Leavel attended Meredith College, earning a degree in social work. She completed a graduate theatre degree at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro in 1980. She acted during college, appearing in productions such as Cabaret and Hello, Dolly! \n', '

Her Broadway debut was in the 1980 production of 42nd Street as a replacement for Annie. Leavel was in the original Broadway cast of Crazy for You (1992) as Tess and an understudy for Polly Baker.\n', '

In 1999, she played Mabel and Mrs. Bixby in The Civil War. Leavel returned to the revival of 42nd Street in 2002 as a standby for Maggie Jones and Dorothy Brock, eventually playing the latter.\n', '

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