Who was Joan B. Lee? Stan Lee’s wife and voice actress who appeared in Spider-Man and Fantastic Four
The Newcastle born model was the woman behind the Marvel comics creator
JOAN B. Lee was the wife of Stan Lee who's credited with creating many Marvel superheroes.
Following Stan's death on November 12, 2018, here's everything we know about her.
Who was Joan B. Lee?
Joan Boocock Lee was a British-American model and voice actress.
She was born in Newcastle in 1922 and grew up in Gosforth and Fawdon.
After World War II, she relocated to the United States after marrying an American servicemen who she had only known for 24 hours before their marriage.
While working as a hat model in New York and bored with her marriage, she was set up to go on a blind date with Stan Lee.
She died on July 6, 2017, in Los Angeles at the age of 95.
When did Joan and Stan Lee get married?
When Stan Lee went to Joan's modelling agency to meet his intended date, Joan opened the door before Stan immediately professed his love for her and told her he had been drawing her face since childhood.
Lee proposed two weeks after dating and Joan got a quick divorce to the American serviceman.
On December 5, 1947, she divorced her first husband before immediately marrying Lee in the room next door.
Together, they had two daughters, Joan Celia "J. C." Lee (b. 1950), and Jan Lee, who died three days after delivery in 1953.
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Did Joan B. Lee appear in any Marvel films?
In 1981, Stan and Joan Lee moved from New York City to Los Angeles.
There, she lent her voice to several animated Marvel shows in the 1990s.
She first appeared in Fantastic Four in 1994, voicing a recurring character and voiced a computer in the Iron Man television series for three episodes in 1994.
Joan later appeared in Spider-Man as Madame Web, in eight episodes from 1996 to 1998.
She made her last appearance in a cameo in the 2016 film X-Men: Apocalypse alongside her husband.