Leslie Stevens

She grew up in Tulsa, Oklahoma with an older sister. Her mother was an English teacher & Librarian and her father was a former southpaw baseball pitcher and businessman. She was a young athlete, competing in a Junior Olympic Gymnastics program in Oklahoma. When the family moved to St. Louis, Leslie transitioned into dance, acting and choir. She made her Broadway debut at 17 as the ingenue lead in La Cage Aux Folles and joined NBC's daytime drama Search For Tomorrow as a contract player at 18.