Route Resolved ā
Package: @imdb/name
Pattern: /name/[nconst]
Params: {"nconst":"nm0389003"}
SSR Data
{
"nconst": "nm0389003",
"name": {
"id": "nm0389003",
"nameText": {
"text": "Leslie Hoffman"
},
"birthDate": {
"dateComponents": {
"year": null,
"month": 1,
"day": 21
}
},
"deathDate": null,
"bio": {
"plainText": "Leslie grew up in the beautiful Adirondack Hamlet of Saranac Lake (population 5000) in Upstate New York. The Town is famous for being the original site of the National Vaudeville Artists Lodge which later was renamed the Will Rogers Memorial Hospital. As a child, she used to play at the William Morris Playground. Little wonder, she knew that someday she too would be an entertainer.\n\nLeslie took gymnastic and ballet classes and was performing on stage by the age of four. Later, she attended acting classes at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and the Herbert Berghof Studios in New York City. This is when she discovered acting to be too slow for her, action was what she desired and that meant becoming a stuntwoman.\n\nIn the mid 70s, she discovered Paul Stader's gym in Santa Monica, California. There, Leslie practiced high falls, fights, fencing, etc. Less than two years later, she was able to join SAG on her first union job Two-Minute Warning (1976) and has supported herself ever since. She was the first \"voted in\" member of the \"Society of Professional Stuntwomen\". During this time, she worked on such shows as The Love Boat (1977), Fantasy Island (1977), 1941 (1979) and M*A*S*H (1972).\n\nThe 80s, Leslie was the first Stuntwoman elected to the Board of Directors of SAG, the AFTRA Local Board and AFTRA National Board. She was the National Chairwoman of the Stunt & Safety Committee and the Co-Chair of the Young Performers Committee. She was sent to Sacramento to testify in possible changes to the Child Labor Laws after the \"Twilight Zone\" incident. Leslie was the first Stuntwoman to join Women In Film. She was Doris Roberts regular stunt double on Remington Steele (1982), as well as working on shows like CHiPs (1977), A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) and Airplane! (1980). During the 90s, she continues to work as a stuntwoman and stunt coordinator. She has coordinated projects such as the ABC Afterschool Special, \"Me and My Hormones\". This was Melissa Gilbert's directorial debut and starred Robin Strasser and Marion Ross with Brianne Murphy as the AC.\n\nIn the 90s, she was a member of the Stuntwomen's Association. She worked regularly on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993) and \"Star Trek: Voyager\" (1995). This also included being an assistant stunt coordinator for Dennis Madalone, the Stunt Coordinator of both \"Star Trek\" shows. She was also Roxann Dawson's \"Torres\" regular double on \"Voyager\".\n\nLeslie gives back to the Industry by giving seminars on safety to various unions, film organizations and film colleges. Along with Brianne Murphy ASC, she did a seminar in cinematography at the Native American Film Festival in Santa Fe, New Mexico. In the AFTRA-SAG Young Performers Handbook, she wrote the chapter on safety. She has been interviewed extensively on the radio and in published articles. In the 1996 book, \"Burns, Falls and Crashes\", written by David Jon Wiener, you will find Chapter 13 is dedicated to her work.\n\nHer stunts are widely recognized such as her doubling Queen Elizabeth II going down the banquet table in The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988). Last year, she worked on Wes Craven's Scream 2 (1997). Recently, she finished working on Universal's feature Mystery Men (1999).\n\nLeslie has been invited to Special Events for these movies she appeared in: \"Nightmare on Elm Street\" An event honoring Wendie Jo Sperber at the screening of \"I Wanna Hold Your Hand\" and \"1941\".\n\nCurrently, Leslie has been a guest at Horror and Star Trek Conventions"
},
