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Charleson was born in Kansas City, Missouri.
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Leslie Charleson
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Her sister is actress Kate Charleson, who died in 1996. Her career began on short-lived American Broadcasting Company daytime soap opera, A Flame in the Wind in 1964. In 1966 she joined the cast of As the World Turns for the one year.
From 1967 to 1970 she starred on the Columbia Broadcasting System soap opera, Love Is a Many Splendored Thing.
She played the role of Iris Donnelly Garrison. Her character was a part of a highly popular love triangle with David Birney and Donna Mills.
In 1970, Charleson left the show and began career on primetime. She guest starred on the many series from 1970 to 1977, including Emergency!, Ironside, Marcus Welby, Doctor of Medicine, Happy Days, Cannon, The Streets of San Francisco, and The Rockford Files.
She had supporting role in the 1973 science-fiction film, The Day of the Dolphin, and co-starred opposite Shelley Winters in the made for television thriller Revenge (1971).
Charleson also had the leading roles in a number of unsuccessful television pilots. In 1977, Charleson returned to daytime television with the role of Monica Quartermaine in the American Broadcasting Company soap opera, General Hospital. Fred Silverman, then President of American Broadcasting Company, asked her to join the series, which at that time was near the bottom of the ratings and near cancellation.
On August 24, 2010, it was announced that Charleson was being demoted to recurring status.
