Adeline Leonard Seakwood obit

Adeline Leonard Seakwood, Longtime Production Office Coordinator, Dies at 102

She received a lifetime achievement award from Local 161/IATSE in New York in 2008.

 She was not on the list.

Adeline Leonard Seakwood, who served as a production office coordinator on The Defenders, The Patty Duke Show, Trading Places, The Boys in the Band, Matlock and more, has died. She was 102.

Leonard Seakwood died Wednesday at her home in Punta Gorda, Florida, her daughter, publicist Nanette Leonard, told The Hollywood Reporter.

Her credits also included such films as Popi (1969), The Seven-Ups (1973), Death Wish (1973), Godspell (1973), Three Days of the Condor (1975), Superman (1978), Ragtime (1981), Starting Over (1979), Annie (1982), Krush Groove (1985), The Secret of My Success (1987) and Joe Versus the Volcano (1990).

She worked alongside actors including E.G. Marshall, Christopher Reeve, Michael J. Fox, Robert Redford, Farrah Fawcett, Peter Falk, Robert Reed and Paul Newman, to name just a few.

When she celebrated her 100th birthday, Redford signed a photo from their time on the set of Three Days of the Condor and sent her warm wishes.

Born on Jan. 27, 1923, in Brooklyn and raised there, Adeline Leonard worked as a model for John Robert Powers before venturing into acting, and she appeared in Alfred Hitchcock’s North by Northwest (1959).

As a co-founder of Local 161/IATSE in New York, she led a successful campaign to change the title of production secretary to production office coordinator (the position is now known as production coordinator). She was honored with a lifetime achievement award from her union in 2008.

(Local 161 represents script supervisors, production accountants, payroll accountants and production coordinators).

Leonard Seakwood also taught a class at the New School in New York.

She lived much of her life in New York until she married U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Herbert J. Seakwood in 1980. They moved more than 30 years ago to Punta Gorda, where she would welcome new residents to town for three decades as the “Sunshine Lady” for the Punta Gorda Isles Civic Association.

She also volunteered for more than 25 years with the Isles Girls & Guys — a nonprofit organization under the PGICA that organized estate sales — as a greeter.

She was known for her warmth, kindness and signature hugs and for dancing every month at Harpoon Harry’s.

Survivors include her daughters, Nanette and Janine; grandchildren Morgan, Gunner (Corissa) and Ian (Natalie); and great-grandchildren Carsten, Ronen and Troy. Her husband died in 2016 at age 96.

Donations in her memory can be made to the Peace River Wildlife Center or the Animal Welfare League. A celebration of her life will be announced later.

Actress

Roy Scheider in The Seven-Ups (1973)

The Seven-Ups

6.8

Nurse (as Adeline Leonard)

1973

 

What's So Bad About Feeling Good? (1968)

What's So Bad About Feeling Good?

6.5

Lab Technician (uncredited)

1968

 

The Patty Duke Show (1963)

The Patty Duke Show

7.2

TV Series

WomanShopperSecretary (as Adeline Leonard)

1963–1964

3 episodes

 

Production Manager

Karen and Rod in Plotagon News (2020)

Plotagon News

5.0

TV Mini Series

unit production manager

2020

1 episode

 

Additional Crew

Crime Detective with Mr. Yush (2020)

Crime Detective with Mr. Yush

TV Series

production coordinator

2020

1 episode

 

Mighty 6 (2020)

Mighty 6

7.6

TV Series

production office coordinator (as Adeline Leonard)

2020

2 episodes

 

Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan in Joe Versus the Volcano (1990)

Joe Versus the Volcano

5.9

production secretary: New York

1990

 

Bronson Pinchot and John Larroquette in Second Sight (1989)

Second Sight

4.4

production coordinator

1989

 

Andy Griffith in Matlock (1986)

Matlock

7.1

TV Series

production office coordinator

1988

2 episodes

 

Chevy Chase in Funny Farm (1988)

Funny Farm

6.2

production office coordinator: New York

1988

 

Classified Love (1986)

Classified Love

6.2

TV Movie

production coordinator

1986

 

Blair Underwood, Kurtis Blow, Sheila E., Darryl McDaniels, Jam Master Jay, Darren Robinson, Joseph Simmons, Damon Wimbley, and Mark Morales in Krush Groove (1985)

