A'leshia Lee Profile

A'leshia Lee

	(Alfred Brevard Crenshaw)
9 December 37	is born in Erwin, Tennessee, to James and Mozelle Crenshaw
?	attends East Tennessee State University
59	starts in show business at Finocchio's in San Francisco, under the name of Lee Shaw
?	studies acting
?	is a showgirl at The Dunes in Las Vegas
?	does a stint as a Playboy Bunny at Hollywood's Sunset Strip Hutch
67	marries husband number one
June 68	divorces husband number one
69	as A'leshia Lee, she is cast for Universal Studio's The Love God, starring Don Knotts. The role is the result of Universal's year-long, exhaustive search for a statuesque, voluptuous red-haired actress to play the remaining Pussycat in the Knotts' film. She signed with her first theatrical agent only the day previous to being sent on the all-important Universal audition. She is so new to the business that she has yet to have professional headshots taken. It almost costs her the role, since some studio executives are concerned how the tall red-head would photograph. Joe Rich, Universal's legendary casting director, vouches for her, and his support cinches the plum role for her.
13 June 70	marries husband number two
77	divorces husband number two
81	marries husband number three
84	divorces husband number three
?	teaches theater at East Tennessee State University
01	publishes her best selling autobiography "The Woman I Was Not Born To Be" at Temple University Press
07	as Aleshia Brevard, she resides in California, maintaining her website, "aleshiabrevard.com"
1 July 17	dies at age 79 at her home in Scotts Valley, California

Sources: Aleshia Brevard
Recommended Books: The Woman I Was Not Born to Be by Aleshia Brevard
Links: Filmography Official Website