Auriol Lee was a popular British stage actress who became a successful West End and Broadway theatrical producer and director.
10 Facts About Auriol Lee
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Auriol Lee was born in Maddox Street in the London district of St George's Hanover Square, the daughter of Katie and Robert James Lee.
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Auriol Lee's father was a medical doctor who, according to her New York Times obituary, was a distant relative of Robert E Lee.
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Auriol Lee made her Broadway debut in November 1903 with the Forbes-Robertson Company in Kipling's The Light that Failed.
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Auriol Lee remained active on Broadway as a performer until 1930 while dividing her time between America and Europe, appearing in a mix of classical and modern plays.
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Towards the end of the 1920s, Auriol Lee began to transition away from acting to producing and directing plays.
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Auriol Lee was married to British film actor Frederick Lloyd for ten years before divorcing in 1922.
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Auriol Lee was once awarded a prize for flying 1,000 miles across the Mediterranean Sea.
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Auriol Lee was killed in an automobile accident in or near Hutchinson, Kansas, on 2 July 1941.
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Auriol Lee was returning to New York from Hollywood where she had gone to play the writer Isobel Sedbusk in Alfred Hitchcock's film Suspicion and pay Van Druten a visit at his Southern California ranch.