Writing

Joanna Lee

Born — Died

1931-04-07 — 2003-10-24

Place of birth

Newark, New Jersey, USA

Known for

Writing

Credits

31 titles

Joanna Lee was an American writer, producer, director and actress. Lee was born in Newark, New Jersey; by the time she was 20, she was a divorced single mother with a son, Craig Lee.

Known for

Leave It to Beaver poster
6.9

An inquisitive and often naïve boy, Theodore 'The Beaver' Cleaver, has adventures at home, in school, and around his suburban neighborhood. The show also starred Barbara Billingsley and Hugh Beaumont as Beaver's parents, June and Ward Cleaver, and Tony Dow as Beaver's brother Wally. The show has attained an iconic status in the US, with the Cleavers exemplifying the idealized suburban family of the mid-20th century.

Leave It to Beaver

1957

The Bill poster
6.8

The daily lives of the men and women at Sun Hill Police Station as they fight crime on the streets of London. From bomb threats to armed robbery and drug raids to the routine demands of policing this ground-breaking series focuses as much on crime as it does on the personal lives of its characters.

The Bill

1984

The Donna Reed Show poster
6.5

Revolves around typical family problems, such as firing a clumsy housekeeper, throwing a retirement bash for a colleague, and finding quality time away from the children.

The Donna Reed Show

1958

The 20th Century Fox Hour poster
6.0

The 20th Century Fox Hour is an American drama anthology series televised in the United States on CBS from 1955 to 1957. Some of the shows in this series were restored, remastered and shown on the Fox Movie Channel in 2002 under the title Hour of Stars. The season one episode Overnight Haul, starring Richard Conte and Lizabeth Scott, was released in Australia as a feature film.

The 20th Century Fox Hour

1955

How to Marry a Millionaire poster
8.0

How to Marry a Millionaire is an American sitcom that aired in syndication from September 1957 to August 1959. The series is based on the 1953 film of the same name starring Marilyn Monroe, Betty Grable, and Lauren Bacall. The series stars Lori Nelson, Merry Anders, and Barbara Eden. Lisa Gaye joined the cast in the second season after Lori Nelson left the series. How to Marry a Millionaire was the first series that Barbara Eden was featured in as a regular cast member. Eden would go on to play one of her more notable roles, "Jeannie" in the NBC sitcom I Dream of Jeannie. During the series' first season, Eden was billed third. After Lori Nelson left the series, Eden was billed first.

How to Marry a Millionaire

1957

Miami Undercover poster
6.3

Jeff Thompson was a private investigator, who along with his sidekick Rocky, were hired by Miami hotel owners to fight crime in the city.

Miami Undercover

1961

Film credits

Series credits

Leave It to Beaver poster
6.9

An inquisitive and often naïve boy, Theodore 'The Beaver' Cleaver, has adventures at home, in school, and around his suburban neighborhood. The show also starred Barbara Billingsley and Hugh Beaumont as Beaver's parents, June and Ward Cleaver, and Tony Dow as Beaver's brother Wally. The show has attained an iconic status in the US, with the Cleavers exemplifying the idealized suburban family of the mid-20th century.

Leave It to Beaver

1957

The Bill poster
6.8

The daily lives of the men and women at Sun Hill Police Station as they fight crime on the streets of London. From bomb threats to armed robbery and drug raids to the routine demands of policing this ground-breaking series focuses as much on crime as it does on the personal lives of its characters.

The Bill

1984

The Donna Reed Show poster
6.5

Revolves around typical family problems, such as firing a clumsy housekeeper, throwing a retirement bash for a colleague, and finding quality time away from the children.

The Donna Reed Show

1958

The 20th Century Fox Hour poster
6.0

The 20th Century Fox Hour is an American drama anthology series televised in the United States on CBS from 1955 to 1957. Some of the shows in this series were restored, remastered and shown on the Fox Movie Channel in 2002 under the title Hour of Stars. The season one episode Overnight Haul, starring Richard Conte and Lizabeth Scott, was released in Australia as a feature film.

The 20th Century Fox Hour

1955

How to Marry a Millionaire poster
8.0

How to Marry a Millionaire is an American sitcom that aired in syndication from September 1957 to August 1959. The series is based on the 1953 film of the same name starring Marilyn Monroe, Betty Grable, and Lauren Bacall. The series stars Lori Nelson, Merry Anders, and Barbara Eden. Lisa Gaye joined the cast in the second season after Lori Nelson left the series. How to Marry a Millionaire was the first series that Barbara Eden was featured in as a regular cast member. Eden would go on to play one of her more notable roles, "Jeannie" in the NBC sitcom I Dream of Jeannie. During the series' first season, Eden was billed third. After Lori Nelson left the series, Eden was billed first.

How to Marry a Millionaire

1957

Miami Undercover poster
6.3

Jeff Thompson was a private investigator, who along with his sidekick Rocky, were hired by Miami hotel owners to fight crime in the city.

