---
name: "Leslie Easterbrook"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/leslie-easterbrook"
fi1m_id: "leslie-easterbrook"
imdb_id: "nm0247579"
tmdb_id: 22252
wikidata_id: "Q265333"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "29 July 1948"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 47
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-04T19:59:50.380458+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."
---

# Leslie Easterbrook

## Identity

Leslie Easterbrook

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/leslie-easterbrook
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** leslie-easterbrook
- **IMDb ID:** nm0247579
- **TMDB ID:** 22252
- **Wikidata ID:** Q265333
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leslie_Easterbrook, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q265333, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0247579/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/22252

Actor. Born 29 July 1948 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 29 July 1948, Los Angeles, California, USA
- **Active:** 1984–2005
- **Frequently works with:** [Bubba Smith](https://film.one/person/bubba-smith.md), [Paul Maslansky](https://film.one/person/paul-maslansky.md), [Steve Guttenberg](https://film.one/person/steve-guttenberg.md), [David Graf](https://film.one/person/david-graf.md), [Gene Quintano](https://film.one/person/gene-quintano.md), [Michael Winslow](https://film.one/person/michael-winslow.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 47, as actor, over 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 2 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 3 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Comedy 3, Crime 3
- **Screen time:** 4 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $266m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leslie_Easterbrook, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q265333, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0247579/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/22252

## Biography

Leslie Easterbrook is an American actress. She was adopted at nine months old and raised in Arcadia, Nebraska, by Carl and Helen Easterbrook. She graduated from Kearney High School and Stephens College; her adoptive father was a music professor and her mother an English teacher at the University of Nebraska at Kearney.

Easterbrook gained early recognition as Rhonda Lee on the television series *Laverne & Shirley* from 1980. She is best known for playing Sgt./Lt./Capt. Debbie Callahan in the *Police Academy* film series, beginning with *Police Academy* (1984) and continuing through several sequels. In 2005 she replaced Karen Black as Mother Firefly in *The Devil's Rejects*.

Her other credits include appearances in *Halloween* (2007), numerous television guest roles such as *Murder, She Wrote*, *Baywatch* and *Matlock*, and voice work. She was married to screenwriter Dan Wilcox until his death in 2024.

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

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol* (1987), Fi1m 36, as Callahan — [page](https://film.one/film/police-academy-4-citizens-on-patrol.md)
- *Police Academy 3: Back in Training* (1986), Fi1m 42, as Lieutenant Callahan — [page](https://film.one/film/police-academy-3-back-in-training.md)
- *Police Academy* (1984), Fi1m 62, as Sergeant Callahan — [page](https://film.one/film/police-academy.md)

