Uncle Jim and Leslie Hoffman discuss her long career in movies and TV. She began stunt work in the 1970s with the film Two-Minute Warning (1976), and several television series, including Police Story and M*A*S*H. She was the double for the six-foot tall Lainie Kazan in a circular stair fall for Columbo. She also stunts doubled for Doris Roberts in the TV series Remington Steele. Film acting work included Avalanche (1978), Deadly Friend (1986), Trust Me (1989) and Naked Gun (1988).
She played the Hall Guard (Krueger) in Nightmare on Elm Street (1984), and performed stunt work in I Wanna Hold Your Hand (1978), Motel Hell (1980), Resurrection (1980), Clue (1985), Alien Nation (1988), Mars (1997) and Mystery Men (1999). She served as stunt coordinator for, and acted in, the ABC After School Special Me and My Hormones (1996). She performed as the stunt-double for Laurie Metcalf in Scream 2 (1997).
A regular stunt performer on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Star Trek: Voyager. She was one of the regular stunt doubles for Torres actress Roxann Dawson and doubled several guest actresses. In addition, Hoffman was an assistant stunt coordinator for Dennis Madalone and also responsible for the stunt safety on set.
