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Anna Lee

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Born:
January 2, 1913 in Ightham, Kent, England
Death:
May 14, 2004 in Beverly Hills, CA
Biography:Born Joanna Winnifrith, Anna Lee was a petite, charming, blond British actress. At age 14 she ran away from home to join a circus. After brief stage experience she began appearing in British films in 1932, playing leads and supporting roles; in 1940 she moved to Hollywood and began making films there. She is best remembered as Bronwyn Morgan, "Roddy McDowall"'s sister-in-law, in "How Green was My Valley" (1941). Rarely onscreen after the late '60s, she had a regular role as Lila Quartermaine on the TV soap opera "General Hospital". She married and divorced director "Robert Stevenson". She was the widow of novelist/playwright/poet Robert Nathan and the mother of actors "Jeffrey Byron" and "Venetia Stevenson". ~ All Movie Guide
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Actress and Activist Bette Midler (right) with Lisa Brecher and Anna Lee Ashford of Wicked at the...
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