culture | January 08, 2026

Linda Lee Cadwell - Age, Family, Bio

American author and teacher best known as the wife of martial artist and actor Bruce Lee. She published a memoir, Bruce Lee: The Man Only I Knew, in 1975. The movie Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story, released in 1993, was based on her book. 

Before Fame

She met Bruce Lee when he led a Kung Fu workshop at her Seattle, Washington high school.

Trivia

The film adaptation of her book on Bruce Lee featured actress Lauren Holly as Linda Lee. She directed segments from multiple episodes of Saturday Night Live.

Family Life

After Bruce Lee's 1973 death, she was briefly married to Tom Bleecker. She wed Bruce Cadwell in 1991.

Associated With

Her son, Brandon Lee, died on the film set of The Crow.