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Lee Remick (December 14, 1935 - July 2, 1991), was an American actress. Born in Quincy, Massachusetts, she died of a recurrence of kidney cancer in Los Angeles, California at the age of 55.

Remick was educated at the Hewitt School, Barnard College, Swaboda Ballet School and became an actress in motion pictures, on stage, and in television dramas and miniseries.

She received a Tony Award nomination in 1966 for her role as a blind woman terrorized by drug smugglers in "Wait Until Dark" (the character was played by Audrey Hepburn in the film version). Lee Remick has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6104 Hollywood Blvd.

Her first husband was Bill Colleran, an American television producer, with whom she had a son and daughter. Her second husband was British film producer Kip Gowans.

Selected Filmography

• A Face in the Crowd, (1957)
• The Long, Hot Summer, (1958)
• Anatomy of a Murder, (1959)
• Wild River, (1960)
• Experiment in Terror, (1962)
• Days of Wine and Roses, (1962) (nominated for an Oscar)
• Baby the Rain Must Fall, (1965)
• The Detective, (1968)
• Sometimes a Great Notion, (1971)
• The Omen, (1976)
• The Europeans, (1979)
• Tribute, (1980)

• Mistral’s Daughter, (1984) TV mini-series

Stage Plays:

• Anyone Can Whistle, (1964)
• Wait Until Dark, (1966)
• A Little Night Music
• Annie Get Your Gun
• Brigadoon
• The Seven Year Itch

• 1935 births
• 1991 deaths
• Cinema actors
• Stage actors
• American actors
• Best Actress Oscar Nominee