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- Birth nameJoan Boocock
- Joan Lee was born on February 5, 1922 in Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne, England, UK. She was an actress, known for X-Men: Apocalypse (2016), Spider-Man: The Animated Series (1994) and Fantastic Four: The Animated Series (1994). She was married to Stan Lee and Sanford Dorf Weiss. She died on July 6, 2017 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Children: J.C. Lee (born Joan Celia Lee in 1950), Jan Lee (born 1953, died three days after birth).
- Married an American soldier after World War II, in what would turn out to be an unhappy relationship. She filed for divorce just after she met Stan Lee.
- She died almost five months short of her 70th wedding anniversary.
- Were it not for her, Stan Lee would not be the Stan Lee that he is. According to the AP announcement of her death, "[t]he 94-year-old Lee has credited his wife with supporting him early in his career, when he was trying to create superheroes that he and others could care about.".
- Was said to have inspired her husband Stan Lee to create the Fantastic Four comic book series.
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