Lee Chamberlin was the daughter of Ida Roberta and Brazilian author Bernando LaPallo.
12 Facts About Lee Chamberlin
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Lee Chamberlin appeared at The Orpheum Theatre in a musical production called Do Your Own Thing, based on Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, and in an off-Broadway production, The Believers.
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Lee Chamberlin played Cordelia opposite James Earl Jones's King Lear in 1973 in the Delacorte Theatre at the New York Shakespeare in the Park Festival.
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Lee Chamberlin got her big break in television in 1971, as part of the original cast of CTW children's show The Electric Company, appearing in the show's first two years before leaving the show in 1973.
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Lee Chamberlin's first recurring role in a major television sitcom was as Lucy Daniels in "All's Fair" from 1976 to 1977 that starred Bernadette Peters and Richard Crenna.
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In 1999, Lee Chamberlin made guest appearances on NewsRadio and Moesha.
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From 1982 to 1990, Lee Chamberlin played Pat Baxter, the mother of Angela Baxter Hubbard on All My Children.
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Lee Chamberlin's first role in film was a small part in Up the Sandbox starring Barbra Streisand.
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Lee Chamberlin had a prominent role as Madame Zenobia in the United Artists film directed by Sidney Poitier Uptown Saturday Night and the follow-up Let's Do it Again.
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Lee Chamberlin appeared in several television films including Long Journey Back, Brave New World, and Once Upon A Family.
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Lee Chamberlin died of cancer at the age of 76 on May 25,2014, in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
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Lee Chamberlin was survived by a daughter, Erika Chamberlin and a son, Matthew Chamberlin, a sister and two grandchildren.