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Film and tv prima Leslie Jordan has passed distant astatine the property of 67 pursuing a car accident. Look backmost astatine the Will & Grace actor's galore iconic roles here.
Comedian & Actor Leslie Jordan Dead astatine 67
Leslie Jordan's representation volition unrecorded connected done his galore roles successful movie and television.
The actor, who passed distant astatine the property of 67 pursuing a car mishap Oct. 24, was a beloved fixture connected some the tiny and large surface acknowledgment to roles successful 2011's The Help, Will & Grace, American Horror Story and, astir recently, Call Me Kat.
And Leslie wasn't conscionable bringing his charismatic vigor to the screen, arsenic helium was besides entertaining millions connected Instagram, particularly during the COVID-19 lockdown. His online updates included everything from Hollywood stories to laugh-out-loud sketches—and helium liked it that way.
"I'm existent arrogant that I've conscionable kept it existent simple," Leslie told E! News successful January 2021, "just comic small things that I travel up with and cipher helps me. That's what radical think, I mightiness person a team. A team? It's conscionable maine sitting present successful my small 1 chamber apartment!"
In solemnisation of Leslie's life, here's a look backmost astatine immoderate of his champion roles:
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Call Me Kat
Leslie Jordan joined Fox's Mayim Bialik-led drama Call Me Kat successful 2021, playing Phil, the titular character's co-worker and friend. Leslie told E! News successful January 2021 that this sitcom was his "favorite job" to date.
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Will & Grace
Will & Grace would've been thing without Karen Walker's nemesis, Beverley Leslie. The relation arsenic the wise-cracking socialite made Leslie a sitcom legend, and we couldn't beryllium much grateful.
FX
American Horror Story: Coven
Leslie archetypal joined the American Horror Story franchise for the anthology series' 3rd iteration, known arsenic Coven. In the show, Leslie played a Truman Capote-esque warlock named Quentin Fleming, who was unafraid to condemn his peers to death.
FX
American Horror Story: Roanoke
Leslie appeared successful the AHS beingness for the 2nd clip successful play six's Roanoke-inspired chapter. The histrion played not one, but 2 characters: Cricket Marlowe and Ashley Gilbert.
FX
American Horror Story: 1984
The performer looked unrecognizable in American Horror Story: 1984, successful which helium played idiosyncratic assistant-turned-ghost who was murdered by his employer.
Walt Disney Studios
The Help
In the 2011 adaptation of Kathryn Stockett's caller The Help, Leslie played the exertion of The Jackson Journal, wherever Emma Stone's Skeeter got her archetypal job. Though it may've been a insignificant role, it was surely a memorable one.
FOX
The Cool Kids
This short-lived 2018 sitcom starred Leslie as Sidney "Sid" Delacroix, a nonmigratory astatine a status assemblage who indispensable woody with unexpected changes.
ABC
Boston Legal
In 2005, Leslie had a recurring arc arsenic serial killer Bernard Ferrion connected the ABC play Boston Legal. His quality was famously killed with a frying cookware by Betty White's Catherine.
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Boston Public
Boston Legal wasn't the only David E. Kelley bid Leslie appeared in. You tin find Leslie as Dr. Benjamin Harris successful 5 episodes of Boston Legal's predecessor, Boston Public.
CBS
The People Next Door
You don't privation to miss Leslie as Truman Fipps successful The People Next Door. The 1989 drama followed a cartoonist that could bring his wildest fantasies to life.
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