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Joanna Lee(1931-2003)

  • Producer
  • Writer
  • Script and Continuity Department
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Joanna Lee was born on 7 April 1931 in Newark, New Jersey, USA. She was a producer and writer, known for Plan 9 from Outer Space (1957), ABC Afterschool Specials (1972) and CBS Schoolbreak Special (1984). She was married to Meyer Gerard Kaplan. She died on 24 October 2003 in Santa Monica, California, USA.
BornApril 7, 1931
DiedOctober 24, 2003(72)
BornApril 7, 1931
DiedOctober 24, 2003(72)
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  • Won 1 Primetime Emmy
    • 2 wins & 12 nominations total

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Known for

Plan 9 from Outer Space (1957)
Plan 9 from Outer Space
3.9
  • Tanna
  • 1957
ABC Afterschool Specials (1972)
ABC Afterschool Specials
7.1
TV Series
  • Producer
CBS Schoolbreak Special (1984)
CBS Schoolbreak Special
6.7
TV Series
  • Producer
Richard Thomas, Will Geer, Judy Norton, Ellen Corby, Kami Cotler, David W. Harper, Michael Learned, Mary Beth McDonough, Eric Scott, Ralph Waite, and Jon Walmsley in The Waltons (1972)
The Waltons
7.6
TV Series
  • Writer

Credits

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Producer

  • CBS Schoolbreak Special (1984)
    CBS Schoolbreak Special
    6.7
    TV Series
    • executive producer
    • producer
    • 1984–1990
  • ABC Afterschool Specials (1972)
    ABC Afterschool Specials
    7.1
    TV Series
    • executive producer
    • producer
    • 1987–1989
  • Jane Krakowski, Matthew Ashford, Domini Blythe, Colleen Dion, Terri Eoff, David Forsyth, Lee Godart, Louan Gideon, Marcia McCabe, Jeffrey Meek, Jacqueline Schultz, and Mary Stuart in Search for Tomorrow (1951)
    Search for Tomorrow
    6.9
    TV Series
    • executive producer
    • 1983
  • Children of Divorce (1980)
    Children of Divorce
    6.4
    TV Movie
    • executive producer
    • 1980
  • Janet Leigh, Lee Meriwether, and Loretta Swit in Mirror, Mirror (1979)
    Mirror, Mirror
    6.4
    TV Movie
    • executive producer
    • 1979
  • Shaun Cassidy and Linda Purl in Like Normal People (1979)
    Like Normal People
    6.9
    TV Movie
    • producer
    • 1979
  • The Love Tapes (1979)
    The Love Tapes
    6.8
    TV Movie
    • producer
    • 1979
  • Mulligan's Stew (1977)
    Mulligan's Stew
    7.2
    TV Series
    • producer
    • 1977
  • Susan Dey and Natasha Ryan in Mary Jane Harper Cried Last Night (1977)
    Mary Jane Harper Cried Last Night
    7.1
    TV Movie
    • producer
    • 1977
  • Mariel Hemingway in I Want to Keep My Baby! (1976)
    I Want to Keep My Baby!
    6.7
    TV Movie
    • producer
    • 1976
  • Susan Clark in Babe (1975)
    Babe
    7.1
    TV Movie
    • associate producer
    • 1975
  • A Pocket Filled with Dreams
    • producer
    • 1974

Writer

  • CBS Schoolbreak Special (1984)
    CBS Schoolbreak Special
    6.7
    TV Series
    • written by
    • writer
    • 1984–1990
  • ABC Afterschool Specials (1972)
    ABC Afterschool Specials
    7.1
    TV Series
    • writer
    • 1987–1989
  • Dynasty (1981)
    Dynasty
    6.4
    TV Series
    • teleplay by (as Joanna Emerson)
    • 1987
  • Children of Divorce (1980)
    Children of Divorce
    6.4
    TV Movie
    • Writer
    • 1980
  • Shaun Cassidy and Linda Purl in Like Normal People (1979)
    Like Normal People
    6.9
    TV Movie
    • written by
    • 1979
  • The Love Tapes (1979)
    The Love Tapes
    6.8
    TV Movie
    • Writer (as Joanna Emerson)
    • 1979
  • Ziegfeld: The Man and His Women (1978)
    Ziegfeld: The Man and His Women
    7.8
    TV Movie
    • Writer
    • 1978
  • Tell Me My Name (1977)
    Tell Me My Name
    4.4
    TV Movie
    • Writer
    • 1977
  • Mulligan's Stew (1977)
    Mulligan's Stew
    7.2
    TV Series
    • teleplay
    • writer
    • 1977
  • Susan Dey and Natasha Ryan in Mary Jane Harper Cried Last Night (1977)
    Mary Jane Harper Cried Last Night
    7.1
    TV Movie
    • written by
    • 1977
  • Mariel Hemingway in I Want to Keep My Baby! (1976)
    I Want to Keep My Baby!
    6.7
    TV Movie
    • written by
    • 1976
  • Susan Clark in Babe (1975)
    Babe
    7.1
    TV Movie
    • written by
    • 1975
  • Sunshine
    7.6
    TV Series
    • Writer
    • 1975
  • Cage Without a Key (1975)
    Cage Without a Key
    6.1
    TV Movie
    • written by
    • 1975
  • A Pocket Filled with Dreams
    • Writer
    • 1974

Script and Continuity Department

  • Michael Constantine, Lloyd Haynes, Denise Nicholas, and Karen Valentine in Room 222 (1969)
    Room 222
    7.6
    TV Series
    • executive script consultant
    • 1971–1972

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  • Alternative names
    • Joanna Emerson
  • Born
    • April 7, 1931
    • Newark, New Jersey, USA
  • Died
    • October 24, 2003
    • Santa Monica, California, USA(bone cancer)
  • Spouses
      ?? - October 24, 2003 (her death, 1 child)

Did you know

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  • Trivia
    She was a teenager when her son, Craig Lee, was born and, by age 20, was a divorced single mother. She later wrote and produced the TV-mini-movie I Want to Keep My Baby! (1976) in 1976, the story of a teenage girl who decides to give up her child for adoption. Son Craig died of AIDS in 1992.
  • Quotes
    The women I write about are winners. I want women to win in life.

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