- Was nominated for Broadway's 1986 Tony Award as Best Actress (Featured Role - Play) for a revival of Eugene O'Neill's "Long Day's Journey into Night."
- Was great friends with Helen Hayes, who was the godmother to Leslie's daughter, Leslie McCullough Jeffries.
- Her final film, Uninvited (1999), was shown at the Mar Del Plata Film Festival in Argentina two days before she passed away in November 1999. The film was not generally released in the U.S. but was shown at the Hollywood Film Festival in August 2000.
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