Leslie Graves

Leslie Graves is best remembered for her Broadway debut at just nine years old, starring in William Gibson's play "A Cry of Players" from 1968 to 1969. She then appeared in the first 13 episodes of Sesame Street, the Mary Tyler Moore Show, and the short-lived series Here We Go Again. Her most notable television role was on the soap opera Capitol, where she appeared in 260 episodes from 1982 to 1984.

In film, Graves starred in Piranha II: The Spawning and Death Wish II. She also worked as an adult model, posing for Oui magazine, including an October 1984 cover and pictorial titled "Capitol Gains," and for Lui magazine in February 1981. She was born on September 29, 1959, in Silver City, New Mexico, and died on August 23, 1995, from an AIDS-related illness. She was 35 and had been active in the industry for 31 years, from 1964 to 1995.