Lee Meriwether

Lee Meriwether

  • Birthday: 1935-05-27
  • Place of birth: Los Angeles, California, USA
  • Also know as: Lee Ann Meriwether

Biography

Lee Ann Meriwether (5' 8½" or 1.74 m) was born on May 27, 1935 (Gemini) in Los Angeles, California, USA is an American actress, former model, and the winner of the 1955 Miss America pageant. Her trademarks are Natural Auburn hair, Light blue eyes, and a seductive deep voice. She married Frank Aletter on April 20, 1958, had two daughters, actresses Kyle Aletter and Lesley Aletter, then divorced sometime in 1974. She married Marshall Borden on September 21, 1986 and is currently still married (no children). Today, sexy Lee Meriwether is best remembered for her roles in a few science fiction/fantasy cult productions made between 1966 and 1969. Batman: The Movie (1966), Star Trek (1966), The Time Tunnel (1966) and Land of the Giants (1968). Firstly Batman: The Movie (1966), in which she played both evil Catwoman and not-so-evil Kitka, who has a romance with Bruce Wayne (Adam West). Then came 30 episodes of Irwin Allen's The Time Tunnel (1966) series, in which she played a scientist named Dr. Ann MacGregor, where she mostly performed with Whit Bissell (General Kirk), both attempting to help two time travelers who were lost in time. In one episode, The Time Tunnel: The Kidnappers (1967), Ann was taken away from her normal setting and transported into the distant future. However, Meriwether once reported that she spent a lot of the series acting to a screen in the Time Tunnel complex, a screen that was meant to feature the two time travelers, but in reality featured nothing at all. So she was reacting to nothing a lot of the time. Then came the Star Trek (1966) episode, Star Trek: That Which Survives (1969), where she played Losira, an alien being who stalks the Enterprise crew and attempts to kill them. And finally, she was back with Irwin Allen again with the Land of the Giants (1968) episode, Land of the Giants: Rescue (1969). In this, she played the concerned "giant" mother of kids who were trapped underground and needed to be rescued by the Earth "little people". She was also known for her role as Betty Jones, the crime-solving partner in the long-running 1970s crime drama, Barnaby Jones. The role earned her two Golden Globe Award nominations in 1975 and 1976, and an Emmy Award nomination in 1977. She is also known for her role as John Schuck's long-haired wife, Lily Munster, in the popular 1990s sitcom The Munsters Today. Meriwether currently is still working in television to this day and has a recurring role as Ruth Martin on the daytime soap opera All My Children.

Filmography

4D Man

1959

As Linda Davis

Cruise Into Terror

1978

As Lil Mather

The Undefeated

1969

As Margaret

Namu, the Killer Whale

1966

As Kate Rand

The Legend of Lylah Clare

1968

As Young Girl

Angel in My Pocket

1969

As Mary Elizabeth Whitehead

Brothers O'Toole

1973

As Paloma Littleberry

The Ultimate Life

2013

As Mrs. Hastings

Silent but Deadly

2012

As Vivian

Kitty

2016

As Mrs. Tinsley

The Green Girl

2014

As Herself

Batman

1966

As The Catwoman / Kitka

A Horse for Summer

2015

As Patsy

Sunny in the Dark

2015

As Dorothy

Birthday Cake

2013

As Opal Hunt

The Ultimate Legacy

2015

As Miss Hastings

Breaking Legs

2017

As GG

True Grit: A Further Adventure

1978

As Annie Sumner

Batman vs. Two-Face

2017

As Lucilee Diamond (voice)

Let It Kill You

0000

As Edna

Hell's Kitty

2018

As Grandma Kyle

A Christmas in New York

2017

As Irene Burgess

Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes

2001

As Catwoman (archive footage)

Having Babies II

1977

As Martha Cooper

Miss America

2002

As Self

The Ultimate Gift

2007

As Miss Hastings

Trew Calling

2017

As Trew's Mother

Mirror, Mirror

1979

As Vanessa Wagner

Touching Home

2008

As Grandma Eleanor

Sunset Stories

2012

As Marie

Tourist

1980

As Lulu Flemington

The Courtship of Eddie's Father

1963

As Tom's Receptionist (uncredited)

Love & Debt

2019

As Mrs. Markson

Miss...Or Myth?

1987

As Self

Starring Adam West

2013

As Herself

Chisum

1970

As Sallie's Mother (picture in Chisum's Pocketwatch) (uncredited)

Remember to Breathe

2013

As Alice

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