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![]() Avg.User Rating: Rate this person: Actor Born: August 16, 1946 in New York City, NY Biography:Publicity notwithstanding, "Lesley Ann Warren" did not exactly burst fully grown into the world in 1966 to star in the Rodgers and "Hammerstein" TV special "Cinderella". Trained at New York's Professional Children's School, Lesley Ann studied under Lee Strasberg before making her Broadway debut in 110 in the Shade, the 1964 musical version of The Rainmaker. On the strength of "Cinderella", Lesley Ann was signed to a Disney contract; but after starring in "The Happiest Millionaire" (1966) and "The One and Only Genuine Original Family Band", she rebelled against her studio-imposed sweetness-'n'-light image. Upon replacing "Barbara Bain" in the long-running espionage TVer "Mission: Impossible" in 1970, Warren publicly emphasized that her character, Dana Lambert, was a "now" person, wise in the ways of sex. She stayed with Mission for only a year, after which she established herself as a leading light... Full Biography
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