Cherylene Lee

Cherylene Alice Lee (June 13, 1953 – March 18, 2016) was an American actress and writer.

Cherylene Lee
Cherylene Lee in Dennis The Menace in 1962.
Born(1953-06-13)June 13, 1953
Los Angeles, California
DiedMarch 18, 2016(2016-03-18) (aged 62)
San Francisco, California

Life

Lee was born and raised in Los Angeles, and was a fourth-generation Chinese-American.[1] She had two sisters, Priscilla "Puggy" and Virginia.[2] She began a career as a child actress and dancer at age three, and performed in a song and dance team with her sister Virginia in Las Vegas for three summers.[2] She graduated from UC Berkeley with a BA in Paleontology and from UCLA with an MS in Geology.[2] She subsequently managed an alternative wastewater treatment plant as a Disney Imagineer.[3] In 1977, she returned to the stage, performing in A Chorus Line.[4][1]In 1983, she began writing plays, poetry, and fiction.[1] Her plays include The Legacy Codes about the Wen Ho Lee affair and Carry the Tiger to the Mountain about the death of Vincent Chin.

In 2015, Lee self-published an autobiography, "Just Like Really": An Uncommon Chinese American Memoir.[2] On March 18, 2016, Lee died in her sleep with her two sisters at her side, after a long battle with breast cancer.[5]

References
  1. "Cherylene Lee". www.amazon.com. Retrieved 2021-05-09.
  2. "Cherylene Lee Obituary (1953 - 2016) - San Francisco, CA - San Francisco Chronicle". www.legacy.com. Retrieved 2021-05-09.
  3. Lee, Cherylene Lee (August 31, 2015). ""Just Like Really": An Uncommon Chinese American Memoir". Amazon. Retrieved May 9, 2021.
  4. "Cherylene Lee – Broadway Cast & Staff | IBDB". www.ibdb.com. Retrieved 2021-05-09.
  5. CAAM (23 March 2016). "Cherylene Lee (1953-2016): Pioneering Actor and Writer". caamedia.org.
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