Lesley Woods

Lesley Woods
Birthdate	August 22, 1910
Birthplace	Berwick, Iowa, USA
Date of Death	August 2, 2003 (aged 92)
Cause of Death	natural causes
Occupation	Actress
Years Active	1959-2001

Lesley Woods (born August 22, 1910-died August 2, 2003) was a veteran actress of film, stage and television. Lesley's venerable career lasted for over seven decades.

Career

Television

Lesley enjoyed a long career in daytime that started in 1959 on Young Dr. Malone playing Claire Bannister Steele. Woods went on to appeared on The Edge of Night as Evelyn Dark a role she reprised on The Secret Storm in 1968. Woods also appeared on The Nurses, Search for Tomorrow, General Hospital, Days of our Lives and All My Children. Woods was appeared on The Bold and the Beautiful when it debuted in 1987 as Helen Logan, the Logan sister's grandmother. Woods last appearance on B&B was in 2001.

Stage

Woods' acting on Broadway included being in Double Dummy (1936), Excursion (1937), Comes the Revelation (1942), The Assassin (1945), and A Case of Libel (1963–64). She was a member of Theatre West. A Billboard review of Comes the Revelation summarized Woods' acting as follows: "Small, blond and attractive, Miss Woods plays with an honesty and restraint that are as rare as they are commendable. Quiet, sincere and tremendously effective, she does one of the finest jobs of the entire season."

Personal life

Woods was married to Richard McMurray until his death in 1984.

Death

Woods died on August 2, 2003, just three weeks short of what would have been her 93rd birthday, of natural causes in Los Angeles.

Soapography

• Claire Bannister Steele on Young Dr. Malone (1959-1963)
• Evelyn Dark on The Edge of Night (1964)
• Vivian Gentry on The Nurses (1965-1967)
• Andrea Whiting on Search for Tomorrow (1967)
• Evelyn Dark on The Secret Storm (1968)
• Edna Hadley on General Hospital (1977)
• Dorothy Kelly on Days of our Lives (1978)
• Betty Wilson on All My Children (1984)
• Helen Logan on The Bold and the Beautiful (1987-1989; 2001)