Editing David Lean (section)

==Personal life==
Lean was a long-term resident of [[Limehouse]], [[East London]]. His home on [[Narrow Street]] is still owned by his family.{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}

His co-writer and producer, [[Norman Spencer (producer)|Norman Spencer]], has said Lean was a "huge womaniser", and that "to my knowledge, he had almost 1,000 women".<ref name="How we made Hobson's Choice">{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2014/jun/30/how-we-made-hobsons-choice-prunella-scales | title=How we made Hobson's Choice | newspaper=The Guardian | access-date=1 July 2014 | archive-date=1 July 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140701053011/http://www.theguardian.com/culture/2014/jun/30/how-we-made-hobsons-choice-prunella-scales | url-status=live }}</ref> He was married six times, had one son, and at least two grandchildren—from all of whom he was completely estranged<ref name="Collins">{{cite news|last=Collins|first=Andrew|title=The epic legacy of David Lean|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2008/may/04/features|work=Newspaper feature|publisher=The Observer|access-date=17 September 2011|location=London|date=4 May 2008|archive-date=7 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170907213402/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2008/may/04/features|url-status=live}}</ref>—and was divorced five times. He was survived by his last wife Sandra Cooke, art dealer and co-author (with Barry Chattington) of ''David Lean: An Intimate Portrait'' (2001),<ref name="Smith">{{cite news|last=Smith|first=Julia Llewelyn|title=Sandra Cooke: 'I always liked asking about his other women'|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/sandra-cooke-i-always-liked-asking-about-his-other-women-616768.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100921081028/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/sandra-cooke-i-always-liked-asking-about-his-other-women-616768.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=21 September 2010|newspaper=The Independent|access-date=17 September 2011|location=London}}</ref> and by Peter Lean, his son from his first marriage.

His six wives were:
* Isabel Lean (28 June 1930 – 1936) (his first cousin); one son, Peter.
* [[Kay Walsh]] (23 November 1940 – 1949)
* [[Ann Todd]] (21 May 1949 – 1957)
* Leila Matkar (4 July 1960 – 1978) (from [[Hyderabad]], India); Lean's longest-lasting marriage.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/mp/2008/05/21/stories/2008052150350100.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121110001300/http://www.hindu.com/mp/2008/05/21/stories/2008052150350100.htm | url-status=dead | archive-date=10 November 2012 | location=Chennai, India | work=[[The Hindu]] | title=The Hyderabad connection | date=21 May 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/brief-encounters-how-david-leans-sex-life-shaped-his-films-854957.html|title=Brief encounters: How David Lean's sex life shaped his films|newspaper=The Independent|location=London|date=29 June 2008|access-date=26 August 2017|archive-date=3 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171003143844/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/brief-encounters-how-david-leans-sex-life-shaped-his-films-854957.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Sandra Hotz (28 October 1981 – 1984)
* Sandra Cooke (15 December 1990 – 16 April 1991, Lean's death)

Lean died in Limehouse, London, on 16 April 1991, at the age of 83. He was interred at [[Putney Vale Cemetery]].