Al Lee (born Albert Lee Cunningham;"Repertoire of Olympic Opera Week Announced; 'Lakme' Will Be the Novelty of the Boston Company's St. Louis Season". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. January 2, 1910. p. 23. Retrieved December 26, 2024.Goldman, Herbert (1997). Banjo Eyes: Eddie Cantor and the Birth of Modern Stardom. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 43. . October 25, 1891"United States, World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K6JC-2N9 : 30 June 2024), Albert Lee Cunningham, 1917-1918."United States, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F3X5-432 : Fri Feb 23 21:31:18 UTC 2024), Entry for Al Lee Cunningham, 1942."United States, Census, 1900", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3DZ-SWW : Sun Oct 27 17:59:33 UTC 2024), Entry for Albert D Cunningham and Georgia Cunningham, 1900. – November 8, 1945) was an American actor, producer and manager in vaudeville and silent films. He served for 12 years as manager for George White's Scandals and was later the company manager for the Broadway production of Tennessee Williams' The Glass Menagerie.
Early life Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Lee was the son of Georgia Lee and Albert Deering Cunningham.Marquis, Albert Nelson; Leonard, John W., ed. (1906). The Book of St. Louisans: A Biographical Dictionary of the Leading Living Men of the City of St. Louis. St. Louis: The St. Louis Republic. p. 141. .
Personal life In 1914, Lee married actress Lilyan Tashman,Golden, Eve (August 1997). "Lilyan Tashman, Showgirl in Hollywood". Classic Images. Retrieved December 26, 2024."Obituary: Mrs Rose Tashman". The Brooklyn Daily Times. December 14, 1914. p. 10. Retrieved December 26, 2024. whom he had met while working on a double act with Eddie Cantor, but the couple divorced in 1921. In 1933, Lee married the daughter of "a prominent New York family," the 25-year-old Elizabeth Hopkins, daughter of the "once wealthy Angus Hopkins"."Producer Stages 'Elopement' and Stars Girl of 25". New York Daily News. p. 3. Retrieved December 26, 2024.
Following a brief illness, Lee died at Manhattan's Roosevelt Hospital on November 8, 1945, at age 54."New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2WY9-5B4 : 3 June 2020), Al Lee, 1945.
Manager/producer The Glass Menagerie (Company Manager; March 31, 1945 - August 3, 1946) George White's Music Hall Varieties (General Manager; 1933) George White's Music Hall Varieties 1932 (General Manager; November 22, 1932 - December 31, 1932)
References
External links Classic Images article on Lilyan Tashman George White's 1935 Scandals, with Jed Prouty in the role of Al Lee