Anna Lee's Autobiography

"Anna Lee: Memoir of a Life on General Hospital and in Film" will be available in bookstores in September for $35. Amazon.com

From her childhood in England spinning tales about fairies to Sherlock Holmes' creator, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, to sharing the world's stage and screen with a broad array of friends, lovers, and acquaintances, including John Wayne, Marlene Dietrich, Boris Karloff, Bette Davis, Jack Benny, General George S. Patton, and more, Anna reveals the details of life in front of and behind the cameras.

The daughter of an Anglican clergyman, Anna went from stage to film to television, with stops along the way as a star of World War II USO shows in the Persian Gulf, as a Montana rancher, and as an impoverished Beverly Hills store clerk.

Anna places stardom in perspective and writes about one of her greatest challenges: accepting life in a wheelchair after a failed surgical procedure.

She reflects on her iconic role as Lila Quartermaine, how she won the role, her personal relationships with her co-stars, and what her 25 years on General Hospital meant to her.

The concluding chapter reveals - for the first time - the trauma she suffered when ABC dismissed her from the daytime drama.

Interviews with her children, friends, and General Hospital colleagues, including Leslie Charleson, Stuart Damon, John Ingle, and Anthony Geary, among others, highlight Anna's reminiscences. Her friend of six decades, actress Maureen O'Hara, writes movingly about her association with Anna Lee in the Foreword.

From SoapZone (soapzone.com)

The late great Anna Lee (Lila), born Joan Boniface Winnifrith, came to America from England and made her mark in film, theater and eventually, with her most memorable acting legacy as the Quartermaine matriarch, soaps. Lee’s collaborative writing effort with Barbara Roisman Cooper was recently completed and is on sale now for $35. "Anna Lee: Memoir of a Career on General Hospital and in Film" can be purchased at 20 percent off (plus $5 shipping) by e-mailing author Cooper (PenInc1@aol.com) directly (indicate in your e-mail if you want a signed or unsigned copy).

The book of memoirs goes over Lee’s life in England, America, her marriages, her struggles as a working mother, her triumphs as an actress and remembrances from co-stars, family and friends.

A review is also available on Anna's Website (annalee.net)