Elizabeth Lee Miller(1907-1977)
- Actress
American model and photographer who became famous under the name Lee
Miller. Her appearance in Jean Cocteau's
The Blood of a Poet (1932) was
her only film role. However, soon after meeting Man Ray in 1929 she
became his mistress and was the subject of many of his photos. After
she and May Ray broke up in 1932, she moved back to New York City, then
married an Egyptian, Aziz Eloui Bey, in 1934. After separating from Bey
in 1939, she started a new career in photography, becoming the official
photographer for Vogue through the war years. In 1947, she divorced
Bey, and married British art historian Sir
Roland Penrose. Her archive is at
www.leemiller.co.uk and is managed by her son
Antony Penrose.