Leslie Hamilton Freas was the identical twin sister of Linda Hamilton and the maternal aunt of Dalton Abbott. Though professionally a nurse, not an actress, she appeared in three scenes in Terminator 2: Judgment Day as Linda's double.
In her scenes she played whichever "Sarah" is further from camera view while Linda played the main "Sarah" in focus.
Appearances[]
Terminator 2: Judgment Day (credited as Leslie Hamilton Gearren)
- CPU reprogramming scene (in the mirror) (as Sarah Connor)
- Freas appeared in the scene at the garage when Sarah and John changed the Terminator's CPU chip from read-only to read/write so that he could learn new skills. The mirror was in fact straight through to another set (reversed) where Linda was on one side and Leslie on the other. Arnold was on the mirrored side and a Terminator dummy the other. A much extended version of this scene is featured in the special edition of the Terminator 2: Judgment Day DVD.
- Foundry scene (as the T-1000/Sarah Connor)
- Whenever both Sarah and the T-1000 (disguised as Sarah) are both visible in a shot Freas is playing whichever is less in-focus.
- Dining area outside Cactus Jack's (as Sarah Connor)
- It appears that Sarah is daydreaming whilst standing next to the car with John. She looks over to the tables outside the gas station and pictures herself (played by Freas) at the playground with young John and a 2nd younger boy.
Personal life[]
Freas was born and raised in Salisbury, Maryland alongside twin sister Linda. Freas moved to Mount Laurel, New Jersey in the 1990s. She worked as an emergency room nurse, later transitioning to a career as a hospice nurse.
Freas's sole film credit was Terminator 2. She attended the film's 1991 premiere with Linda.
Freas passed away suddenly in 2020. She was survived by Linda, their other sister, brother, and stepbrother, three children, and two grandchildren. [1]
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