- An accomplished sports shooter, Leslie has put together a video, Real Beginner's Guide to the Shotgun Sports, the first in a series designed to encourage and prepare non-shooters for their first shooting experience.
- Attended and graduated from Kearney High School in Kearney, Nebraska (1967).
- Attended and graduated from Stephens College in Columbia, Missouri.
- Sang the National Anthem at Super Bowl XVII, which landed her starring roles in musicals on Broadway and throughout the country.
- Has her own theater in Nottingham, England: The Leslie Easterbrook Auditorium.
- Best known for her role as the voluptuous yet no-nonsense blonde bombshell Debbie Callahan in the Police Academy movie series.
- Was an adopted child, born in Los Angeles, California, but raised by her adopted parents in rural Arcadia, Nebraska.
- Was good friends with her Police Academy (1984) co-star George Gaynes and continued to visit him until his death on February 15, 2016.
- Serves on the board of the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund, and supports a number of children's charities including Girls, Inc., The Sunshine Kids and Variety Children's Charities. She is also an NRA member.
- Her father later earned a Ph.D and became a voice/trumpet professor at the University of Nebraska at Kearney. He prepared her for operatic roles and also coached her in trumpet playing for the sitcom Laverne & Shirley (1976).
- Often mistaken for actress Karen Black, which is the reason Rob Zombie chose her to replace Black in his House of 1000 Corpses (2003) sequel, The Devil's Rejects (2005).
- Was close friends with Marion Ramsey. Good friends with Scott Thomson.
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