Lee Miller

American model and photographer who became famous under the name Lee Miller. Her appearance in Cocteau’s "Blood of a Poet” (1930) was her only film role. However, soon after meeting Man Ray in 1929 she became his mistress and was the subject of many of his photos. After she and May Ray broke up in 1932, she moved back to New York City, then married an Egyptian, Aziz Eloui Bey, in 1934. After separating from Bey in 1939, she started a new career in photography, becoming the official photographer for Vogue through the war years. In 1947, she divorced Bey, and married British art historian Sir Roland Penrose. Her archive is at www.leemiller.co.uk and is managed by her son Antony Penrose. —IMDb