Lee Meriwether
- Acting
- May 27, 1935 · Los Angeles, California, USA
Biography
Lee Ann Meriwether (born May 27, 1935) 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. Today, she 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. A few notable roles of hers are Betty Jones, the crime-solving partner in the long-running 1970s crime drama, Barnaby Jones, which earned her two Golden Globe Award nominations and an Emmy Award nomination, and John Schuck's long-haired wife, Lily Munster, in the popular 1990s sitcom The Munsters. Meriwether is currently working in television and has a recurring role in the daytime soap opera All My Children.
Known for
Filmography
- Catwoman: The Feline Femme Fatale · Self
- Love & Debt · Mrs. Markson
- Waiting in the Wings: Still Waiting · Ethel
- Hell's Kitty · Grandma Kyle
- A Christmas in New York · Irene Burgess
- Batman vs. Two-Face · Lucilee Diamond (Voice)
- Breaking Legs · GG
- Trew Calling · Trew's Mother
- Kitty · Mrs. Tinsley
- The Ultimate Legacy · Miss Hastings
- In Memory · Beth Sawyer
- Sunny in the Dark · Dorothy
- A Horse for Summer · Patsy
- The Green Girl · Self
- Waiting in the Wings: The Musical · Ethel
- From Cheesecake to Cheesecake: The Joy Harmon Story · Self
- The Ultimate Life · Mrs. Hastings
- Birthday Cake · Opal Hunt
- Starring Adam West · Self
- Remember to Breathe · Alice
- The Curse of the Un-Kissable Kid · The Gypsy
- Silent but Deadly · Vivian
- Oddity Archive · Lily Munster (archive footage)
- Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23 · Marjorie Meyers
- Sunset Stories · Marie
- Hawaii Five-0 · Helen Tilton
- No Limit Kids - Much Ado About Middle School
- The League · Gumma Eve
- Touching Home · Grandma Eleanor
- The Ultimate Gift · Miss Hastings
- The Many Faces of Catwoman · (archive footage)
- Desperate Housewives · Doris
- Return to the Batcave: The Misadventures of Adam and Burt · Lee Meriwether
- Miss America · Self
- Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes · Catwoman (archive footage)
- Where Are They Now? · Self
- The Rosie O'Donnell Show · Self
- Space Ghost Coast to Coast · Self
- Duckman · Widow Liebner (Voice)
- The Munsters Today · Lily Munster
- Jake and the Fatman
- Miss...Or Myth? · Self
- Jonathan Winters: On the Ledge
- Mr. Belvedere
- Murder, She Wrote · Grace Overholtz, Leslie Hunter
- Finder of Lost Loves · Julia Bennett Parsons
- Hotel
- Men Who Rate a 10 · Self
- Tourist · Lulu Flemington
- Mirror, Mirror · Vanessa Wagner
- Time Express
- True Grit: A Further Adventure · Annie Sumner
- Cruise Into Terror · Lil Mather
- Having Babies II · Martha Cooper
- The Love Boat · Barbara Braden, Ann Marshall
- CHiPs · Lee Meriwether (uncredited)
- Battle of the Network Stars
- Dinah! · Self
- Brothers O'Toole · Paloma Littleberry
- Barnaby Jones · Betty Jones
- The New Andy Griffith Show · Lee Sawyer
- The Immortal
- Chisum · Sallie's Mother (picture in Chisum's Pocketwatch) (uncredited)
- Nanny and the Professor
- All My Children
- Mission: Impossible - The Falcon · Tracey
- The Undefeated · Margaret
- Love, American Style
- My World and Welcome to It
- Angel in My Pocket · Mary Elizabeth Whitehead
- Mission: Impossible - The Bunker · Anna Rojak
- Land of the Giants · Mrs. Bara
- The Name of the Game · Bridget
- The Legend of Lylah Clare · Young Girl
- Mannix · Reva Daniels
- Mission: Impossible · Anna Rojak, Tracey
- Family Affair · Lise Lowell
- The Time Tunnel · Dr. Ann McGregor
- Star Trek · Losira
- Namu, the Killer Whale · Kate Rand