Robert Edwin Lee

Robert Edwin Lee (October 15, 1918 – July 8, 1994) was an American playwright and lyricist. In the early years of World War II, Lee partnered with Jerome Lawrence to create Armed Forces Radio while serving together in the U.S. Army. Lawrence and Lee became the most prolific writing partnership in radio, with such long-running series as Favorite Story among others.

Life and career Lee was born in Elyria, Ohio, the son of Elvira (née Taft), a teacher, and C. Melvin Lee, an engineer. He attended Ohio Wesleyan University.

The Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee Theatre Research Institute, a theater research facility and archive was dedicated in Lawrence and Lee's honor at the Ohio State University in 1986.

Personal life Lee was married to actress Janet Waldo (the voice of many well-known cartoon characters, including Judy Jetson) from 1948 until his death in 1994. Together they had two children, Jonathan Barlow Lee, the production manager for Center Theatre Group's Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles, and Lucy Lee, who teaches Clinical Management Communication at the Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California, in Los Angeles.

Death Lee died from cancer on July 8, 1994, in Los Angeles, California, at the age of 75. He is buried in Forest Lawn – Hollywood Hills Cemetery.

Works (partial) Look, Ma, I'm Dancin'! – 1948 (book of musical) Inherit the Wind – 1955 (play) Shangri-La – 1956 (book & lyrics of musical) Auntie Mame – 1956 (play) The Gang's All Here – 1959 (play) Only in America – 1959 – (play) A Call on Kuprin – 1961 – (play) Diamond Orchid – 1965 – (play) Mame – 1966 – (book of musical based on his play Auntie Mame) Dear World – 1969 (book of musical) The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail – 1970 (play) The Incomparable Max – 1971 (play) Jabberwock – 1972 (play) Blackbeard The Pirate- 1974 (book) First Monday in October – 1978 – (play)