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Nom de naissance Leslie Gail Hoffman
Nationalité Etats-Unis
Naissance 21 janvier 1955 (69 ans) à Saranac Lake (Etats-Unis)

Leslie Hoffman was an American stunt performer, stunt coordinator and actress.

Her early education and training included gymnastics and ballet camps, and the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and Herbert Berkoff Studios in New York. She was inspired to pursue stunt acting upon seeing a Universal Studios Tour stunt show; she travelled to California and studied at stuntman Paul Stader's stunt gym.

Hoffman began stunt work in the mid-1970s with the film Two-Minute Warning (1976), and several television series, including Police Story, M*A*S*H, a 78-foot high fall into water for The Love Boat, as well as working on Fantasy Island, Charlie's Angels, and doubling for the six-foot tall Lainie Kazan in a circular stair fall for Columbo. She also stunt doubled for Doris Roberts in the TV series Remington Steele. Film acting work included Avalanche (1978), Deadly Friend (1986), Trust Me (1989) and Naked Gun (1998).

Hoffman played the Hall Guard (Krueger) character in Nightmare on Elm Street (1984), and stunted in I Wanna Hold Your Hand (1978), Motel Hell (1980), Resurrection (1980), Clue (1985), Alien Nation (1988), Mars (1997), Mystery Men (1999), and served as stunt coordinator for, and acted in, the ABC After School Special Me and My Hormones (1996). She also stunt-doubled for Laurie Metcalf, who played the killer in Scream 2 (1997).

Hoffman was the first stuntwoman elected to the Screen Actors Guild Board of Directors, where she served from 1981 to 1985. As a director, she advocated for stuntwomen and stuntpersons of color, toward equal work and representation in the union. She lost her bid for re-election in 1985.

From 1990s onward, she worked as a stunt coordinator and rigger on several films, as well as doubling for several actresses in feature films and television. Her work includes stunt acting roles in multiple episodes of the Star Trek: Voyager and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine television series. Hoffman had provided stunt coordination for student film productions for USC, Loyola Marymount University and UCLA.

Leslie became disabled in 2002 and has been unable to continue her Career as a stuntwoman or stunt coordinator. On Social Security Disability due to trauma to her body during stunt work, Hoffman has advocated for fair treatment for disabled stuntpeople, including correct taxation on residual income.

Though she is entitled to Occupational Disability Pension and Health Plans by the Screen Actors Guild Health Plan, they have denied her. She has been in a legal battle with them even now. Occupational Disability Pension and Health is given to a SAG Member who has been injured on a set. Her Continuous Trauma involves physical injuries and well as a Traumatic Brain Injury, the same types of injuries that the NFL Players have been fighting for as well as our Soldiers are suffering from now.

A Los Angeles Judge even ruled in favor of the Health Plan even though the L.A. Judge cited that the SAG Health Plan had not even followed their own rules. This was later overturned by a Higher California Court and sent back to the L.A. Court.

Recently the SAG Pension and Health are now trying to strip her of her Disability Pension Plan and wants the money they paid out to her back with interest. She was declared disabled and has been receiving SSD by the Federal Government ever since 2002.

[Deadline Article by David Robb-Former SAG Board Member Leslie Hoffman's toughest stunt getting her Union Benefits http://www.deadline.com/2015/06/former-sag-board-member-leslie-hoffmans-toughest-stunt-getting-her-union-benefits-1201448519]

[Deadline Article by David Robb-SAG Pension and Health Plans strips disabled stuntwoman of her Pension http://www.deadline.com/2015/06/sag-pension-health-plans-strips-disabled-stuntwoman-of-her-pension-1201453009/]

[National Legal and Policy Center Article by Carl Horowitz-http://www.nlpc.org/category/people/leslie-hoffman]

[Concussion Inc Article by Irvin Muchnick- http://www.concussioninc.net/?p=10177]

[Adirondack Daily Enterprise Article by Chris Knight-http://www.adirondackdailyenterprise.com/page/content.detail/id/554997/A-stuntwoman-s-battle.