Erik Lee Preminger (born December 11, 1944) is an American writer, actor, and producer.
Early life
Preminger's birth name was Eric Lee Kirkland.[1] His true paternity was not known to him until he was an adult. He was named by his mother Gypsy Rose Lee and her then-husband, Alexander Kirkland.[2] His father was film director Otto Preminger.[3][4] He was the only nephew of actress June Havoc, Gypsy Rose Lee's younger sister.
Career
In 1962, after less than a year at Columbia University, he joined the Army.[5] In 1967, in Germany, while in the Army, he met with Otto Preminger, who was in France.[5]
In January 2020, he presented a 45-minute multimedia documentary presentation, from Gypsy Rose Lee's 17 volumes of scrapbooks, 16-millimeter films, newsreels, home movies, and television shows, followed by an open-ended Q&A session.[6][7]
Personal life
He wrote an autobiography about his relationship[8][9] with his mother: Gypsy & Me: At Home and on the Road with Gypsy Rose Lee (Little, Brown - 1984, ISBN0-89621-634-9) which was later re-issued as My G-String Mother: At Home and Backstage With Gypsy Rose Lee (ISBN1-58394-096-0).
In 1967, he married flight attendant Barbara van Nattem, but the marriage ended in divorce.[5] In 1971, he was married to his second wife, Brigid Guinan,[5] moved to San Francisco,[10][11] and his son was 3 years old.[3]