Krush Groove

6.4

production coordinator

1985

 

Lucie Arnaz and Tony Roberts in The Lucie Arnaz Show (1985)

The Lucie Arnaz Show

5.8

TV Series

production coordinator

1985

1 episode

 

Fast Forward (1985)

Fast Forward

5.6

production office coordinator: New York

1985

 

Trading Places (1983)

Trading Places

7.5

production office coordinator

1983

 

Elizabeth McGovern and Dudley Moore in Lovesick (1983)

Lovesick

5.2

production office coordinator

1983

 

Aileen Quinn in Annie (1982)

Annie

6.6

production office coordinator (as Adeline L. Seakwood)

1982

 

Ragtime (1981)

Ragtime

7.3

production office coordinator: USA

1981

 

Wolfen (1981)

Wolfen

6.3

production coordinator

1981

 

Candice Bergen, Burt Reynolds, and Jill Clayburgh in Starting Over (1979)

Starting Over

6.4

production office coordinator (as Adeline Leonard)

1979

 

Candice Bergen and Ryan O'Neal in Oliver's Story (1978)

Oliver's Story

4.7

production office coordinator (as Adeline Leonard)

1978

 

Gene Hackman, Terence Stamp, Ned Beatty, Christopher Reeve, Jackie Cooper, Sarah Douglas, Jeff East, Margot Kidder, Jack O'Halloran, Valerie Perrine, and Susannah York in Superman (1978)

Superman

7.4

production assistant: USA (as Adeline Leonard)

1978

 

Jeff Bridges and Farrah Fawcett in Somebody Killed Her Husband (1978)

Somebody Killed Her Husband

4.9

production office coordinator (as Adeline Leonard)

1978

 

Harvey Keitel in Fingers (1978)

Fingers

6.7

production office coordinator

1978

 

Thieves (1977)

Thieves

4.8

production office coordinator (as Adeline Leonard)

1977

 

Robert Redford and Faye Dunaway in Three Days of the Condor (1975)

Three Days of the Condor

7.4

office coordinator (as Adeline Leonard)

1975

 

Report to the Commissioner (1975)

Report to the Commissioner

6.7

production office coordinator

1975

 

Charles Bronson in Death Wish (1974)

Death Wish

6.9

production office coordinator (uncredited)

1974

 

Roy Scheider in The Seven-Ups (1973)

The Seven-Ups

6.8

production office coordinator (as Adeline Leonard)

1973

 

Victor Garber, Katie Hanley, David Haskell, Merrell Jackson, Joanne Jonas, Robin Lamont, Gilmer McCormick, Jeffrey Mylett, Jerry Sroka, and Lynne Thigpen in Godspell (1973)

Godspell

6.6

production office coordinator (as Adeline Leonard)

1973

 

Godfrey Cambridge and Raymond St. Jacques in Come Back Charleston Blue (1972)

Come Back Charleston Blue

6.4

production office coordinator (as Adeline Leonard)

1972

 

A Place Called Today (1972)

A Place Called Today

4.1

production secretary (as Adeline Leonard)

1972

 

Michael Brandon and Tippy Walker in Jennifer on My Mind (1971)

Jennifer on My Mind

4.0

production coordinator (uncredited)

1971

 

Shirley MacLaine and Kenneth Mars in Desperate Characters (1971)

Desperate Characters

6.2

production secretary (as Adeline Leonard)

1971

 

Harry Belafonte in The Angel Levine (1970)

The Angel Levine

6.0

production secretary (as Adeline Leonard)

1970

 

The Boys in the Band (1970)

The Boys in the Band

7.6

production secretary (as Adeline Leonard)

1970

 

Alan Arkin, Miguel Alejandro, and Reuben Figueroa in Popi (1969)

Popi

6.6

production coordinator (as Adeline Leonard)

1969

 

ABC Stage 67 (1966)

ABC Stage 67

7.4

TV Series

production secretary (as Adeline Leonard)

1966

1 episode

 

Peter Falk in The Trials of O'Brien (1965)

The Trials of O'Brien

7.8

TV Series

production secretary (as Adeline Leonard)

1965

1 episode

 

The Patty Duke Show (1963)

The Patty Duke Show

7.2

TV Series

production secretary (as Adeline Leonard)

1963–1965

71 episodes