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About Mrs. Leslie is a 1954 American drama film directed by Daniel Mann and starring Shirley Booth and Robert Ryan. It was nominated for a BAFTA Award in 1955.
She played Mrs. Beaver in the BBC adaptation of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, the Queen Giant in The Silver Chair and as Henrietta Beecham in the 2019 ITV historical drama Beecham House.
YearFilm/tvRoleNotes2025Filming2024NurgabogTV Series (2 episodes)2024Pam StubbsTV series2023Professor Matilda Weasley (voice)Video gameAbout Mrs. Leslie: Directed by Daniel Mann. With Shirley Booth, Robert Ryan, Marjie Millar, Alex Nicol. A rooming-house landlady recalls her past in flashbacks.
- (707)
- Drama, Romance
- Daniel Mann
- 1954-08-03
Lesley Nicol. Actress: Downton Abbey. Born in 1953, to a mother who had worked in television, Lesley Nicol was a shy 16-year-old at St. Elphin's Boarding School in Derbyshire when she expressed a desire to go out and see the world - not, she recalls, to be an actress but to kiss boys.
- August 7, 1953
About Mrs. Leslie. Vivien (Shirley Booth) runs a boarding house for young women. Through a series of flashbacks, she details the adventures of her life. Vivien was born poor, but escapes...
- (5)
- Romance
- Daniel Mann, Jerry Paris
Actress: Downton Abbey. Born in 1953, to a mother who had worked in television, Lesley Nicol was a shy 16-year-old at St. Elphin's Boarding School in Derbyshire when she expressed a desire to go out and see the world - not, she recalls, to be an actress but to kiss boys.
An aging woman recalls the affair that consumed her life. One morning, Mrs. Vivien Leslie, the owner of a Beverly Hills rooming house, advises tenant Nadine Roland not to worry about the ailing Lan McKay, pointing out that the young man's "illness" is just a hangover.
