- Erik Lee Preminger was born on December 11, 1944 in New York City, New York, USA. He is a producer and actor, known for Rosebud (1975), Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon (1970) and Such Good Friends (1971).
- Parents
- RelativesJune Havoc(Aunt or Uncle)
- Mother was the famous stripper Gypsy Rose Lee. He was born as the result of a brief affair she had with Otto Preminger while she was married to William Alexander Kirkland. He didn't know who his real father was until he was an adult.
- In the 1940s, Gypsy Rose Lee was in love with the theatrical impresario Mike Todd, who produced two Broadway shows starring Lee, "Star and Garter" and "The Naked Genius"). She married Alexander Kirkland in 1942 in an attempt to make the already-married Todd jealous. They divorced in 1944. While married to Kirkland, she had a brief fling with Otto Preminger. The fruit of their affair was a boy named Erik Lee, who has been known successively as Erik Kirkland, Erik de Diego and Erik Lee Preminger.
- Nephew of June Havoc, Ingo Preminger.
- Son of director Otto Preminger
- Cousin of April Kent.
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