Trivia of Lee Remick

 Trivia of Lee Remick (14 December 1935 - 2 July 1991)

*Remick made her Broadway theatre debut, age 18, in the 1953 production Be Your Age. She began guest starring on episodes of TV anthology series such as Armstrong Circle Theatre, Studio One in Hollywood, Robert Montgomery Presents, Kraft Theatre and Playhouse 90.

*She made her film debut in Elia Kazan's A Face in the Crowd (1957). While filming the movie in Arkansas, Remick lived with a local family and practiced baton twirling so that she would be believable as the teenager who wins the attention of Lonesome Rhodes.

*Katharine Hepburn befriended Remick after A Face in the Crowd (1957) and wanted her to be in Desk Set (1957), in which she would star with Spencer Tracy. Tracy thought that the role wasn't good enough for Remick and advised her not to play the role. She didn't and the role went to Dina Merrill. Remick later co-starred with Hepburn in A Delicate Balance (1973).

*Her role in Anatomy of a Murder (1959) was intended for Lana Turner, who got fired when she insisted that her off-the-rack costumes, (suitable for the role of an Army wife), be designed by splashy Jean Louis.

*Wild River (1960) was her personal favorite movie. While she was filming this movie, Lee Remick's husband, Bill Colleran, was severely hurt in an auto accident, and she left the location shoot immediately. When she returned, she was given great support by co-star Montgomery Clift, who had been through a horrible car accident a few years earlier himself.

*She was asked to replace Marilyn Monroe who dismissed during shooting of comedy movie "Something’s Got to Give (1962).Dean Martin the co-star did not want to feature with Remick as he had signed a contract with Marilyn Monroe.When Monroe died unexpectedly in August 1962, the film was abandoned.

*Jack Lemmon, who played her husband in Days of Wine and Roses (1962), was her favorite co-star.A very weak, almost unrecognizable Lee made one of her last public appearances on April 29, 1991, to receive her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.Lemmon was there to lend love and support. She passed away two months later on July 2nd.She was cremated at Westwood Memorial Park and services held at a later date. Elizabeth Taylor attended and eulogies were delivered by good friends Jack Lemmon and Gregory Peck.