--- name: "Lee Remick" canonical: "https://film.one/person/lee-remick" roles: ["Actor"] born: "14 December 1935" died: "2 July 1991" reviewed_on_fi1m: 1 average_as: "actor" average_over: 1 updated: "2026-09-20T03:31:52.483850+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Lee Remick Actor. Born 14 December 1935 in Quincy, Massachusetts, USA. Died 2 July 1991. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 14 December 1935, Quincy, Massachusetts, USA - **Died:** 2 July 1991 - **Also known as:** Lee Ann Remick, لی رمیک - **Golden Globes:** 2 Golden Globes (2 won) - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Remick, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q230011, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001665/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/855 ## Streaming the US now - **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Anatomy of a Murder*](https://film.one/film/anatomy-of-a-murder.md) (87) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Fi1m on Lee Remick > Lee Remick played women who were looked at, and let us watch them notice. Critics called the style natural and unmannered; Hollywood never worked out how to sell it. *Anatomy of a Murder* is where to start. Watch what Lee Remick does in *Anatomy of a Murder* (1959) while everyone else is watching her. Laura Manion is the wife the whole trial is about, and the film's camera looks at her the way the bar did; the questions, over and over, are what she was wearing and how she behaved. Remick plays her as bored, frightened and pleased to be looked at all at once, which is more than the writing gives her. We ended up more on her side than Preminger seemed to intend, because the fright is always there under the boredom and the pleasure, and she never lets us forget it. Nobody else in the film is doing anything that delicate, and nobody in it notices she is. That was the breakthrough, though not the start. She came out of Broadway and the live television dramas of the mid-1950s, and Elia Kazan gave her a film debut in *A Face in the Crowd* (1957) and then a young widow in *Wild River* (1960), the plainest example of the thing critics kept noticing about her: she did not appear to be acting. *Days of Wine and Roses* (1962), for Blake Edwards and opposite Jack Lemmon, is the role most people remember, an alcoholic wife she prepared for with the kind of research that does not show on screen, which is the point of it. Then the film career stalled. The performances went on being praised; the films around them did not catch on, and she was by all accounts poor at selling herself, which in Hollywood is a fault. She moved to England in 1970 and did most of her best-known later work for television, with the title role in *Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill* (1974) and, back in cinemas, *The Omen* (1976). She returned to the United States in the early 1980s and kept working in television until her death in 1991. It is a working actor's career rather than a star's, and she seems to have preferred it that way: "I don’t quite know what stardom means. It was never something I went after, as such. I love to work… and I love trying to do the best." Her habit, if she had one, was to be cast as a sensual woman under pressure and then to decline to play the sensuality as the point. What critics called natural can read, in the wrong film, as simply quiet; she needed a director who would let the pressure build, and Preminger, Kazan and Edwards did. The films we have not reviewed we will leave to their own pages. Start with the one we have, and keep your eye on the woman at the edge of the courtroom while the men talk about her. ## Biography Lee Remick was an American actress. She made her film debut in *A Face in the Crowd* (1957) and first gained major attention for her role as Laura Manion in *Anatomy of a Murder* (1959). Other early film roles include *The Long, Hot Summer* (1958), *Wild River* (1960) and *Days of Wine and Roses* (1962). Remick received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress for *Days of Wine and Roses*. She was also nominated for a Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for her Broadway performance in *Wait Until Dark* (1966). She won Golden Globe Awards for the television film *The Blue Knight* (1973) and the miniseries *Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill* (1974), for which she also received a BAFTA Television Award for Best Actress. Later film roles include *The Omen* (1976) and *The Europeans* (1979). In 1991 she was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Born in Quincy, Massachusetts, Remick trained in dance and began her career on stage and television before moving into film. She worked in both cinema and television throughout her career until the late 1980s. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, encyclopedia.com, britannica.com.* ## On Fi1m (1) - *Anatomy of a Murder* (1959), Fi1m 87, as Laura Manion — [page](https://film.one/film/anatomy-of-a-murder.md) ## Complete filmography (80) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *The Green Fog* (2018), Actor - *Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker* (1991), as Laura Manion (archive footage) (uncredited) - *Dark Holiday* (1989), as Gene LePere - *Around the World in 80 Days* (1989), series, as Sarah Bernhardt - *Bridge to Silence* (1989), as Marge Duffield - *Jesse* (1988), as Jesse Maloney - *Remembering Marilyn* (1988), as Hostess - *The Vision* (1987), as Grace Gardner - *Nutcracker: Money, Madness & Murder* (1987), series, as Frances Schreuder - *Emma's War* (1986), as Anne Grange - *Of Pure Blood* (1986), as Alicia Browning - *Follies: In Concert* (1986), as Phyllis Rogers Stone - *Tough Love* (1985), as Jan Charters - *The Snow Queen* (1985), as The Snow Queen - *Screen Two* (1985), series, as Grace Gardner - *Rearview Mirror* (1984), as Terry Seton - *Mistral's Daughter* (1984), series, as Kate Browning - *A Good Sport* (1984), as Michelle Tenney - *The Gift of Love: A Christmas Story* (1983), as Janet Broderick - *I Do! I Do!