Leslie Ash
Biography
Leslie Ash is an English actress who began on British television as a child, appearing in a Fairy Liquid advertisement in 1964 at the age of four. Born in Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, she trained at the Italia Conti Academy and worked as a fashion model before taking the romantic lead in Quadrophenia (1979), her first major film role. She played Julie Morgan in Curse of the Pink Panther (1983) and was a regular in the crime series C.A.T.S. Eyes, and from 1983 to 1987 she co-presented the Channel 4 music program The Tube. She is well known as Deborah in the sitcom Men Behaving Badly, a role she played for six seasons, and later appeared in Where the Heart Is, Merseybeat and Holby City. Her 2007 autobiography is titled My Life Behaving Badly.
66years old
Turns 67 on February 19in 101 days
- Born Henley-on-Thames
- Star sign: PiscesFirst day of the sign, on the Aquarius cusp
Movie Career
- Films
- 3
- Career span
- 5 years1978 to 1983
Every film, newest first
- 1983Curse of the Pink PantherIMDb rating 4.4
- 1979QuadropheniaIMDb rating 7.2
- 1978Rosie Dixon - Night NurseIMDb rating 4.0
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Early training
Ash attended the Italia Conti Academy and afterward began working as a fashion model. She appeared on the covers of several teen magazines, among them Pink and Jackie.
Beyond film
Under the name Quentin & Ash, Leslie Ash put out the single "Tell Him" in 1996 with Caroline Quentin, her Men Behaving Badly co-star. The UK singles chart placed it at number 25.
Beyond film
From 1983 until 1987, Ash was a co-presenter on The Tube, the Channel 4 music program, working alongside Jools Holland and Paula Yates.
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Worked with
Leslie Ash shares two films with Michael Elphick, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Michael Elphick's page
Timothy Spall's page
Robert Loggia's page
Ray Winstone's page
David Niven's page
Herbert Lom's page
Franc RoddamDirector, 1 film, 1979
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Justin CartwrightDirector, 1 film, 1978
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