Leilani Jones (actress)

Leilani Jones
Born Leilani Jones-Wilmore
May 14, 1957 (1957-05-14) (age 54)
Oahu, Hawaii, U.S.
Occupation Actress
Years active 1982–present

Leilani Jones (born May 14, 1957; Oahu, Hawaii) is an American actress who first came to the world's attention in the original production of Little Shop of Horrors.

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Biography

Although originally only a member of the chorus, Jones replaced Marlene Danielle as Chiffon only two weeks after the show opened and played the part for two years. Jones also recorded the role on the original cast recording. Jones next went on to play the role of Satin, a stripper at a Chicago burlesque house, in the original Broadway production of Grind. Jones won a Tony as Best Featured Actress in a Musical and a Drama Desk Award for her performance.

After leaving Grind, Jones married and her career slowed down considerably appearing only in small roles in a few movies and doing voice over work for video games, most notably portraying the voice performance of the Voodoo Lady in the popular video games series of Monkey Island. In 2005, Jones reprised her role of Chiffon in New York at a Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS fundraiser. Jones currently lives in San Marino, California with her husband and two children.[1]

Filmography

Title Character Year Format Notes
Dead On: Relentless II Belinda Belos 1992 Film
Universal Soldier Reporter at Hoover Dam 1992 Film
Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers Malia Gedde 1993 Video game Voice
The Dig Cora Miles, Newsperson #1 1995 Video game Voice
Dave's World Leilani Jones-Wilmore 1995 TV Episode: "Dis Who's Coming to Dinner?"
Married with Children Reporter #1 1995 TV Episode: "Ship Happens: Part 2"
Almost Perfect Officer Sanchez 1996 TV Episode: "Mind Games"
The Curse of Monkey Island Voodoo Lady 1997 Video game Voice
Escape From Monkey Island Voodoo Lady 2000 Video game Voice
The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition Voodoo Lady 2009 Video game Voice
Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge: Special Edition Voodoo Lady 2010 Video game Voice
Up
The Princess And The Frog
Toy Story
Toy Story 2
Mater's Tall Tales
Toy Story 3		 Herself, narrator 2009 Film Narrated the Descriptive Video Service audio track on the DVD.

Discography

References

  1. ^ Hawai'i Tony winner back in N.Y. spotlight - The Honolulu Advertiser - Hawaii's Newspaper

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