Laura Lee (born Laura Lee Newton, 9 March 1945, Chicago, Illinois) is an American soul and gospel singer and songwriter, most successful in the 1960s and 1970s and influential for her records which discussed and celebrated women's experience.
Already a stage-actress in the early 1920s, she went to Hollywood at the advent of the talkies. After only a few films, the talented comedienne retired from acting.
Actress
Title
Year
Status
Character
Timber Fury
1950
Phyllis Wilson
Reap the Wild Wind
1942
Southern Belle (uncredited)
Going Wild
1930
Peggy Freeman
Maybe It's Love
1930
Betty
Top Speed
1930
Babs Green
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
Going Wild
1930
performer: "My Hero Mine" - uncredited
Top Speed
1930
performer: "If You Were a Traveling Salesman and I Were a Chambermaid" 1930, "Knock Knees" 1930 - uncredited
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Five O'Clock Club
1966
TV Series
Herself
An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee