Lesley Boone
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Biography
Biography
An attractive brown-haired actress who got her break playing one of a trio of young overweight sisters on the Fox sitcom "Babes" (1990-91). Lesley Boone has worked steadily since earning her SAG card for guest starring on an episode of "Hooperman" (ABC) in the late 1980s. Adept at evincing both sympathy and strength in her portrayals, Boone was often saddled with roles as the heavy girl with a heart of gold, but brought grace and humanity to the often stereotyped characters. Guest shots on the series "L.A. Law" (NBC), "Growing Pains" and "Doogie Howser, MD" (both ABC) were followed by a regular role on the Fox sitcom "Babes." Here she played Darlene, an unemployed woman turned full-figured model, the younger sister of Wendie Jo Sperber's Charlene and Susan Peretz's Darlene, all three up and coming single Manhattanites crowded into one tiny apartment. After the single season of "Babes" ended, Boone guested in an episode of Fox's "Parker Lewis Can't Lose," playing an unpopular girl the suave title character has unknowingly fallen for on a computer bulletin board. Boone worked as a voice actor throughout her career, lending her talents to the comic strip character "Cathy" among others.
In 1994 Boone returned to on screen pursuits, guesting on an episode of ABC's "The Mommies" and making her big screen debut with a cameo in "City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold." The following year she had a featured role in the self-help parodying comedy "Stuart Saves His Family," playing Stuart Smalley's sister Jodie, a young woman prone to fits of hysteria who self-medicates with too much food. 1995 also saw the actress with a memorable television guest role on "Wings" (NBC), playing the high school nemesis who Helen (Crystal Bernard) runs into at their reunion. A recurring role on ABC's "High Incident" followed in 1996. Her portrayal of a high-strung waitress in the Jonathan Taylor Thomas holiday vehicle "I'll Be Home for Christmas" reacquainted audiences, and a regular supporting role as Molly, "everybody's best friend" on NBC's critically-acclaimed breakout series "Ed" (2000-04) would make her talents all the more apparent to viewers nationwide. Continuing big screen pursuits, Boone was featured in the independent comedy "Pride & Peril" (2000), playing a real estate agent trying to help a patriarch (Bernie Sparago) sell the family home to which his grown children have subsequently returned.
Filmography
Cast (Feature Film)
Cast (Special)
Life Events
1989
Guest starred on "L.A. Law" (NBC)
1989
Acted in episodes of "Growing Pains" and "Doogie Howser, M.D." (both ABC)
1990
Starred on Fox's "Babes", a sitcom about a trio of overweight sisters
1994
Guest starred on an episode of "The Mommies" (NBC)
1994
Had a cameo as Billy Crystal's secretary in "City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold"
1995
Played self-help TV host Stuart Smalley's sister Jodie in "Stuart Saves His Family"
1995
Guested as Helen (Crystal Bernard)'s childhood tormentor on an episode of "Wings" (NBC)
1996
Had a recurring role on ABC's "High Incident"
1998
Featured in the holiday-themed teen comedy "I'll Be Home For Christmas"
2000
Was a regular on the charming NBC comedy-drama series "Ed"
2000
Featured in the independent comedy feature "Pride & Peril"
