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name: "Leigh Chapman"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/leigh-chapman"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "29 March 1939"
died: "4 November 2014"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T16:00:23.201173+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Leigh Chapman

Writer. Born 29 March 1939 in Kannapolis, North Carolina, USA. Died 4 November 2014.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 29 March 1939, Kannapolis, North Carolina, USA
- **Died:** 4 November 2014
- **Also known as:** Louise McCarn

## Biography

Leigh Chapman was an American actress and screenwriter. Born Rosa Lee Chapman on 29 March 1939 in Kannapolis, North Carolina, she graduated from Winthrop College and moved to Los Angeles in the early 1960s. She began her career as an actress with guest roles in series including *The Man from U.N.C.L.E.*, where she played Napoleon Solo's secretary, and later transitioned to writing.

Chapman wrote episodes of television series including *Mission: Impossible* (1966), *The Wild Wild West*, *My Favorite Martian* and *The Mod Squad*. Her feature credits include the screenplay for *Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry* (1974), the treatment for *Truck Turner* (1974), and screenplays for *Steel* (1979) and *The Octagon* (1980). She also contributed to *Walker, Texas Ranger* (1993); due to a creative dispute those credits were given under the name Louise McCarn, her mother's. Chapman died on 4 November 2014 in West Hollywood, California.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, hollywoodreporter.com, variety.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Mission: Impossible* (1966), Fi1m 82, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/mission-impossible-1966.md)

## Also known for

- *Walker, Texas Ranger* (1993), Writer
- *The Octagon* (1980), Story, Writer
- *Dirty Mary Crazy Larry* (1974), Writer
- *The Wild Wild West* (1965), Writer, Teleplay, Story
- *Truck Turner* (1974), Story
- *Impulse* (1990), Screenplay

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