LEE REMICK BIOGRAPHY & FILMOGRAPHY:

Lee Remick was born on December 14th, 1935 in Quincy, Massachusetts with the birth name Lee Ann Remick.  Her mother, Margaret was an actress and her father, Francis owned a department store.  Lee attended college at Barnard College studying acting and also took dance lessons at the Swaboda School of Dance.  She also received some acting education at the Actors Studio. 
 
When Lee began her stage career on the Broadway debut in, "Be Your Age" (1953).  A couple years later her film debut was in, "A Face in the Crowd" (1957) starring Andy Griffith followed by, "The Long Hot Summer" (1958).  It was her role in the film, "Anatomy of a Murder" (1959) starring James Stewart, Ben Gazzara, George C. Scott and Arthur O'Connell that really helped her reach the level of stardom she was seeking.  She then won her first Academy Award for her role portraying a wife with an alcohol addiction in the film, "Days of Wine and Roses" (1962) also starring Jack Lemmon. 
 
She did some more film work and a number of television appearances before relocating to England in the 1970's and doing some film work overseas.  She even formed her own production company in 1988.       
 
Lee Remick married twice, first to Bill Colleran from August 3rd, 1957 through November 23rd, 1968 after having two children, Matt and Kate.  She then married a British film producer, Kip Gowans from 1970 through July 2nd, 1991 when she passed away in Los Angeles, California from liver and kidney cancer.  Her husband Kip worked with her on a number of television movies such as, "The Women's Room" (1980) and "Rearview Mirror" (1984). 
 
She received a number of honors and Awards such as a Tony Award nomination for her role portraying a blind women in, "Wait Until Dark".  She was also awarded the Women's International Center Living Legacy Award in 1990 and in 1991 she was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.  Lee Remick was cremated at Westwood Memorial Park.  

Filmography

1989 Dark Holiday 
1989 Around the World in 80 Days 
1989 Bridge to Silence 
1988 Jesse 
1987 Screen Two
1987 Nutcracker: Money, Madness & Murder 
1986 Of Pure Blood 
1986 Eleanor: In Her Own Words 
1986 Emma's War
1985 Toughlove 
1985 Faerie Tale Theatre 
1984 Rearview Mirror 
1984 Six Centuries of Verse
1984 Mistral's Daughter
1984 A Good Sport 
1983 The Gift of Love: A Christmas Story 
1982 The Letter 
1982 I Do! I Do! 
1980 Tribute
1980 The Competition 
1980 The Women's Room 
1980 Haywire  
1980 Ike: The War Years 
1979 The Europeans
1979 Ike: The War Years 
1979 Torn Between Two Lovers 
1978 Wheels 
1978 The Medusa Touch 
1978 Breaking Up 
1977 Telefon
1972-1977 BBC Play of the Month  
1976 The Omen  
1975 Hennessy
1975 A Girl Named Sooner 
1975 Hustling 
1974 Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill
1974 Touch Me Not 
1974 QB VII
1973 A Delicate Balance 
1973 The Blue Knight 
1973 And No One Could Save Her 
1972 The Man Who Came to Dinner 
1960-1972 Hallmark Hall of Fame
1972 Loot 
1970 Sometimes a Great Notion 
1970 A Severed Head 
1969 Hard Contract 
1968 The Detective
1968 No Way to Treat a Lady 
1967 Damn Yankees! 
1965 The Hallelujah Trail 
1965 Baby the Rain Must Fall 
1963 The Wheeler Dealers 
1963 The Ballad of the Running Man 
1962 Days of Wine and Roses 
1962 Experiment in Terror
1962 The Farmer's Daughter 
1961 Sanctuary 
1960 Wild River 
1960 The Tempest 
1959 Anatomy of a Murder 
1959 These Thousand Hills 
1958 The Long, Hot Summer 
1957-1958 Playhouse 90
1953-1957 Kraft Theatre 
1957 A Face in the Crowd 
1954-1956 Robert Montgomery Presents
1954-1956 Studio One in Hollywood
1953 Armstrong Circle Theatre