---
name: "Roberta Leighton"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/roberta-leighton"
fi1m_id: "roberta-leighton"
imdb_id: "nm0500374"
tmdb_id: 105361
wikidata_id: "Q112671870"
roles: []
born: "23 March 1953"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-04T17:18:52.302513+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."
---

# Roberta Leighton

## Identity

Roberta Leighton

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/roberta-leighton
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** roberta-leighton
- **IMDb ID:** nm0500374
- **TMDB ID:** 105361
- **Wikidata ID:** Q112671870
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roberta_Leighton_(actress), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q112671870, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0500374/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/105361

Actor. Born 23 March 1953 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.

## Details

- **Born:** 23 March 1953, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roberta_Leighton_(actress), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q112671870, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0500374/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/105361

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Stripes*](https://film.one/film/stripes.md) (70)

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## Biography

Roberta Leighton is an American actress. She was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and studied acting at the Guthrie Theater before earning two Bachelor of Fine Arts degrees from Stephens College.

Leighton is known for her role as Anita in the 1981 film *Stripes*. On television she played Dr. Casey Reed on *The Young and the Restless* (1978–1981, with later appearances), Shirley Pickett on *General Hospital* (1983), and Ginger Dawson on *Days of Our Lives* (1991–1992). She also appeared in guest roles on series including *Baretta* and *The Dukes of Hazzard*, and in the films *Barracuda* (1978) and *Covergirl* (1983).

She has been married to actor Corey Young since 1988.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Stripes* (1981), Fi1m 70, as Anita — [page](https://film.one/film/stripes.md)

## Complete filmography (6)

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

- *Covergirl* (1984), as Dee
- *Stripes* (1981), as Anita — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/stripes.md)
- *Barracuda* (1978), as Liza Williams
- *Rosetti and Ryan: Men Who Love Women* (1977), as Druscilla Gerard
- *Baretta* (1975), series, as Cathy
- *Days of Our Lives* (1965), series, as Ginger Dawson

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