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.
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.