## Complete filmography (75)

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

- *The Wedding Pact 2: The Baby Pact* (2021), as Donna Carter
- *Body of the Mined* (2021), as Morla
- *Beast Mode* (2020), as Zelda Zine
- *Voices* (2020), as Samantha
- *A Christmas Arrangement* (2018), as Dorothy Cromwell-Eastland
- *Intensive Care* (2018), as Claire
- *Abnormal Attraction* (2018), as Madam Hildie
- *The Neighborhood* (2017), as Annabella
- *Charlotte* (2017), as Martha (segment "Howl of a Good Time")
- *Monster X* (2017), Actor
- *Sugar Skull Girls* (2016), as Azreal
- *Greater* (2016), as Barbara
- *Terror Birds* (2016), as Dr. Slater
- *Howl of a Good Time* (2015), as Martha
- *Daddy* (2015), as Mrs. McCormack
- *Lavalantula* (2015), as Doris
- *Rivers 9* (2015), as Martha
- *House of the Witchdoctor* (2014), as Irene Van Hooten
- *Number Runner* (2014), as Babette Schiller
- *The Wedding Pact* (2014), as Donna Carter
- *NightLights* (2014), as Gina
- *A Little Christmas Business* (2013), as Linda Collier
- *Clubhouse* (2013), as Patty Newman
- *Compound Fracture* (2013), as Annabelle
- *Sorority Party Massacre* (2012), as Stella Fawnskin
- *Find Me* (2012), as Linda
- *The Afflicted* (2011), as Maggie
- *Rift* (2011), as Meagan Charms
- *Monsterpiece Theatre Volume 1* (2011), as Bessie
- *House* (2008), as Betty
- *The Heartbreak Kid* (2007), as Jodi's Mom
- *Retribution Road* (2007), as Lana Gambol
- *Halloween* (2007), as Patty Frost
- *Cartel, 1882* (2007), as Fame Longstreet
- *A Family Lost* (2007), as Carol
- *A Dead Calling* (2006), as Marge
- *The Devil's Rejects* (2005), as Mother Firefly
- *Murder at the Presidio* (2005), as Thelma 'Bunny' Atkins
- *Long Distance* (2005), as Mrs. Freeman
- *Dismembered* (2003), as Helen
- *The Moment After* (2002), as Stephanie
- *The Biggest Fan* (2002), as Police Officer
- *Maniacts* (2001), as Matron Knull
- *Big Wind on Campus* (2000), as Science Teacher
- *The Garden Party* (1998), series, Actor
- *The Hunted* (1998), as Lynn the Manager
- *Police Academy: The Series* (1997), series, as D.A. Debbie Callahan
- *Superman: The Animated Series* (1996), series, as Mala (voice)
- *Mr. Payback: An Interactive Movie* (1995), as Diane Wyatt
- *Police Academy: Mission to Moscow* (1994), as Callahan
- *Diagnosis: Murder* (1993), series, as Helen Frolick
- *Hangin' with Mr. Cooper* (1992), series, as Coach Judd
- *Batman: The Animated Series* (1992), series, as Randa Duane (voice)
- *Ann Jillian* (1989), series, Actor
- *Baywatch* (1989), series, as Dita
- *Police Academy 6: City Under Siege* (1989), as Callahan
- *Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach* (1988), as Callahan
- *The Taking of Flight 847: The Uli Derickson Story* (1988), as Audrey
- *Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol* (1987), as Callahan — Fi1m 36, [page](https://film.one/film/police-academy-4-citizens-on-patrol.md)
- *Police Academy 3: Back in Training* (1986), as Lieutenant Callahan — Fi1m 42, [page](https://film.one/film/police-academy-3-back-in-training.md)
- *Matlock* (1986), series, as Joanna Wilton
- *Misfits of Science* (1985), series, Actor
- *Misfits of Science* (1985), as Strickland's Secretary
- *Private Resort* (1985), as Bobbie Sue
- *Murder, She Wrote* (1984), series, as Sally Templeton, Glenda Morrison, Vikki Palumbo, Antoinette Fishman
- *Hunter* (1984), series, as June Schwan
- *Brothers* (1984), series, Actor
- *Police Academy* (1984), as Sergeant Callahan — Fi1m 62, [page](https://film.one/film/police-academy.md)
- *Ace Crawford, Private Eye* (1983), series, as Dee Dee Bozwell
- *Me and Maxx* (1980), series, Actor
- *Just Tell Me What You Want* (1980), as Hospital Nurse
- *The Love Boat* (1977), series, as Edie Franklin
- *Laverne & Shirley* (1976), series, as Rhonda Lee
- *Witches Playground*, as Miranda
- *Stuck!*, as Mom

## Gallery

- ![Leslie Easterbrook](https://film.one/media/person/3749472/gallery-5cc1fa59e12b.jpg) Leslie Easterbrook — Moviefan at Dutch Wikipedia, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b3/LeslieEasterbrook.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Leslie Easterbrook](https://film.one/media/person/3749472/gallery-cb9c5369a95b.jpg) Leslie Easterbrook — Image via TMDB
- ![Leslie Easterbrook](https://film.one/media/person/3749472/gallery-df89867c31fd.jpg) Leslie Easterbrook — Image via TMDB

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