Lee Remick Biography

Fast Facts

• Awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame located at 6104 Hollywood Boulevard
• Honored in 1990 with the Women in Film Crystal Award
• Formally educated as a performer since a young age by attending the Swaboda School of Dance, The Hewitt School, the Actor's Studio as well as drama at Barnard College
• Quote: "I make movies for grownups․ When Hollywood starts making them again, I'll start acting in them again․"
• Quote: "My interpretation of the role in 'Wild River' was the truest in my experience, and it was Kazan who enabled me to make it true․"
• After returning to Broadway in the 1960s and securing a Tony nomination for Wait Until Dark, she began filming television movies and mini-series that would eventually land her several Emmy nominations
• After her Broadway debut in 1953, it wasn't until four years later that she landed her first film role as a baton-twirling teenager in "A Face in the Crowd"
• Eulogized by friends and co-stars, Jack Lemmon and Gregory Peck
• Subject of The Go-Betweens' first single, 'Lee Remick'
• Was initially cast the lead role in "Something's Got to Give" after executives decided to fire Marilyn Monroe, but male lead Dean Martin refused to continue alongside his new female costar, forcing production to halt until Monroe was rehired