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name: "Leslie Browne"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/leslie-browne"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "29 June 1958"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-20T06:00:56.947199+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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# Leslie Browne

Actor. Born 29 June 1958 in Phoenix, Arizona, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 29 June 1958, Phoenix, Arizona, USA
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leslie_Browne, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q451916, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0115038/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/182778

## Biography

Leslie Browne is an American ballerina and actress. She trained at the School of American Ballet and joined the New York City Ballet before moving to the American Ballet Theatre as a soloist in 1976; she was promoted to principal dancer in 1986 and remained with the company until 1993.

Browne made her screen debut as Emilia in the 1977 film *The Turning Point*, for which she received Academy Award and Golden Globe nominations for Best Supporting Actress. She later appeared in the films *Nijinsky* (1980) and *Dancers* (1987), both directed by Herbert Ross, and guest-starred as Colleen in an episode of the television series *Happy Days* (1978). She has also performed on Broadway in *The Red Shoes* and works as a teacher and choreographer.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Turning Point* (1977), Fi1m 70, as Emilia — [page](https://film.one/film/the-turning-point.md)

## Complete filmography (6)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Killer Babe* (1994), Actor
- *Dancers* (1987), as Nadine
- *American Ballet Theatre in San Francisco* (1985), as Dancer
- *Nijinsky* (1980), as Romola de Pulsky
- *The Turning Point* (1977), as Emilia — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/the-turning-point.md)
- *Happy Days* (1974), series, Actor

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 1978: Best Supporting Actress (nominated), for *The Turning Point*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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