Lesley Gilb Taplin

Lesley Gilb Taplin Sept. 6, 1946 - Apr. 13, 2009 Former Resident of Berkeley Lesley Gilb Taplin, age 62, died April 13, 2009 in an automobile accident on highway 101 in Los Angeles. Daughter of Tyrell Thompson Gilb and Corinne Lathrop Gilb (who passed away in 2001 and 2003, respectively), Lesley was born September 6, 1946 in Seattle, WA and was raised in Berkeley, CA. She received her B.A. degree from the University of California - Berkeley and also studied in the Ph.D program in Dramatic Arts at Stanford University. A long time resident of Santa Monica, she also resided in Ross and Palo Alto in the northern California Bay Area, and had recently moved to the Los Feliz area of Los Angeles at the time of her death. She is survived by her son, Nicholas Gilb Taplin of Los Angeles, CA; daughter, Blythe Huntington Lathrop Taplin of New Orleans, LA; sister, Tyra Ellen Gilb, of Menlo Park, CA; half-brother Tom Gilb of Kolbotn, Norway; half-sister Wendy Bartlett of Berkeley, CA; half-sister Linda Queen of London, UK; step-daughter Daniela Taplin Lundberg of New York City; and several nieces, nephews, great-nieces and great-nephews. Lesley's rich and varied career included working as an actor, film producer, production assistant, production manager, story editor, researcher, writer, gallery manager, publisher, and teacher. For the last decade of Lesley's life she was passionately involved as a volunteer with many downtown Los Angeles organizations. There will be a gathering in the heart of that community with a memorial celebration of her life on Thursday, April 30, 2009, 6:30pm, at Vibiana (formerly Saint Vibiana's), 210 S. Main Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012 (corner of 2nd and Main). A memorial scholarship fund has been created in Lesley Taplin's name through Art Share Los Angeles in honor of her commitment to the arts and education. For more information contact www.artsharela.org or call 213-687-4278. Tax-deductible contributions made out to "Art Share Los Angeles - Lesley Taplin Fund" can be sent directly to Art Share Los Angeles, 801 E. 4th Place, Los Angeles, CA 90013.