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Name Mavis Leno

Age / How old / Birthday / Date of Birth / DOB September 5, 1946. As of 2025, she is around 79 years old.

Wedding & Marriage / Husband / Partner / Engaged / Boyfriend Married to late-night TV Host Jay Leno. Check the full bio for relationship details.

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Introduction :

Mavis Leno is an American humanitarian, feminist and philanthropist from California.
Smart and passionate about her causes, Mavis has spent decades fighting against social injustices and is especially passionate about fighting for women’s rights all across the globe.

Personal Life, Parents and Family Details :

Mavis was born with the full name Mavis Elizabeth Nicholson on September 5, 1946. Her father was an actor who appeared in the 1967 film, “In Cold Blood.”
She was born in San Francisco, California.
Mavis met her husband, Jay Leno, at a Los Angeles based comedy club where he was performing.
The couple was romantically involved for some time and eventually tied the knot on November 30, 1980. Mavis is four years older than her husband.
Jay Leno is famous for hosting the “Tonight Show with Jay Leno” for many years before he retired from late-night television hosting.
Despite tying the knot in 1980, Mavis was only given a formal diamond ring in 2004. The pair were married on the exact same date that Jay’s parents were married.
Although Jay and Mavis have been married for decades, they do not have any children.
Mavis stated in an interview that after watching a movie called “The Honeymooners,” her opinion of marriage and starting a family changed drastically. From then on, she knew that she did not want to be ‘trapped’ by having children.

Career, Job, Salary and Net Worth :

Mavis Leno is a prominent feminist well-known for her works around the USA and all over the world. She does not enjoy the spotlight and likes to keep her work life fairly low profile, choosing to partner with non-profit organizations.
In 1997, she joined the Feminist Majority Foundation and has been working with them ever since to combat Afghanistan’s ongoing Gender Apartheid which has seen many women fall victim to horrific abuses & many young girls being denied access to basic education.
As the Chair of the foundation’s campaign, Mavis has given several televised interviews and made various public appearances in a bid to urge both the UN and the USA to stop the Taliban regime from further violating women’s rights in Afghanistan.
In 1999, Leno and her husband donated $100,000 to the Feminist Majority Foundation to help them continue their fight to highlight major injustices women in Afghanistan were facing under Taliban rule.
Mavis played a key role in stopping the funding of an oil pipeline in Afghanistan that would have seen the Taliban receiving $100 million thus strengthening their power.

Interesting Facts and Trivia :

Aside from being a feminist and philanthropist, Mavis is also a producer and worked on the sets of films such as 2004’s “Tavis Smiley” and 2018’s “Period. End of Sentence.”
For her efforts fighting for women’s rights across the globe, she has been awarded the Glamour Woman of the Year Award.
In an interview, she referred to Jay as the single kindest human being she has ever met.

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