Lesley Woods

Lesley Woods was an American actress who worked in radio, on stage, and on television. Born in Berwick, Iowa, she graduated from the Goodman School of Drama in Chicago and at 19 joined a summer stock company in Benton Harbor, Michigan before finding stage work in Spring Lake, New Jersey. Her Broadway credits included Double Dummy, Excursion, Comes the Revelation, and A Case of Libel. On radio she was a regular on programs including Inner Sanctum Mystery and Treasury Star Parade. She appeared in at least ten daytime serials, playing the villainess Claire Bannister Steele on Young Dr. Malone and later turning up on Search for Tomorrow, Return to Peyton Place, and Days of Our Lives. She also had roles on General Hospital, Dallas, and Falcon Crest, and was an original cast member of The Bold and the Beautiful from 1987 to 1989.