Ms. Lee was a true woman of the theatre, devoting herself to multiple facets of the craft across her long life. A sickly child, Ms. Lee required growth hormones from a young age, barely reaching four-foot, 10-and-a-half inches in height. While her diminutive stature limited certain performance opportunities, she pursued her passions aggressively from the moment her health stabilized, studying ballet with the endorsement of prima ballerina Alexandra Danilova at Studio 61 in Carnegie Hall, with Vera Nemtchinova and Edward Caton.