Cherylene Alice Lee (June 13, 1953 – March 18, 2016) was an American actress and writer.
Cherylene Lee | |
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 Cherylene Lee in Dennis The Menace in 1962. | |
| Born | June 13, 1953 Los Angeles, California |
| Died | March 18, 2016 (aged 62) San Francisco, California |
Life
editLee was born and raised in Los Angeles, and was a fourth-generation Chinese-American.[1] She had two sisters, Priscilla "Puggy" and Virginia.[2] She began a career as a child actress and dancer at age three, and performed in a song and dance team with her sister Virginia in Las Vegas for three summers.[2] She graduated from UC Berkeley with a BA in Paleontology and from UCLA with an MS in Geology.[2] She subsequently managed an alternative wastewater treatment plant as a Disney Imagineer.[3] In 1977, she returned to the stage, performing in A Chorus Line.[4][1] In 1983, she began writing plays, poetry, and fiction.[1] Her plays include The Legacy Codes about the Wen Ho Lee affair and Carry the Tiger to the Mountain about the death of Vincent Chin.
In 2015, Lee self-published an autobiography, "Just Like Really": An Uncommon Chinese American Memoir.[2] On March 18, 2016, Lee died in her sleep with her two sisters at her side, after a long battle with breast cancer.[5]
References
edit- ^ a b c "Cherylene Lee". www.amazon.com. Retrieved 2021-05-09.
- ^ a b c d "Cherylene Lee Obituary (1953 - 2016) - San Francisco, CA - San Francisco Chronicle". www.legacy.com. Retrieved 2021-05-09.
- ^ Lee, Cherylene Lee (August 31, 2015). ""Just Like Really": An Uncommon Chinese American Memoir". Amazon. Retrieved May 9, 2021.
- ^ "Cherylene Lee – Broadway Cast & Staff | IBDB". www.ibdb.com. Retrieved 2021-05-09.
- ^ CAAM (23 March 2016). "Cherylene Lee (1953-2016): Pioneering Actor and Writer". caamedia.org.