Profile
Lee Meriwether
Actress + Model
Female
Born
May 27, 1935
Age
78
Hometown
Los Angeles
Alma Mater
San Francisco Cit...
Other Names
Lee Ann Meriwether
Eye Color
Blue
Hair Color
Brown
Lee Ann Meriwether is an American actress, former model, and the winner of the 1955 Miss America pageant. She is perhaps best known for her role as Betty Jones, Buddy Ebsen's secretary and daughter-in-law in the long-running 1970s crime drama, Barnaby… Read More
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Marshall BordenMarried 1986 - Present
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Lee Meriwether
Age 78
children
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Lesley AletterDaughter, Age 49
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Just Another Cosplayer!CNN - Aug 23, 2012 -
Celeb Birthdays For The Week Of May 27 June 2Yahoo News - May 24, 2012
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Blatant Insubordination: Pixies, Moo Moos And CatwomanPrimary Ignition - Apr 15, 2012
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Judd Winick On Catwoman, Batwing, And The D Cn U Comic Book MovieGoogle News - Aug 28, 2011
Timeline
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CHILDHOOD
1935
Birth
Born on May 27, 1935.
1938
3 Years Old
She has one brother, Don Brett Meriwether, born May 14, 1938, in Los Angeles.
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TWENTIES
1955
20 Years Old
Meriwether was a "Today Girl" on NBC's The Today Show in 1955-1956.
1956
21 Years Old
After winning Miss San Francisco, Meriwether won Miss California, then Miss America with her recital of a John Millington Synge monologue. After her reign, she joined The Today Show. An August 1, 1956 international news wire photo of Meriwether and Joe DiMaggio announced their engagement.
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1958
23 Years Old
Meriwether was married on April 20, 1958 to Frank Aletter, a TV and film actor. The couple had two daughters, actors Kyle Aletter-Oldham (b. 1960) and Lesley A. Aletter (b. 1963). The union ended in divorce in 1974.
1959
24 Years Old
Her feature film debut came in 1959 as Linda Davis in 4D Man, starring Robert Lansing.
THIRTIES
1965
30 Years Old
She made a cameo appearance as Dr. Egert on the TV series Man from UNCLE in a 1965 episode called "The Mad, Mad Tea Party."
Meriwether portrayed Catwoman for the 1966 Batman movie, she also appeared in two episodes of the Batman TV series in 1967 as Lisa Carson, a love interest to Bruce Wayne in the episodes 'King Tut's Coup' & 'Batman's Waterloo', at the end of which she offered Bruce Wayne a nightcap of 'Milk & Cookies'.
1969
34 Years Old
In films, she joined John Wayne and Rock Hudson for The Undefeated, and Andy Griffith in Angel in My Pocket in 1969.
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1971
36 Years Old
Prior to her role on Barnaby Jones, Meriwether accompanied Andy Griffith in a short-lived 1971 series called The New Andy Griffith Show, as his wife Lee.
FIFTIES
1986
51 Years Old
Meriwether remarried September 21, 1986 to current husband Marshall Borden (Ryan's Hope, One Life to Live).
1988
53 Years Old
Meriwether portrayed Lily Munster in the 1988-1991 revival of the hit 1960s television show The Munsters, entitled The Munsters Today, in which she starred alongside Jason Marsden, John Schuck, Howard Morton and Hilary Van Dyke.
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LATE ADULTHOOD
2002
67 Years Old
ABC decided to bring back the character of Ruth Martin in 2002 but Fickett remained in retirement, so Meriwether was brought back and remains a featured recurring performer on the show.
2003
68 Years Old
In 2003, Meriwether appeared in the TV-Movie Return to the Batcave: The Misadventures of Adam and Burt.
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2006
71 Years Old
In 2006, she joined James Garner, Abigail Breslin, Bill Cobbs and others in The Ultimate Gift.
2008
73 Years Old
In 2008, Meriwether had a brief cameo as comic book character Battle Diva in the episode "Harper Knows" of the Disney Channel original series Wizards of Waverly Place.
2010
75 Years Old
In 2010, she was once again reunited on screen with Hollywood veteran Bill Cobbs in No Limit Kids: Much Ado About Middle School; additionally, she voices President Winters in the video game Vanquish by Platinum Games.
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2011
76 Years Old
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Meriwether had a recurring role as Ruth Martin on the daytime soap opera All My Children until the end of the series in September 2011.
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