DIED. Lee Remick, 55, graceful, versatile actress; of kidney and lung cancer; in Los Angeles. Remick's film debut, as a blond Southern baton twirler, came in 1957 with A Face in the Crowd. Remick won an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress for portraying a tormented alcoholic in 1962's Days of Wine and Roses. Her 1966 performance on Broadway in Wait Until Dark, as a blind woman terrorized by criminals who had invaded her home, resulted in a Tony nomination.