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name: "Auriol Lee"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/auriol-lee"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "12 September 1880"
died: "2 July 1941"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-20T00:42:39.627663+00:00"
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# Auriol Lee

Actor. Born 12 September 1880 in London, England, UK. Died 2 July 1941.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 12 September 1880, London, England, UK
- **Died:** 2 July 1941
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auriol_Lee, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4822392, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0496843/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/100782

## Biography

Auriol Lee (1880–1941) was a British stage actress, director and producer. She made her London stage debut around 1900 and appeared in numerous West End and Broadway productions, later becoming known for directing plays including several by John Van Druten.

Her film roles were limited to *A Royal Divorce* (1938), in which she played Napoleon's mother, and *Suspicion* (1941), directed by Alfred Hitchcock, in which she played Isobel Sedbusk. She was married to actor Frederick Lloyd from 1912 until their divorce in 1922 and was the aunt of actress Virginia Field.

Lee died on 2 July 1941 in an automobile accident in Hutchinson, Kansas, while returning from Hollywood.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Suspicion* (1941), Fi1m 72, as Isobel Sedbusk — [page](https://film.one/film/suspicion.md)

## Complete filmography (4)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Benny Hill's World Tour: New York!* (1991), Stage Director
- *If You Go Down in the Woods Today* (1981), as Huntress 1
- *Suspicion* (1941), as Isobel Sedbusk — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/suspicion.md)
- *A Royal Divorce* (1938), as La mère de Napoléon

## Gallery

- ![Title: Auriol Lee (1st act) Abstract/medium: 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. (1913)](https://film.one/media/person/1232760/gallery-22393dd6a416.jpg) Title: Auriol Lee (1st act) Abstract/medium: 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. (1913) — Bain News Service, publisher, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Auriol_Lee_%281st_act%29_LCCN2014692473.jpg/1280px-Auriol_Lee_%281st_act%29_LCCN2014692473.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Title: Auriol Lee (3rd act) Abstract/medium: 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. (1913)](https://film.one/media/person/1232760/gallery-70c807201f10.jpg) Title: Auriol Lee (3rd act) Abstract/medium: 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. (1913) — Bain News Service, publisher, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Auriol_Lee_%283rd_act%29_LCCN2014692474.jpg/1280px-Auriol_Lee_%283rd_act%29_LCCN2014692474.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Auriol Lee](https://film.one/media/person/1232760/gallery-b4c2ab1eaac5.jpg) Auriol Lee — Image via TMDB

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