"bioHtml": "Leslie grew up in the beautiful Adirondack Hamlet of Saranac Lake\n(population 5000) in Upstate New York. The Town is famous for being the\noriginal site of the National Vaudeville Artists Lodge which later was renamed the <a class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"/name/nm0737259/\">Will Rogers</a>\nMemorial Hospital. As a child, she used to play at the\n<a class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"/name/nm0607008/\">William Morris</a> Playground. Little\nwonder, she knew that someday she too would be an entertainer.<br/><br/>Leslie took gymnastic and ballet classes and was performing on stage by\nthe age of four. Later, she attended acting classes at the American\nAcademy of Dramatic Arts and the\n<a class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"/name/nm0074596/\">Herbert Berghof</a> Studios in New York\nCity. This is when she discovered acting to be too slow for her, action\nwas what she desired and that meant becoming a stuntwoman.<br/><br/>In the mid 70s, she discovered <a class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"/name/nm0821126/\">Paul Stader</a>'s\ngym in Santa Monica, California. There, Leslie practiced high falls,\nfights, fencing, etc. Less than two years later, she was able to join\nSAG on her first union job\n<a class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"/title/tt0075359/\">Two-Minute Warning (1976)</a> and\nhas supported herself ever since. She was the first "voted in" member\nof the "Society of Professional Stuntwomen". During this time, she\nworked on such shows as\n<a class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"/title/tt0075529/\">The Love Boat (1977)</a>,\n<a class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"/title/tt0077008/\">Fantasy Island (1977)</a>,\n<a class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"/title/tt0078723/\">1941 (1979)</a> and\n<a class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"/title/tt0068098/\">M*A*S*H (1972)</a>.<br/><br/>The 80s, Leslie was the first Stuntwoman elected to the Board of\nDirectors of SAG, the AFTRA Local Board and AFTRA National Board. She\nwas the National Chairwoman of the Stunt & Safety Committee and the\nCo-Chair of the Young Performers Committee. She was sent to Sacramento\nto testify in possible changes to the Child Labor Laws after the\n"Twilight Zone" incident. Leslie was the first Stuntwoman to join Women\nIn Film. She was <a class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"/name/nm0005368/\">Doris Roberts</a> regular\nstunt double on\n<a class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"/title/tt0083470/\">Remington Steele (1982)</a>, as\nwell as working on shows like\n<a class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"/title/tt0075488/\">CHiPs (1977)</a>,\n<a class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"/title/tt0087800/\">A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)</a>\nand <a class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"/title/tt0080339/\">Airplane! (1980)</a>. During the 90s,\nshe continues to work as a stuntwoman and stunt coordinator. She has\ncoordinated projects such as the ABC Afterschool Special, "Me and My\nHormones". This was\n<a class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"/name/nm0001271/\">Melissa Gilbert</a>'s directorial\ndebut and starred <a class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"/name/nm0833506/\">Robin Strasser</a> and\n<a class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"/name/nm0005385/\">Marion Ross</a> with\n<a class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"/name/nm0614130/\">Brianne Murphy</a> as the AC.<br/><br/>In the 90s, she was a member of the Stuntwomen's Association. She\nworked regularly on\n<a class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"/title/tt0106145/\">Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993)</a>\nand "Star Trek: Voyager" (1995). This also included being an assistant\nstunt coordinator for <a class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"/name/nm0534480/\">Dennis Madalone</a>,\nthe Stunt Coordinator of both "Star Trek" shows. She was also\n<a class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"/name/nm0206259/\">Roxann Dawson</a>'s "Torres" regular double on\n"Voyager".<br/><br/>Leslie gives back to the Industry by giving seminars on safety to\nvarious unions, film organizations and film colleges. Along with\nBrianne Murphy ASC, she did a seminar in cinematography at the Native\nAmerican Film Festival in Santa Fe, New Mexico. In the AFTRA-SAG Young\nPerformers Handbook, she wrote the chapter on safety. She has been\ninterviewed extensively on the radio and in published articles. In the\n1996 book, "Burns, Falls and Crashes", written by David Jon Wiener, you\nwill find Chapter 13 is dedicated to her work.