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Joie Susannah Lee ( / ʒwɑː /) is an American screenwriter, film producer and actress. Early years. Lee was born in Brooklyn, New York, the daughter of Jacqueline ( née Shelton), a teacher of arts and black literature, and William James Edward Lee III, a jazz musician, bassist, actor and composer. [citation needed] Career.
Joie Susannah Lee is an American actress, film producer and screenplay writer. She is known for her roles in her brother Spike Lee’s movies like ‘She’s Gotta Have It,’ ‘School Daze,’ ‘Do the Right Thing,’ among others. Born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, she grew up in an atmosphere of music and literature.
Play trailer 1:53. Farewell Amor (2020) 11 Videos. 13 Photos. Joie Lee was born on 22 June 1962 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. She is an actress and writer, known for Summer of Sam (1999), Coffee and Cigarettes (2003) and Do the Right Thing (1989). More at IMDbPro.
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First name pronounced "Jwah"; original name, Joy Lee; born June 22, 1962, in Brooklyn, NY; daughter of William "Bill" James Edwards (a jazz bassist, composer, and actor) and Jacquelyn (a teacher of arts and black literature; maiden name, Shelton) Lee; sister of Spike Lee (an actor, producer, director, and writer), Cinque Lee (an actor), and David L...
Film Appearances:
Clorinda Bradford, She's Gotta Have It,Island, 1986. Lizzie Life, School Daze,Columbia, 1988. First customer, Coffee and Cigarettes II (short film; also known as Coffee and Cigarettes: Memphis Version), 1988. Jade, Do the Right Thing,Universal, 1989. Athena, Bail Jumper,Angelika, 1990. Indigo Downes, Mo' Better Blues,Universal, 1990. (As Joy Lee) Cathy, A Kiss Before Dying,Universal, 1991. Lois, Fathers and Sons,Pacific Pictures, 1992. (As Joie Susannah Lee) Aunt Maxine, Crooklyn,Universal, 1...
Film Work:
Associate producer, Crooklyn,Universal, 1994. Producer, Nowhere Fast,1997. (As Joie Susannah Lee) Director and producer, Snapped(short), 2000. Executive producer, "Jesus Children of America" (short), All the Invisible Children (also known as Les enfants invisibles), 2005.
Television Appearances; Episodic:
"The Lost Weekend," The Cosby Show,NBC, 1989. Angela Balding, "Zero Tolerance," 100 Centre Street,Arts and Entertainment, 2002. Prison nurse, "Rotten," Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (also known as Law & Order: SVU and Special Victims Unit), 2003.
Screenplays:
(With Cinque Lee and Spike Lee) Crooklyn,Universal, 1994. Snapped(short), 2000. "Jesus Children of America" (short), All the Invisible Children (also known as Les enfants invisibles), 2005.
Television Movies:
Wrote (with Spike Lee) Flight 770(short), BBC.
Television Pilots:
Cowrote Accidentally on Purpose,Nickelodeon.
Books:
Contemporary Authors Online,Thomson Gale, 2007. Contemporary Black Biography,Volume 1, Gale, 1992.
Joie Susannah Lee (born June 22, 1962) is an American screenwriter, film producer, film director and actress. She has appeared in many of the films directed by her brother, Spike Lee, including She's Gotta Have It (1986), School Daze (1988), Do the Right Thing (1989), and Mo' Better Blues (1990).
May 13, 1994 · In the past, Mr. Lee's films have often been family affairs, since his sister, Joie Susannah Lee, has acted in most of them (including this one, as a Carmichael aunt). And his father,...
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Joie Susannah Lee is an American screenwriter, film producer and actress. She has appeared in many of the films directed by her brother, Spike Lee, including She's Gotta Have It (1986), School Daze (1988), Do the Right Thing (1989), and Mo' Better Blues (1990).