Miami Undercover

1961

Happy poster
7.0

Happy is an American sitcom that aired on NBC. The series stars Ronnie Burns, the adopted son of George Burns and Gracie Allen, which aired from June 8 to September 28, 1960.

Happy

1960

Behind the camera

Babe poster
6.4

This is the life story of Babe Didrikson Zaharias, one of the greatest athletes of the 20th century, from her early Texas tomboy days to her Gold Medal triumphs at the 1932 Olympics, her remarkable career as a champion golfer, her fulfilling marriage to wrestler George Zaharias, and the final battle with the only thing tougher than she was.

Babe

1977

Cage Without a Key poster
6.0

A high school girl who needs a ride accepts one from a boy she doesn't know. He then forces her to participate in a robbery, in which a clerk is killed. They are soon caught, and the girl, despite her protestations of innocence, is convicted of first-degree murder and sent to prison. Once she gets there, she finds out that her troubles are just beginning.

Cage Without a Key

1975

Mary Jane Harper Cried Last Night poster
7.5

A disturbed young mother with some serious psychological problems begins to take them out on her toddler daughter.

Mary Jane Harper Cried Last Night

1977

Mary Jane Harper Cried Last Night poster
7.5

A disturbed young mother with some serious psychological problems begins to take them out on her toddler daughter.

Mary Jane Harper Cried Last Night

1977

My Dad Can't Be Crazy... Can He? poster
8.0

Teenage boy is unable to deal with his schizophrenic father.

My Dad Can't Be Crazy... Can He?

1989

My Dad Can't Be Crazy... Can He? poster
8.0

Teenage boy is unable to deal with his schizophrenic father.

My Dad Can't Be Crazy... Can He?

1989

Mirror, Mirror poster
8.0

A wealthy widow, a restless housewife, and a former model seek to reshape themselves through cosmetic surgery to please the men in their lives.

Mirror, Mirror

1979

No artwork available
7.0

An intellectually-challenged man and woman meet, fall in love, and are determined to get married, despite the initial objections of their families and friends. Based on a true story.

Like Normal People

1979

No artwork available
7.0

An intellectually-challenged man and woman meet, fall in love, and are determined to get married, despite the initial objections of their families and friends. Based on a true story.

Like Normal People

1979

I Want to Keep My Baby! poster
7.0

A 15-year-old girl becomes pregnant by her boyfriend and decides to keep the baby and raise her on her own, instead of initially choosing abortion at the insistence of her boyfriend, or raising the baby at home with her meddling mother.

I Want to Keep My Baby!

1976

I Want to Keep My Baby! poster
7.0

A 15-year-old girl becomes pregnant by her boyfriend and decides to keep the baby and raise her on her own, instead of initially choosing abortion at the insistence of her boyfriend, or raising the baby at home with her meddling mother.

I Want to Keep My Baby!

1976

The Love Tapes poster
6.5

At Frank Yost's Good Possibilities, a state-of-the-art videotaping dating service, various clients have misadventures while trying to find the right person to be with.

The Love Tapes

1980

The Love Tapes poster
6.5

At Frank Yost's Good Possibilities, a state-of-the-art videotaping dating service, various clients have misadventures while trying to find the right person to be with.

The Love Tapes

1980

No artwork available
NR

True story about a teen with Down's Syndrome who begins attending college classes.

The Kid Who Wouldn't Quit: The Brad Silverman Story

1987

No artwork available
NR

True story about a teen with Down's Syndrome who begins attending college classes.

The Kid Who Wouldn't Quit: The Brad Silverman Story

1987

No artwork available
NR

True story about a teen with Down's Syndrome who begins attending college classes.

The Kid Who Wouldn't Quit: The Brad Silverman Story

1987

Children of Divorce poster
7.5

The conflict and separation of their parents and the impact on four youngsters from three socially different families is the thrust of this drama.

Children of Divorce

1980

Children of Divorce poster
7.5

The conflict and separation of their parents and the impact on four youngsters from three socially different families is the thrust of this drama.

Children of Divorce

1980

Ziegfeld: The Man and His Women poster
7.0

The life and times of the flamboyant showman who built his legendary Follies around beautiful women -- as told by the women in his life.

Ziegfeld: The Man and His Women

1978

Mulligan's Stew poster
NR

Pilot TV-Movie for the sitcom Mulligan's Stew. Michael and Jane Mulligan have three children: Mark, Melinda and Jimmy. They find making ends meet difficult, but manageable. Things get tighter moneywise and spacewise when the Mulligans take in their nephews after their parents die in a plane crash.

Mulligan's Stew

1977

Mulligan's Stew poster
NR

Pilot TV-Movie for the sitcom Mulligan's Stew. Michael and Jane Mulligan have three children: Mark, Melinda and Jimmy. They find making ends meet difficult, but manageable. Things get tighter moneywise and spacewise when the Mulligans take in their nephews after their parents die in a plane crash.

Mulligan's Stew

1977