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Lee Phelps
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Overview
Born
May 15
,
1893
·
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Died
March 19
,
1953
·
Culver City, Los Angeles, California, USA
Birth name
Napoleon Bonaparte Kukuck
Height
6′ (1.83 m)
Mini Bio
Lee Phelps was born on May 15, 1893 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor, known for
Anna Christie (1930)
,
Scouts to the Rescue (1939)
and
The Girl from Rio (1939)
. He was married to
Mary Warren
. He died on March 19, 1953 in Culver City, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Family
Spouse
Mary Warren
(1916 - March 19, 1953) (his death, 2 children)
Children
Marilee Phelps
Relatives
Madeleine Smith
(Grandchild)
Trivia
With over 600 confirmed film appearances over a 35 year span, Lee is near the top of the list of Hollywood's most prolific but virtually unknown supporting players.
He appeared in four Best Picture Academy Award winners, the last two of which were in consecutive years:
Grand Hotel (1932)
,
The Great Ziegfeld (1936)
,
You Can't Take It with You (1938)
and
Gone with the Wind (1939)
.
Lionel Barrymore
also appeared in both of the first two films.
Along with appearing in four Oscar Best Picture winners, he also appeared in nine other Best Picture nominees:
The Divorcee (1930)
,
The Champ (1931)
,
She Done Him Wrong (1933)
,
The Thin Man (1934)
,
A Star Is Born (1937)
,
The Philadelphia Story (1940)
,
The Talk of the Town (1942)
,
Anchors Aweigh (1945)
and
Father of the Bride (1950)
.
Father of actress
Marilee Phelps
and grandfather of music supervisor
Madeleine Smith
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