While Myrna Colley-Lee is best recognized as the former spouse of the iconic actor Morgan Freeman, she equally has her own profession. She works in entertainment as a designer of costumes as well as a theatre producer in several TV series and movies with the best of her costume designs featured in movies such as Wedding Band: A Love/Hate Story in Black and White, The Piano Lesson, Relativity and Forest City.

Away from costuming, Myrna Colley-Lee doubles as a set designer, she also has a finger in art directing with quite some famed art installations under her belt and has undertaken the design of commercial interiors for several top-notch companies and organizations. She also works with the Mississippi Arts Commission in the capacity of a commissioner.

Myrna Colley-Lee’s Bio

Myrna Colley-Lee was born in 1941 in Hamlet, North Carolina.  Colley-Lee went all the way to achieve a master’s in scenic and costume design at Temple University located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania after bagging a Bachelor’s degree in fine arts from the University of North Carolina’s Women’s College. She later joined the entertainment world as a costumier, set designer as well as an art director.

Though not primarily an actress, Myrna Colley-Lee made an appearance in a single episode of the Television show 60 Minutes titled Bridge to Gretna – it portrayed a situation where victims of Hurricane Katrina were stopped from crossing a bridge by armed cops.

Morgan Freeman’s ex-wife is neck-deep into philanthropy for organizations like the Rock River Foundation which functions as a charity organization for the arts, Charleston Arts and Revitalization Effort Inc – described as a local civic arts organization and the Mississippi State University Department of Art. She has also contributed to the Gertrude C. Ford Center for the Performing Arts located at the University of Mississippi.

Her Relationship with Morgan Freeman

It was a mutual friend of theirs who set up Myrna Colley-Lee and her ex Morgan Freeman on a date which resulted in a long relationship. They later decided to take their romance to the next level in a small wedding ceremony on the 16th of June 1984.

While it was the first marriage for Myrna Colley-Lee, Morgan Freeman already had one failed marriage behind him. He is the ex-husband of Jeanette Adair Bradshaw and their marriage lasted for 12 years ending in a 1979 divorce but not before the birth of their only child Morgana.

Myrna and her ex-spouse didn’t have any children together, however, they adopted Freeman’s step-granddaughter E’ Dina Hines whom they trained as their own. But unfortunately, E’ Dina died at the age of 33 after being reportedly stabbed to death in 2015 with her boyfriend as the prime suspect.

The couple stayed together for all of 23 years before Myrna Colley-Lee decided to file for a divorce in December 2007, the reason behind their separation was Freeman’s incessant extramarital affairs, especially the one he had with Mary Joyce Hays who happened to be a school teacher. Speculations also ran rife that the legendary actor was having a secret affair with his adoptive daughter E’ Dina Hines who is the granddaughter of his first wife.

As if that was not enough, Freeman was involved in a car accident with a woman named Demaris Meyer as a passenger in the car and before long; the rumors started circulating that they were lovers, though the duo came out with a denial. Myrna Colley-Lee’s divorce from Freeman was finalized on the 15th of September 2010 and she has been living a single life since then. She is currently busy with a tell-all book which is going to chronicle her experience as the wife of Morgan Freeman.

Net Worth

Myrna Colley-Lee has been working and earning her own money as a costumier and set decorator but the divorce settlement she got from her marriage to Freeman defines her wealth. In fact, it was listed as the fifth-largest divorce settlement in history; Myrna was initially set to get $170 million but was later able to secure a whopping $400 million from her divorce.

In addition, she got their British Virgin Island home worth $7 million and also received their home in LA as well as another choice apartment located very close to New York’s Central Park.

Height

Myrna Colley-Lee stands at an average height of 5 feet 5 inches and weighs 60 kg.

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