Lee Meriwether
Born: 1935-05-27 in Los Angeles, California, USA
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2021
2019
- Love & Debt as Mrs. Markson
2018
- Hell's Kitty as Grandma Kyle
- Waiting in the Wings: Still Waiting as Ethel
2017
- Batman vs. Two-Face as Lucilee Diamond (voice)
- A Christmas in New York as Irene Burgess
- Breaking Legs as GG
- Trew Calling as Trew's Mother
2016
- Kitty as Mrs. Tinsley
2015
- The Ultimate Legacy as Miss Hastings
- In Memory as Beth Sawyer
- A Horse for Summer as Patsy
- Sunny in the Dark as Dorothy
2014
- Waiting in the Wings: The Musical as Ethel
- The Green Girl as Herself
2013
- The Ultimate Life as Mrs. Hastings
- Birthday Cake as Opal Hunt
- Remember to Breathe as Alice
- Starring Adam West as Self
- From Cheesecake to Cheesecake: The Joy Harmon Story
2012
- Sunset Stories as Marie
- Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23 as Marjorie Meyers
- Oddity Archive as Lily Munster (archive footage)
- The Curse of the Un-Kissable Kid as The Gypsy
- Silent but Deadly as Vivian
2010
- Hawaii Five-0 as Helen Tilton
- No Limit Kids - Much Ado About Middle School
2009
- The League as Gumma Eve
2008
- Touching Home as Grandma Eleanor
2007
- The Ultimate Gift as Miss Hastings
2005
- The Many Faces of Catwoman as (archive footage)
2003
- Return to the Batcave: The Misadventures of Adam and Burt as Lee Meriwether
2002
- Miss America as Self
2001
- Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes as Catwoman (archive footage)
1999
- Where Are They Now? as Self
1996
- The Rosie O'Donnell Show as Self - Guest
1994
- Duckman as Widow Liebner (voice)
- Space Ghost Coast to Coast as Self
1988
- The Munsters Today as Lily Munster
1985
1984
- Murder, She Wrote as Grace Overholtz
- Finder of Lost Loves as Julia Bennett Parsons
1982
1980
- Tourist as Lulu Flemington
- Men Who Rate a 10 as Self
1979
- Time Express
- Mirror, Mirror as Vanessa Wagner
1978
- True Grit: A Further Adventure as Annie Sumner
- Cruise Into Terror as Lil Mather
1977
- The Love Boat as Barbara Braden
- CHiPs as Lee Meriwether (uncredited)
- Having Babies II as Martha Cooper
1974
- Dinah! as Self
1973
- Barnaby Jones as Betty Jones
- Brothers O'Toole as Paloma Littleberry
1971
- The New Andy Griffith Show as Lee Sawyer
1970
- All My Children
- Chisum as Sallie's Mother (picture in Chisum's Pocketwatch) (uncredited)
- Nanny and the Professor
- The Immortal
1969
- Love, American Style
- The Undefeated as Margaret
- My World and Welcome to It
- Angel in My Pocket as Mary Elizabeth Whitehead
1968
- The Name of the Game as Bridget
- Land of the Giants as Mrs. Bara
- The Legend of Lylah Clare as Young Girl
1967
- Mannix as Reva Daniels
1966
- Star Trek as Losira
- Batman as Lisa Carson
- Mission: Impossible as Anna Rojak
- The Time Tunnel as Dr. Ann McGregor
- Family Affair as Lise Lowell
- Batman as The Catwoman (Kitka)
- Namu, the Killer Whale as Kate Rand
1965
- The F.B.I. as Joanna Lauren
- F Troop
1964
- 12 O'Clock High as Capt. Phyllis Vincent
- The Man from U.N.C.L.E. as Dr. Egret
1963
- The Fugitive as Willis Hampton
- Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre as Piper's Secretary
- Vacation Playhouse as Doris
- The Courtship of Eddie's Father as Tom's Receptionist (uncredited)
1962
- The Lloyd Bridges Show as Martha Elweiss
1961
- The Mike Douglas Show as Self
- Dr. Kildare as Nurse Bonnie Tynes
1960
- My Three Sons as Phyllis Allen
- Route 66
- The Clear Horizon as Enid Ross
1959
- 4D Man as Linda Davis
- The Detectives as Freda (uncredited)
1957
- Perry Mason as Natalie Graham
- Leave It to Beaver as Young Woman Neighbor
1955
- The Millionaire as Nancy McKuehn
1952
- Omnibus as Beautiful Witch