Lesley Taplin(1946-2009)
- Actress
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
- Producer
Lesley Gilb was born on September 6, 1946 in Seattle, Washington. Her
parents were Tyrell Thompson Gilb and Corinne Lathrop Gilb. She had a
sister named Tyra. Gilb was raised in Berkeley, California. Lesley
received a B.A. from the University of California in Berkeley and
studied in the Ph.D. program in Dramatic Arts at Stanford University.
Gilb made her film debut in the lead role of Lee James in the obscure
social drama "The Activist." Lesley achieved her greatest enduring cult
cinema popularity with her mesmerizing portrayal of the titular shrewd
and seductive backwoods vampiress in the splendidly eerie and
atmospheric indie horror winner "Lemora: A Child's Tale of the
Supernatural." Throughout her rich and varied life Gilb worked as a
film producer, production assistant, production manager, story editor,
researcher, writer, gallery manager, publisher, teacher, and a
passionate and dedicated volunteer with many downtown Los Angeles
organizations. An intrepid traveler, she spent a good deal of time in
America, Europe, and Morocco. Moreover, Lesley was a longtime resident
of Santa Monica who also lived in Ross and Palo Alto in the Northern
California Bay Area. She was the mother of son Nicholas and daughter
Blythe. On April 13, 2009 Gilb was tragically killed at age 62 in an
automobile accident on highway 101 in Los Angeles, California.
