Elaine Lee

Elaine Lee is an American actress, playwright, producer, and writer, who specializes in graphic novels. She has also received recognition and awards for her work as a creator and producer of audio books and dramas.

Her comics have been illustrated by artists including Michael Wm. Kaluta, Charles Vess, James Sherman, Steve Leialoha, Linda Medley and John Ridgeway.

Her graphic novel Starstruck: The Luckless, the Abandoned and Forsaked was nominated for a Jack Kirby Award as The Best Graphic Album of 1985.

Elaine Lee graduated in 1975 with a Bachelor of Theater Arts from Stephens College. She took graduate classes in English Literature at the State University of New York at New Paltz from 2002 to 2003.

In 1976, she moved to New York City and found acting work. In 1980, she landed the role of Mildred Trumble on NBC-TV’s The Doctors for which she received a Best Supporting Actress 1980 Daytime Emmy Award nomination.

She was a founding member and artistic director of Manhattan-based theatre company, Wild Hair Productions.

Wild Hair began its run performing three plays written and performed by Elaine Lee and her sister, comedian Susan Norfleet Lee: Brief Lives, The Contamination of the Kokomo Lounge, and Starstruck.Starstruck, a science-fiction spoof with a largely female cast, was performed Off-Broadway at the N.E.T.W.O.R.K. Theater, from April 16 – May 10, 1980. Lee portrayed Captain Galatia 9, and Susan Norfleet Lee played Brucilla the Muscle. In 1983, Lee directed a revised production with a new cast that was performed at the Park Royal Theater, from April 16 – May 8, 1983.

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