---
name: "Leslie Parrish"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/leslie-parrish"
fi1m_id: "leslie-parrish"
imdb_id: "nm0663562"
tmdb_id: 14733
wikidata_id: "Q449265"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "18 March 1935"
died: "14 November 2025"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 86
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-26T14:43:39.765147+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 Parrish

## Identity

Leslie Parrish

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/leslie-parrish
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** leslie-parrish
- **IMDb ID:** nm0663562
- **TMDB ID:** 14733
- **Wikidata ID:** Q449265
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leslie_Parrish, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q449265, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0663562/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/14733

Actor. Born 18 March 1935 in Melrose, Massachusetts, USA. Died 14 November 2025.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 18 March 1935, Melrose, Massachusetts, USA
- **Died:** 14 November 2025
- **Active:** 1962–1966
- **Also known as:** Marjorie Hellen, لزلی پریش
- **Average Fi1m score:** 86, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leslie_Parrish, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q449265, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0663562/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/14733

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*The Manchurian Candidate*](https://film.one/film/the-manchurian-candidate.md) (88)

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## Biography

Leslie Parrish was an American actress. Born Marjorie Hellen on 18 March 1935 in Melrose, Massachusetts, she began her career as a model before making her screen debut in 1955 under her birth name. She adopted the name Leslie Parrish in 1959 and appeared in nearly 100 film and television roles until the late 1970s.

She is known for her role as Jocelyn Jordan in *The Manchurian Candidate* (1962), Daisy Mae in *Li'l Abner* (1959), and guest appearances in series including *Star Trek* (1967), *Batman* (1966–1967) and *Perry Mason*. Parrish also worked as an associate producer on *Jonathan Livingston Seagull* (1973). She was married to songwriter Ric Marlow from 1955 to 1961 and to author Richard Bach from 1981 to 1999. Parrish died on 14 November 2025 on San Juan Island, Washington.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Star Trek* (1966), Fi1m 83, as Carolyn Palamas — [page](https://film.one/tv/star-trek-1966.md)
- *The Manchurian Candidate* (1962), Fi1m 88, as Jocelyn Jordan — [page](https://film.one/film/the-manchurian-candidate.md)

## Complete filmography (55)

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

- *Star Trek: The Original Series – The Roddenberry Vault* (2016), series, Actor
- *Police Story: No Margin for Error* (1978), Actor
- *The Astral Factor* (1978), as Colleen Hudson
- *Logan's Run* (1977), series, as Joanna
- *Crash!* (1976), as Kathy Logan
- *The Giant Spider Invasion* (1975), as Ev
- *The Magician* (1973), series, as Lydia
- *Police Story* (1973), series, as Mrs. Delaley
- *Bearcats!* (1971), series, as Liz Blake
- *Banyon* (1971), as Ruth Sprague
- *The D.A.: Conspiracy to Kill* (1971), as Ramona Bertrand
- *McCloud* (1970), series, Actor
- *Brother, Cry For Me* (1970), as Jenny Noble
- *Love, American Style* (1969), series, as Mrs. Pfister
- *To Rome with Love* (1969), series, Actor
- *The Devil's Eight* (1969), as Cissy
- *The Candy Man* (1969), as Julie Evans
- *My Friend Tony* (1969), series, as Lila
- *Adam-12* (1968), series, as Sharon Blake
- *The Money Jungle* (1967), as Treva Saint
- *Mannix* (1967), series, as Linda Marley
- *Good Morning World* (1967), series, as Miss Zelner
- *Family Affair* (1966), series, Actor
- *Star Trek* (1966), series, as Carolyn Palamas — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/tv/star-trek-1966.md)
- *Tarzan* (1966), series, Actor
- *Three on a Couch* (1966), as Mary Lou Mauve
- *Batman* (1966), series, as Dawn Robbins, Glacia Glaze
- *The Wild Wild West* (1965), series, as Greta Lundquist
- *Sex and the Single Girl* (1964), as Susan
- *The Man from U.N.C.L.E.* (1964), series, as Leslie Welling
- *Kraft Suspense Theatre* (1963), series, as Susan King
- *Petticoat Junction* (1963), series, Actor
- *Channing* (1963), series, as Joyce Ruskin
- *The Lieutenant* (1963), series, Actor
- *For Love or Money* (1963), as Jan Brasher
- *The Manchurian Candidate* (1962), as Jocelyn Jordan — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/the-manchurian-candidate.md)
- *Portrait of a Mobster* (1961), as Iris Murphy
- *The Roaring 20's* (1960), series, Actor
- *Surfside 6* (1960), series, Actor
- *My Three Sons* (1960), series, as Flame LaRose / Margaret Smith
- *The Aquanauts* (1960), series, as Jill Talley
- *Li'l Abner* (1959), as Daisy Mae
- *Hawaiian Eye* (1959), series, Actor
- *Tightrope* (1959), series, as Theresa Baron
- *Missile to the Moon* (1958), as Zema, Lon's moon girl
- *77 Sunset Strip* (1958), series, as Jody (uncredited), Amanda Sant
- *Bat Masterson* (1958), series, as Lucy Carter, Lisa Anders
- *Tank Battalion* (1958), as Lt. Alice Brent
- *Perry Mason* (1957), series, as Hope Sutherland, Vivian Ames, Veronica Temple
- *Man on Fire* (1957), as Honey
- *Hot Summer Night* (1957), as Hazel
- *The Opposite Sex* (1956), as Leg Model (uncredited)
- *The Virgin Queen* (1955), as Anne
- *Daddy Long Legs* (1955), as College Girl (uncredited)
- *A Man Called Peter* (1955), as Newlywed in Lincoln Parlor

## Gallery

- ![Leslie Parrish](https://film.one/media/person/467249/gallery-84d766889746.jpg) Leslie Parrish — ABC Television, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f2/Leslie_Parrish_1962_%28cropped%29.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Photo of Ralph Taeger and Leslie Parrish from the short-lived television series Acapulco.](https://film.one/media/person/467249/gallery-025add4d3f54.jpg) Photo of Ralph Taeger and Leslie Parrish from the short-lived television series Acapulco. — Joe Wolhandler, Public Relations, New York, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/69/Ralph_Taeger_Leslie_Parrish_Acapulco_1961.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Photo of Gary Lockwood and Leslie Parrish from the television program Follow the Sun. (1962)](https://film.one/media/person/467249/gallery-dc5f73345d08.jpg) Photo of Gary Lockwood and Leslie Parrish from the television program Follow the Sun. (1962) — ABC Television, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/44/Gary_Lockwood_Leslie_Parrish_1962.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Leslie Parrish](https://film.one/media/person/467249/gallery-0a61a125b7a3.jpg) Leslie Parrish — Image via TMDB
- ![Leslie Parrish](https://film.one/media/person/467249/gallery-a4bf1604f548.jpg) Leslie Parrish — Image via TMDB
- ![Leslie Parrish](https://film.one/media/person/467249/gallery-453aa6f75fb4.jpg) Leslie Parrish — Image via TMDB

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