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- Birth nameAleen Wetstein
- Aleen Leslie was born on February 5, 1908 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. She was a writer and producer, known for A Date with Judy (1948), Affectionately Yours (1941) and It Comes Up Love (1943). She was married to Jacques Leslie. She died on February 2, 2010 in Beverly Hills, California, USA.
- SpouseJacques Leslie(1939 - June 30, 1974) (his death, 2 children)
- She had two children with her husband, Jacques: daughter, Diane Leslie; and son, Jacques.
- Husband, Jacques Leslie, was a Pittsburgh attorney who became a prominent entertainment lawyer after their move to California.
Her son, also Jacques Leslie, was a Los Angeles Times foreign correspondent, who was wounded covering the war in Vietnam in 1972.
His wife's name is Leslie, so she goes by the name of Leslie Leslie. - With her press pass, Aleen Leslie gained entrance to Columbia Pictures, talking her way into a writing job.
She started out working on shorts of the "The Three Stooges".
She was one of about two dozen female screenwriters at the time.
In 1938, Leslie joined the Screenwriter's Guild, now the WGA, and was its oldest living member up until her death.
Wrote a weekly column, "One Girl Chorus," for the Pittsburgh Press, 1933-1943. - Studied play writing at Ohio State University.
- She wrote stories and screenplays for Columbia features through 1941, returning to the studio briefly in 1949.
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