Anna Lee

This British-born leading lady and character actress achieved success in British films of the 1930s, becoming known very briefly as 'Britain's Glamour Girl'. She married director Robert Stevenson in 1934 and played standard leading lady roles in several of his films, including "The Man Who Changed His Mind" (1936) and "King Solomon's Mines" (1937). The couple was called to Hollywood in 1940 and, though Lee played several leads in such films as "My Life with Caroline" (1940) and "The Commandos Strike at Dawn" (1942), she never caught on as a popular star. She did, however, become a semi-regular member of John Ford's stock company, with modest supporting roles in films such as "How Green Was My Valley" (1941) and "Fort Apache" (1948). Invariably in sympathetic parts, Lee brought her relaxed gentility to live TV in the 50s, acted in such later features as "The Sound of Music" (1965, as Sister Margaretta), and achieved her greatest fame late in life as matriarch Lila Quartermaine on the long-running ABC daytime drama, "General Hospital".

This British-born leading lady and character actress achieved success in British films of the 1930s, becoming known very briefly as 'Britain's Glamour Girl'. She married director Robert Stevenson in 1934 and played standard leading lady roles in several of his films, including "The Man Who Changed His Mind" (1936) and "King Solomon's Mines" (1937). The couple was called to Hollywood in 1940 and, though Lee played several leads in such films as "My Life with Caroline" (1940) and "The Commandos Strike at Dawn" (1942), she never caught on as a popular star. She did, however, become a semi-regular member of John Ford's stock company, with modest supporting roles in films such as "How Green Was My Valley" (1941) and "Fort Apache" (1948). Invariably in sympathetic parts, Lee brought her relaxed gentility to live TV in the 50s, acted in such later features as "The Sound of Music" (1965, as Sister Margaretta), and achieved her greatest fame late in life as matriarch Lila Quartermaine on the long-running ABC daytime drama, "General Hospital".

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