Lee Purcell

Brunette American actress Lee Purcell received her first movie break in 1970's Adam at 6 AM, portraying the young vis-a-vis of liberal college professor Martin Sheen. Most of her later film roles were secondary but sizeable (see Kid Blue [1973] and Mr. Majestyk [1974], both dominated by their male stars). Ms. Purcell was better served on television, where she appeared in such roles as silent film starlet Billie Dove in the 2-part The Amazing Howard Hughes (1976). In the same vein, Lee Purcell played '40s movie actress Olivia de Havilland in the 1985 biopic My Wicked, Wicked Ways: The Legend of Errol Flynn.

~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide