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Lee was born Solomon Lazarus Lee in 1859 at 12 Keppel Street, Bloomsbury, London. He was educated at the City of London School and at Balliol College, Oxford, where he graduated in Modern History in 1882. In 1883, Lee became assistant-editor of the Dictionary of National Biography. [1]
Sydney Hughes Greenstreet was born on December 27, 1879, in Eastry, Kent, [1] the son of Ann (née Baker) and John Jarvis Greenstreet, a tanner.He had seven siblings. He left home at the age of 18 to make his fortune as a Ceylon tea planter, but drought forced him out of business.
Steve Lawrence (born Sidney Liebowitz; July 8, 1935 – March 7, 2024) was an American singer, comedian, and actor. He was best known as a member of the pop duo Steve and Eydie with his wife Eydie Gormé , and for his performance as Maury Sline, the manager and friend of the main characters in the 1980 film The Blues Brothers and its sequel.
Sydney Smith Lee (September 2, 1802 – July 22, 1869), called Smith Lee in his lifetime, was an American naval officer who served as a captain in the Confederate States Navy during the American Civil War. He was the third child of Henry "Light Horse Harry" Lee and Anne Hill Carter Lee, and the older brother of Confederate general Robert E. Lee.
Sydney Lee (engraver) (1866–1949), British wood engraver; Sydney Lee (snooker player) (1911–1986), English billiards and snooker player; Sydney Smith Lee (1802–1869), American naval officer; Sidney Lee (1859–1926), English biographer, writer and critic; Sidney Lee (1979–2022), Danish television personality and presenter
Louis Gossett Jr., Dee and Sidney Poitier in A Raisin in the Sun (1959) In 1959 she gained prominence for originating the role of Ruth Younger in the Lorraine Hansberry's play A Raisin in the Sun which premiered on Broadway. She acted alongside Sidney Poitier and Louis Gossett Jr.. The play was the first play written by a Black woman to be ...
Sydney Lee RA (27 August 1866 – 31 October 1949) was a British wood engraver, active at the beginning of the twentieth century. He was a founder member of the Society of Wood Engravers (1920). [ 1 ]
Lee turned professional in March 1934 after his fourth English Amateur Billiards Championship. [8] He played competitive professional snooker in 1935, entering the 1936 World Championship . In his first match, he faced Clare O'Donnell, and having trailed 4–8, recovered to lead 15–13; however, O'Donnell won the next three frames to prevail ...