The Real Story Behind the ‘Lee’ Movie and Lee Miller, the Legendary Surrealist Photographer and World War II Journalist Who Inspired It In a new biopic starring Kate Winslet, Miller’s many ...

Lee Miller's life was the stuff of Hollywood films. She was a Vogue model, a war correspondent, a muse and a mother. Her work is recognised worldwide — Miller famously photographed herself ...

That much-abridged biography begins with Elizabeth “Lee” Miller’s birth in 1907. As a young woman, she was beautiful and strong-willed, butting heads with her strict mother and getting ...

Lee Miller was a model, photographer and war correspondent, but the word most associated with her is “muse.” I can’t speak for Winslet, writes Whitney Scharer, but I know what I’m hoping ...

Elizabeth "Lee" Miller—seen here in a portrait taken circa 1943—lived a boundary-breaking life as a fashion model, Surrealist artist, and a war photographer who captured iconic images of WWII.

Winslet didn’t just want to play this woman; she wanted to shepherd the story to fruition. It set her on a nearly 10-year journey to bring “Lee” to the big screen.

Winslet, who produced “Lee” in addition to starring in it, has spent nine years developing the project, working with Antony Penrose, Miller’s son and the author of the book “The Lives of ...

Winslet eventually ended up both producer and star of the new film, “Lee,” which opens Friday, Sept. 27 in theaters. In addition to Winslet as Miller, the cast includes Alexander Skarsgård as ...