Al Lee


Al Lee was an American actor, producer and manager in vaudeville and silent films. He served for 12 years as manager for George White's Scandals and was later the company manager for the Broadway production of Tennessee Williams' The Glass Menagerie.

Early life

Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Lee was the son of Georgia Lee and Albert Deering Cunningham.

Personal life

In 1914, Lee married actress Lilyan Tashman, whom he had met while working on a double act with Eddie Cantor, but the couple divorced in 1921. In 1933, Lee married the daughter of "a prominent New York family," the 25-year-old Elizabeth Hopkins, daughter of the "once wealthy Angus Hopkins".
Following a brief illness, Lee died at Manhattan's Roosevelt Hospital on November 8, 1945, at age 54.

Manager/producer