<br/><br/>Her stunts are widely recognized such as her doubling\n<a class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"/name/nm0703070/\">Queen Elizabeth II</a> going down the\nbanquet table in\n<a class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"/title/tt0095705/\">The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988)</a>.\nLast year, she worked on <a class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"/name/nm0000127/\">Wes Craven</a>'s\n<a class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"/title/tt0120082/\">Scream 2 (1997)</a>. Recently, she finished\nworking on Universal's feature\n<a class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"/title/tt0132347/\">Mystery Men (1999)</a>.<br/><br/>Leslie has been invited to Special Events for these movies she appeared\nin: "Nightmare on Elm Street" An event honoring Wendie Jo Sperber at\nthe screening of "I Wanna Hold Your Hand" and "1941".<br/><br/>Currently, Leslie has been a guest at Horror and Star Trek Conventions",
"primaryImage": {
"url": "https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMjE1OTlkNWMtNWExNS00MWRiLTljY2QtNDAxMWM3MzYxZGU4XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_.jpg",
"width": 1049,
"height": 1497
},
"primaryProfessions": [
{
"category": {
"text": "Stunts"
}
},
{
"category": {
"text": "Actress"
}
},
{
"category": {
"text": "Additional Crew"
}
}
],
"knownFor": [
{
"title": {
"id": "tt0087800",
"titleText": {
"text": "A Nightmare on Elm Street"
},
"releaseYear": {
"year": 1984
}
},
"summary": {
"principalCategory": {
"text": "Stunts"
}
}
},
{
"title": {
"id": "tt0114194",
"titleText": {
"text": "The Prophecy"
},
"releaseYear": {
"year": 1995
}
},
"summary": {
"principalCategory": {
"text": "Stunts"
}
}
},
{
"title": {
"id": "tt0088930",
"titleText": {
"text": "Clue"
},
"releaseYear": {
"year": 1985
}
},
"summary": {
"principalCategory": {
"text": "Stunts"
}
}
},
{
"title": {
"id": "tt0132347",
"titleText": {
"text": "Mystery Men"
},
"releaseYear": {
"year": 1999
}
},
"summary": {
"principalCategory": {
"text": "Stunts"
}
}
}
],
"filmography": [
{
"category": "Actress",
"credits": [
{
"title": {
"id": "tt20250562",
"titleText": {
"text": "The South Jersey Horror Podcast"
},
"releaseYear": {
"year": 2006
}
}
},
{
"title": {
"id": "tt0458122",
"titleText": {
"text": "Star Trek Phase II"
},
"releaseYear": {
"year": 2004
}
},
"characters": [
"Crewperson"
]
},
{
"title": {
"id": "tt0247121",
"titleText": {
"text": "Nikki"
},
"releaseYear": {
"year": 2000
}
},
"characters": [
"Casino Patron"
]
},
{
"title": {
"id": "tt0283834",
"titleText": {
"text": "9mm of Love"
},
"releaseYear": {
"year": 2000
}
},
"characters": [
"Person on stair case"
]
},
{
"title": {
"id": "tt0188189",
"titleText": {
"text": "Safe Journey"
},
"releaseYear": {
"year": 2000
}
},
"characters": [
"Short Thug"
]
}
]
},
{
"category": "Stunts",
"credits": [
{
"title": {
"id": "tt1510985",
"titleText": {
"text": "Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy"
},
"releaseYear": {
"year": 2010
}
}
},
{
"title": {
"id": "tt4664096",
"titleText": {
"text": "Starship Farragut"
},
"releaseYear": {
"year": 2007
}
}
},
{
"title": {
"id": "tt0869052",
"titleText": {
"text": "Far as the Eye Can See"
},
"releaseYear": {
"year": 2006
}
}
},
{
"title": {
"id": "tt0284045",
"titleText": {
"text": "Dead Above Ground"
},
"releaseYear": {
"year": 2002
}
}
},
{
"title": {
"id": "tt0364339",
"titleText": {
"text": "Father Xmas"
},
"releaseYear": {
"year": 2001
}
}
}
]
},
{
"category": "Additional Crew",
"credits": [
{
"title": {
"id": "tt0081414",
"titleText": {
"text": "Resurrection"
},
"releaseYear": {
"year": 1980
}
}
}
]
},
{
"category": "Self",
"credits": [
{
"title": {
"id": "tt31330538",
"titleText": {
"text": "Python's Paradise"
},
"releaseYear": {
"year": 2023
}
},
"characters": [
"Self"
]
},
{
"title": {
"id": "tt14728224",
"titleText": {
"text": "A Captain's Log"
},
"releaseYear": {
"year": 2021
}
},
"characters": [
"Self"
]
},
{
"title": {
"id": "tt0814139",
"titleText": {
"text": "Horror's Hallowed Grounds"
},
"releaseYear": {
"year": 2006
}
},
"characters": [
"Self"
]
},
{
"title": {
"id": "tt1510985",
"titleText": {
"text": "Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy"
},
"releaseYear": {
"year": 2010
}
},
"characters": [
"re-creating Hall Guard (segment: Interviewed as self and recreating Hall Monitor)"
]
},
{
"title": {
"id": "tt1805039",
"titleText": {
"text": "The Last Doorway Show with Miss Misery"
},
"releaseYear": {
"year": 2007
}
},
"characters": [
"Self"
]
}
]
}
]
}
}