Actor Lee Allen?
Actor Lee Allen?#1
Posted: 5/31/10 at 2:59pmDoes anyone know whatever happened to actor Lee Allen? He was in Marathon '33" in the 1960's and was nominated for a Tony. Appreciate your help
Actor Lee Allen?#2
Posted: 5/31/10 at 3:45pm
Not sure of what became of Lee Allen but...
He not only played Patsy back in 1963 on Broadway in June Havoc's MARATHON '33 but he also played Eddie Ryan opposite Barbra Streisand in both the original 1966 London production and 1968 film version of FUNNY GIRL. He also appeared on Streisand's ill-received 1967 CBS TV Special THE BELLE OF 14th STREET.
Here he is with La Streisand AND Sadie (in 1966):
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Actor Lee Allen?#2
Posted: 5/31/10 at 6:22pmLee Allen also played Eddie Ryan on Broadway. I have the Playbill to prove it. (Johnny Desmond was Arnstein)
Actor Lee Allen?#3
Posted: 5/31/10 at 6:45pmWould Lee Allen be the brother of Joe Allen, the bar whos namesake it bares?
Actor Lee Allen?#4
Posted: 6/1/10 at 2:08pmThanks to all for reading and posting. Not sure if Lee is the brother to Joe Allen, but if anyone knows where he is now, and what he is doing, please let me know. He is a fine talent.
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Actor Lee Allen?#5
Posted: 6/1/10 at 3:02pmI did a Google search and nothing came up.
Actor Lee Allen?#6
Posted: 6/1/10 at 3:55pm
Mr. Allen attended Abingdon Theatre Company's 2009 Fall Gala as a special guest last October, which was an edited, one-night only performance of MARATHON '33 given with an entirely new cast at Webster Hall. Here he is with Lane Bradbury, who played "The Mick," in M'33 in 1963, and also created the role of Dainty June in the original production of GYPSY four years earlier.
He was very sweet and gracious, and quite alive and kicking!
Actor Lee Allen?#7
Posted: 6/2/10 at 7:57am
Thanks for the wonderful pic of Mr Allen and the lovely Lane Bradbury! I had read about this concert here in the archives-
still I'd like to know what he did after leaving show biz- did he teach, perhaps? Can't find hardly any information on him.
Actor Lee Allen?#8
Posted: 5/30/11 at 9:17pmhe was my neighbor in weehawken, NJ between 2003-2006 and i still contact him sometimes. He never really quit the biz until real retirement because he worked 50 years doing shows as far as I know... great guy, everybody liked him i'm sure...
Actor Lee Allen? #9
Posted: 2/8/12 at 11:35pmHe was my landlord on 86th and Columbus for 9 years, and I lost track of him! Anyone know where he is? If so, post, please. His wife's name was Libby.
Actor Lee Allen? #10
Posted: 2/9/12 at 7:50pmhe lives between weehawken and north carolina, libby's home state, traveling between summer and winter :)
Actor Lee Allen? #11
Posted: 8/8/12 at 1:06pmHe is still alive and kicking. He is my uncle. He never stopped working really. He continued to do shows all over the country and on the QE II as well.
Actor Lee Allen? #12
Posted: 8/8/12 at 6:25pmGreat to hear. Again, my landlord on the upper west side for one of the most critical decades of my life. Lee and Libby were both wonderful to me. I wish him well.
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