* (1983), as She (Agnes) - *Faerie Tale Theatre* (1982), series, as The Snow Queen - *The Letter* (1982), as Leslie Crosbie - *American Playhouse* (1982), series, as Eugenia Young, Eleanor Roosevelt - *Tribute* (1980), as Maggie Stratton - *The Competition* (1980), as Greta Vandemann - *The Women's Room* (1980), as Mira Adams - *Animal Olympians* (1980), Actor - *Haywire* (1980), as Margaret Sullavan - *Ike* (1979), series, as Kay Summersby - *Ike* (1979), as Kay Summersby - *The Europeans* (1979), as Eugenia Young - *Torn Between Two Lovers* (1979), as Diana Conti - *The Horror Show* (1979), as (archive footage) - *Wheels* (1978), series, as Erica Trenton - *The Medusa Touch* (1978), as Doctor Zonfeld - *Breaking Up* (1978), as JoAnn Hammil - *Telefon* (1977), as Barbara - *The Ambassadors* (1977), as Maria Gostrey - *The Omen* (1976), as Katherine Thorn - *Hennessy* (1975), as Kate Brooke - *A Girl Named Sooner* (1975), as Elizabeth McHenry - *Hustling* (1975), as Fran Morrison - *Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill* (1974), series, as Jennie - *Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill* (1974), as Jennie, Lady Randolph Churchill - *Touch Me Not* (1974), as Eleanor - *QB VII* (1974), series, as Lady Margaret - *A Delicate Balance* (1973), as Julia - *The Blue Knight* (1973), as Cassie Walters - *The Blue Knight* (1973), series, as Cassie Walters - *And No One Could Save Her* (1973), as Fern O'Neil - *The Man Who Came to Dinner* (1972), as Maggie Cutler - *Sometimes a Great Notion* (1971), as Viv Stamper - *Great Performances* (1971), series, as Phyllis Rogers Stone - *A Severed Head* (1971), as Antonia Lynch-Gibbon - *Loot* (1970), as Nurse Fay McMahon - *Hard Contract* (1969), as Sheila Metcalfe - *The Detective* (1968), as Karen Wagner Leland - *No Way to Treat a Lady* (1968), as Kate Palmer - *Damn Yankees* (1967), as Lola - *BBC Play of the Month* (1965), series, as Alma Winemiller, Maria Gostrey - *The Hallelujah Trail* (1965), as Cora Templeton Massingale - *The Satan Bug* (1965), as Waitress - *Baby the Rain Must Fall* (1965), as Georgette Thomas - *The Wheeler Dealers* (1963), as Molly Thatcher - *The Running Man* (1963), as Stella Black - *Days of Wine and Roses* (1963), as Kirsten Arnesen Clay - *Experiment in Terror* (1962), as Kelly Sherwood - *The Farmer's Daughter* (1962), as Katrin Holstrom - *Sanctuary* (1961), as Temple Drake - *Wild River* (1960), as Carol Garth Baldwin - *The Tempest* (1960), as Miranda - *Anatomy of a Murder* (1959), as Laura Manion — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/film/anatomy-of-a-murder.md) - *These Thousand Hills* (1959), as Callie - *The Long, Hot Summer* (1958), as Eula Varner - *A Face in the Crowd* (1957), as Betty Lou Fleckum - *The Last Tycoon* (1957), as Cecelia Brady - *Hallmark Hall of Fame* (1951), series, as Miranda, Maggie Cutler - *Robert Montgomery Presents* (1950), series, as Bee-Jay - act 1, Edith, Josephine Perry - *Studio One* (1948), series, as Jessie Benson, Elaine Bayley - *Kraft Television Theatre* (1947), series, as Caroline Bowers, Kismine Washington ## Gallery - ![Lee Remick taken at her home in Maida Vale, London (1973)](https://film.one/media/person/1239728/gallery-09da59409d09.jpg) Lee Remick taken at her home in Maida Vale, London (1973) — Allan warren, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Lee_Remick_2_Allan_Warren.jpg/1280px-Lee_Remick_2_Allan_Warren.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Lee Remick](https://film.one/media/person/1239728/gallery-aae74c3dd25b.jpg) Lee Remick — Original photograph by Allan Warren, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Lee_Ann_Remick%2C_London%2C_1974.jpg/1280px-Lee_Ann_Remick%2C_London%2C_1974.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Publicity photo of Lee Remick (1960)](https://film.one/media/person/1239728/gallery-aa4a8a954a06.jpg) Publicity photo of Lee Remick (1960) — MGM, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/21/Lee_Remick_-_1960s.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![The American actress Lee Remick. (1960)](https://film.one/media/person/1239728/gallery-dc4bda6f909c.jpg) The American actress Lee Remick. (1960) — Unknown authorUnknown author, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Photo_The_american_actress_Lee_Remick_1960_-_Touring_Club_Italiano_04_0852.jpg/1280px-Photo_The_american_actress_Lee_Remick_1960_-_Touring_Club_Italiano_04_0852.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Lee Remick](https://film.one/media/person/1239728/gallery-a3534806426f.jpg) Lee Remick — Image via TMDB - ![Lee Remick](https://film.one/media/person/1239728/gallery-1f3139bd8a25.jpg) Lee Remick — Image via TMDB - ![Lee Remick](https://film.one/media/person/1239728/gallery-cec1279a636a.jpg) Lee Remick — Image via TMDB ## Awards ### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated - 1963: Best Actress (nominated), for *Days of Wine and Roses* ### Golden Globes — 2 won - 1975: Best Actress – Television Series Drama (won), for *Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill* - 1973: Best Actress – Television Series Drama (won), for *The Blue Knight* ### Other awards — 3 won, 1 nominated - Crystal Award 1990: Crystal Award (won) - Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play 1966: Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play (nominated) - Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year 1965: Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year (won) - Silver Shell for Best Actress 1963: Silver Shell for Best Actress (won), for *Days of Wine and Roses* *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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