{{short description|American composer (1903–1956)}} {{Infobox person |name = Lester Lee |birth_date = {{birth date|1903|11|07}} |birth_place = New York, U.S. |death_date = {{death date and age|1956|06|19|1903|11|07}} |death_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S. |occupation = Composer |spouse = Elpha Lee<ref name="a">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2-4rAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA5|title='Pennsylvania Polka' Composer Is Dead|work=Kentucky New Era|date=June 20, 1956|access-date=October 14, 2021|via=Google Books}} {{Open access}}</ref> |children = 2<ref name="a" /> }}
'''Lester Lee''' (November 7, 1903 – June 19, 1956) was an American composer. He was nominated for an Academy Award in the category Best Original Song for the film ''Miss Sadie Thompson''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1954|title=The 26th Academy Awards (1954) Nominees and Winners|work=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences|date=4 October 2014 |access-date=October 14, 2021}}</ref> He was also the co-writer of "Pennsylvania Polka".<ref name=Dead/>
Lee died in June 1956 of a heart attack in Los Angeles, California, at the age of 52.<ref name=Dead>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/87092101/lester-lee-composer-is-dead-at-51/|title=Lester Lee, Composer, Is Dead At 51|work=Hartford Courant|location=Hartford, Connecticut|date=June 21, 1956|access-date=October 14, 2021|page=4|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Open access}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/580311874/|title=Rites Tomorrow For Lester Lee|work=Valley Times|location=North Hollywood, California|date=June 20, 1956|access-date=October 14, 2021|page=2|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Closed access}}</ref>
== Selected filmography == * ''Miss Sadie Thompson'' (1953; co-nominated with Ned Washington)
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== External links == *{{IMDb name|0497744}}
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