Biography

Leslie Ash

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Leslie started working at age four, appearing in a television commercial for Fairy Washing-Up Liquid with the line "Mummy, why are your hands so soft?' She switched from modeling to acting after being offered a part in the film "Quadrophenia". It gave her the encouragement to get back into acting, but she got typecast as a blonde cockney whom everyone thought was dumb. After doing the sitcom "Happy Apple", she decided she wanted to get away from that, so she presented Channel 4's "The Tube" for six months. She found this terrifying, as she didn't know much about music. It turned out, that they wanted her image more than her knowledge, but she enjoyed the travelling with Jools Holland. Autumn 1985 saw the release of her film "Shady", in which she played the daughter of a rich family and had to have elocution lessons. "CATS Eyes" was her first TV drama series. The first thing she did as an adult on TV was "The Gentle Touch" with Jill Gascoigne. She is married to actor Lee Chapman and has two sons, Joseph (born 1990)m and Max (born 1993). Her sister is former "Hot Gossip" dancer Debbie Ash. They appeared together as sisters in "Rosie Dixon--Night Nurse".
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In April 2004 she was nearly killed by the MSSA super-bug (similar to MRSA but treatable by antibiotics), contracted while being treated in hospital for a collapsed lung and fractured rib caused by an accident at home in which she fell off her bed onto a table during a love-making session with her husband. In January 2008 she was awarded a record £5 million in compensation against the hospital, to cover past and future loss of earnings.
In 2002 she had collagen implants to increase the size of her lips, but the procedure went wrong, leaving her with what the tabloid newspapers described as a "trout pout". She has since had surgery in an attempt to correct the mistake and has warned other women about the potential perils of having cosmetic surgery.
In 1973 she was a dancer with The Black and White Minstrels.
Her husband, Lee Chapman, is an ex-footballer. She has two sons with Lee; Joseph Chapman (b. 1990) and Max Chapman (b. 1993).
Younger sister of Debbie Ash.

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