Gwen Lee

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Gwen Lee (November 12, 1904 - August 20, 1961) was an

American stage and film actress. Lee began her career as a model before being

discovered and signed to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. She was typically cast in

supporting roles. Lee appeared in over sixty films before retiring in 1938.

Born Gwendolyn Lepinski in Hastings, Nebraska, Lee began her

career as a department store model. She was discovered by director Monta Bell

while appearing in a stage production. She signed a contract with

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1925. That same year, she made her film debut in Lady of

the Night, starring Norma Shearer. She followed with roles in Pretty Ladies,

starring Zasu Pitts, His Secretary, and The Plastic Age, starring Clara Bow. In

1926, Lee was cast in The Lone Wolfe Returns, starring Bert Lytell and Billie

In 1928, she was named a WAMPAS Baby Star.[3] Lee continued

her career with supporting roles in Laugh, Clown, Laugh and The Actress (both

1928). Her career continued for almost a decade into the era of sound motion

pictures. Lee played Marjory in Untamed (1929), with Joan Crawford and Robert

Montgomery. She appeared again with Crawford and Marie Prevost in the prison

drama Paid (1930). In 1931, she was in The Galloping Ghost, with famed football

running back Red Grange, and the crime drama, The Lawless Woman, with Vera

Reynolds. In 1932, she appeared in the Western Broadway to Cheyenne (1932),

with Rex Bell.

By the late 1930s, Lee was appearing in minor film roles

most of which were uncredited. Her final film roles were in Man-Proof and

Paroled from the Big House, both in 1938.

Lee died on August 20, 1961 in Reno, Nevada.