Davey Lee
Davey Lee | |
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Los Angeles, California , United States | |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1928-1930 |
Davey Lee (December 29, 1924 – June 17, 2008) was an American child actor. He was born in
Biography
The younger brother of actor
Other films in which he appeared were Frozen River (1929), in which he played opposite canine film star Rin Tin Tin, Skin Deep (1929) as the son of John Bowers, and The Squealer (1930) as the son of Jack Holt. This was Lee's last film.
Davey was taken out of films by his mother reportedly so he could have a normal childhood. In 1986, Davey was brought over to the Piccadilly Theatre in London's West End to participate in the unveiling of a memorial bronze bust of Al Jolson to commemorate the official centenary of his birth. This theatre was chosen because, to the best of anyone's knowledge, it was the only UK stage which Jolson ever stood on, although he did not perform, he merely appeared to promote his film. The evening was presented by UK impresario David Lee, a Jolson devotee who had, many years before, chosen "David Lee" as his stage name without knowing of the connection to Jolson. The show featured tributes to Jolson from Clive Baldwin, David Jacobs and, of course, Davey Lee himself.
After suffering a stroke, Davey Lee was admitted to Windsor Gardens Healthcare Centre in
Bibliography
- Holmstrom, John. The Moving Picture Boy: An International Encyclopaedia from 1895 to 1995, Norwich, Michael Russell, 1996, pp. 130–131.
- Best, Marc. Those Endearing Young Charms: Child Performers of the Screen, South Brunswick and New York: Barnes & Co., 1971, pp. 155–160.
External links
- Davey Lee at IMDb
- The International Al Jolson Society
- Davey Lee at Virtual History
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