Lee Remick

'Lee Remick' (qv) was born in Quincy, Massachusetts, to Gertrude Margaret (Waldo), an actress, and Francis Edwin Remick, a department store owner. She had Irish and English ancestry. Remick was educated at Barnard College, studied dance and worked on stage and TV, before making her film debut as a sexy Southern majorette in 'Elia Kazan' (qv)'s _A Face in the Crowd (1957)_ (qv). Her next role was also southern: Eula Varner in _The Long, Hot Summer (1958)_ (qv). She emerged as a real star in the role of an apparent rape victim in _Anatomy of a Murder (1959)_ (qv). And she won an Academy Award nomination for her role as the alcoholic wife of 'Jack Lemmon' (qv) in _Days of Wine and Roses (1962)_ (qv). After more work in TV and movies, she moved to England in 1970, making more movies there. In 1988 she formed a production company with partners 'James Garner' (qv) and 'Peter K. Duchow' (qv).::Ed Stephan <stephan@cc.wwu.edu>