Leslie Parrish (2)

American actress, activist, environmentalist, writer, and producer. Born March 18, 1935 in Melrose, Massachusetts. She worked under her birth name for six years before changing it in 1959. She first gained wide attention in her first starring role as Daisy Mae (3) in the movie version of Li'l Abner (1959), where she changed her name from Marjorie Hellen to Leslie Parrish at the director's request. Parrish was a talented and promising piano and composition student at the Philadelphia Conservatory of Music but once she made it in Hollywood she gave up her musical pursuits.