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LOS ANGELES – AUG 02: Jordan arrives to the FOX Summer TCA 2018 All-Star Party on August 2, 2018 in Hollywood, CA, photo by DFree /Bigstock.com
Birth Name: Leslie Allen Jordan
Date of Birth: April 29, 1955
Place of Birth: Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.
Date of Death: October 24, 2022
Place of Death: Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Ethnicity: English, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, Welsh
Leslie Jordan was an American actor, comedian, writer, and singer. His roles included the shows Hearts Afire , Will & Grace , American Horror Story , The Cool Kids , and Call Me Kat , and the films Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday , Sordid Lives , Home on the Range (2004), in voice performance; Demonic Toys 2 , and The United States vs. Billie Holiday . He wrote the play Lost in the Pershing Point Hotel and its film adaptation. He is 4′11″.
Leslie was the son of Peggy Ann and Allen Bernard Jordan, a major in the U.S. Army Reserve, who died in 1967 during the crash of a Beechcraft Debonair airplane at Camp Shelby. He was raised in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
Leslie’s paternal grandfather was Mack Neily/Neilly Jordan (the son of Jesse Brooksher/Brookes Jordan and Catherine Elizabeth Minnis). Mack was born in Tennessee. Catherine was the daughter of James Crawford Minnis and Mary Ann Thompson.
Leslie’s paternal grandmother was Agatha Aldine Davis (the daughter of Abe/Abraham Davis and Jennie May Worst). Abraham was Welsh.
Leslie’s maternal grandfather was named Homer Howard Griffin.
Leslie’s maternal grandmother was named Mary Lucille Johnson.
Sources: Genealogy of Leslie Jordan – https://www.findagrave.com
Genealogy of Leslie Jordan (focusing on his father’s side) – https://www.geni.com
Obituary of Leslie’s mother – https://www.chattanoogan.com