republic trilogy.
Let the Right One In (film)
Let the Right One In (Låt den rätte komma in), 2008 Swedish vampire film by Tomas Alfredson from John Ajvide Lindqvist's novel; bullied boy Oskar befriends child vampire Eli in 1982 Blackeberg; spawned Let Me In remake and Showtime series.