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- Birth nameLaurence Edward Alan Lee
- Laurie Lee was born on June 26, 1914 in Stroud, Gloucestershire, England, UK. He was a writer and actor, known for Cyprus Is an Island (1946), A Tale in a Teacup (1947) and Eternal Prague (1940). He was married to Katherine Polge. He died on May 14, 1997 in Slad, Gloucestershire, England, UK.
- SpouseKatherine Polge(May 17, 1950 - May 14, 1997) (his death, 1 child)
- The younger son of Albert and Annie Lee and a younger brother of the director Jack Lee. His third cousin is the actor John Light.
- Grandfather of Esther through Yasmin Wishart.
- He is interred at the lower graveyard of Holy Trinity Churchyard in Slad, Gloucestershire, England. His location plot is in the churchyard against the footpath which runs alongside the church.
- Father of daughters, Yasmin with Lorna Wishart and Jesse (Jessy) Frances Lee with his wife, Katherine Polge, born on September 30, 1963.
- He was awarded the M.B.E. (Member of the Order of the British Empire) in the 1952 King's Honours List for his services to literature.
- [at the 'Lying in State' ceremony for Winston Churchill: January 26, 1965] Every resounding event seems to be followed by silence as history catches its breath. So it is this morning in this great bare hall - a silence like a falling of snow, holding the city and the world in a moment of profound reflection.
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