Other works

(1944 - 1986) Active on Broadway in the following productions:

(1944) Stage Play: Snafu. Written by Louis Solomon and Harold Buchman. Directed by George Abbott. Hudson Theatre (moved to The Biltmore Theatre from 1 Jan 1945- close): 25 Oct 1944- 10 Mar 1945 (158 performances). Cast: Ralph W. Chambers (as "Senator Phil Ford"), Dort Clark (as "Pfc. Danny Baker"), Edwin Cooper (as "1st Legionnaire"), Eugenia Delarova (as "Josephina"), Ann Dere (as "Mrs. Garrett"), Cliff Dunstan (as "Detective"), Elspeth Eric (as "Madge Stevens"), Stefan Gierasch (as "3rd Legionnaire"), Russell Hardie (as "Ben Stevens"), Pat Kirkland (as "Laura Jessup"), Bethel Leslie (as "Kate Hereford") [Broadway debut], Enid Markey (as "Aunt Emily"), Eve McVeagh (as "Martha"), William Redfield [credited as Billy Redfield] (as "Ronald Stevens"), Ernest Rowan (as "2nd Legionnaire"), Winfield Smith (as "Col. West"), John Souther (as "Mr. Taylor"). Produced by George Abbott. Note: Filmed as Snafu (1945).

(1944) Stage Play: The Dancer. Melodrama (revival).

(1946) Stage Play: Years Ago. Comedy. Written by Ruth Gordon. Scenic Design by Donald Oenslager. Directed by Garson Kanin. Mansfield Theatre: 3 Dec 1946- 31 May 1947 (206 performances). Cast: Seth Arnold (as "Mr. Sparrow, a man who owned a wagon"), Jennifer Bunker (as "Anna Witham, My Next Best Friend"), Judith Cargill (as "Miss Glavin, from out to Brookline"), A Cat (as "Punk, Our Cat"), Florence Eldridge (as "Annie Jones, My Mother"), Pat Kirkland (as "Ruth Gordon Jones, Me"), Bethel Leslie (as "Katherine Follett, My Best Friend"), Fredric March (as "Clinton Jones, My Father"), Frederick Persson (as "Mr. Bagley, from the Y.M.C.A."), Richard Simon (as "Fred Whitmarsh, a Beau"). Produced by Max Gordon.

(1944) Stage Play: How I Wonder.

(1948) Stage Play: Goodbye, My Fancy. Comedy.

(1950) Stage Play: The Wisteria Trees. Drama. Written by Joshua Logan. Based on "The Cherry Orchard" by Anton Chekhov. Lighting and Scenic Design by Jo Mielziner. Musical arrangements by Lehman Engel. Directed by Joshua Logan. Martin Beck Theatre: 29 Mar 1950- 16 Sep 1950 (165 performances). Cast: Helen Hayes, Walter Abel, Peggy Conklin, Kent Smith, Alonzo Bozan (as "Scott"), Georgia Burke, Vinie Burrows, Patsy Carol, Ossie Davis (as "Jacques"), Patricia DeCoursey, Maurice Ellis, Reri Grist, Ellen Cobb-Hill, Bethel Leslie (as "Antoinette"), Emory S. Richardson, Ralph Robertson Jr., Maude Simmons, G. Albert Smith, Kitty Snapper, Elisa Toca, Irene Treadwill, Mary Vallee, Bentley Wallace, Douglas Watson, Duke Williams. Produced by Leland Hayward and Joshua Logan.

(1951) Stage Play: Mary Rose. (Revival). Written by J.M. Barrie. Scenic Design by Jack Landau. Costume Design by Aline Bernstein. Directed by John Stix. ANTA Playhouse: 4 Mar 1951- 16 Mar 1951 (17 performances). Cast: Leo G. Carroll (as "Mr. Morland"), Patricia Collinge (as "Mrs. Morland"), James Daly (as "Harry"), Bethel Leslie (as "Mary Rose"), Peg Mayo (as "Mrs. Otery"), Daniel Reed (as "Rev. George Amy"), Oliver Thorndike (as "Cameron"). Produced by Helen Hayes and ANTA ('Alfred de Liagre Jr': executive producer. Jean Dalrymple: executive director).

(1952) Stage Play: The Brass Ring. Written by Irving Elman. Incidental music by John Barrows. Directed by Stanley Gould. Lyceum Theatre: 10 Apr 1952- 12 Apr 1952 (4 performances). Cast: Sidney Blackmer (as "George Westman"), Patricia Benoit, Carol Goodner, Conrad Janis (as "Charlie Butler"), Bethel Leslie (as "Joan Westman"), Douglas Watson, Helene Dumas, Paul Ford (as "George's Father"), Joseph Leberman, Fred Irving Lewis, Margaretta Warwick. Produced by Donald Wolin. Produced in association with Donald Flamm.

(1952) Stage Play: The Time of the Cuckoo.

(1955) Stage Play: Inherit the Wind. Drama.

(1965) Stage Play: Catch Me if You Can.

(1969) Stage Play: But, Seriously...

(1986) Stage Play: Long Day's Journey Into Night. Drama (revival).

(1960's). Ms Leslie became the head writer for the TV soap opera "The Secret Storm."

(1964) TV series "Wagon Train", s08e20, "The Miss Mary Lee McIntosh Story", title role