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Biography

Most people know Lee Meriwether as Betty in the successful series, Barnaby Jones, where she co-starred opposite Buddy Ebsen for eight years, and was…more

Born

5/27/1935, Los Angeles, California, USA

Birth Name

Lee Ann Meriwether

Gender

Female

Credits

Star (8)

Role
- All My Children
  Ruth Parker Martin (#4; #6) (1996-1999; 2002-present)
  - S 36: Ep 97 Ep. #9110
    5/20/05
  - S 36: Ep 96 Ep. #9109
    5/19/05
  - S 36: Ep 95 Ep. #9108
    5/18/05
  - S 36: Ep 94 Ep. #9107
    5/17/05
  - S 36: Ep 93 Ep. #9106
    5/16/05
  - + 970 More Credits
- All My Children
  Ruth Parker Martin
  - S 31: Ep 20 Ep. #7761
    2/1/00
- The Munsters Today
  Lily Munster
  - S 3: Ep 24 Family Night
    5/24/91
  - S 3: Ep 23 The Bet
    5/17/91
  - S 3: Ep 22 Diary of a Mad Munster Wife
    5/10/91
  - S 3: Ep 21 Breaking the Chain
    5/3/91
  - S 3: Ep 20 A Camping We Will Go
    4/26/91
  - + 68 More Credits
- Barnaby Jones
  Betty Jones
  - S 8: Ep 22 The Killin' Cousin
    4/3/80
  - S 8: Ep 21 Deadline for Murder
    3/27/80
  - S 8: Ep 20 The Silent Accuser
    3/13/80
  - S 8: Ep 19 The Final Victim
    3/6/80
  - S 8: Ep 18 Death Is the Punchline
    2/21/80
  - + 173 More Credits
- The New Andy Griffith Show
  Lee Sawyer
  - S 1: Ep 10 Visit from Cousin Billy Jim
    3/12/71
  - S 1: Ep 9 The Millionth Visitor is a Bum, Or Is He?
    3/5/71
  - S 1: Ep 8 Connection
    2/26/71
  - S 1: Ep 7 Big Noise, Small Claims
    2/19/71
  - S 1: Ep 6 Otis Burfoot is a Hundred Years Old
    2/12/71
  - + 6 More Credits
- The Time Tunnel
  Dr. Ann MacGregor
  - S 1: Ep 30 Town of Terror
    4/7/67
  - S 1: Ep 29 Raiders From Outer Space
    3/31/67
  - S 1: Ep 28 The Kidnappers
    3/24/67
  - S 1: Ep 27 Merlin the Magician
    3/17/67
  - S 1: Ep 26 Attack of the Barbarians
    3/10/67
  - + 29 More Credits
- The Young Marrieds
  Ann Reynolds 1
  - S 1: Ep 5 Jerry Puts The Garrets in A Difficult Position
    9/17/65
  - S 1: Ep 4 Jill Has A Serious Talk With Walter
    9/16/65
  - S 1: Ep 3 The Kormans Are Concerned About Their Son
    9/15/65
  - S 1: Ep 2 Carol is Troubled By Ann's Actions
    9/14/65
  - S 1: Ep 1 Buzz And Jimmy Discuss Their Scheme
    9/13/65
- The Today Show
  Herself
  - S 5: Ep 179 September 6, 1956
    9/6/56
  - S 4: Ep 205 October 17, 1955
    10/17/55
  - — September 22, 2005
    9/22/05
Recurring Role (20)

Role
- All My Children
  Ruth Parker Martin
  - S 42: Ep 181 Ep. #10710
    9/21/11
  - S 41: Ep 1 Ep. #10282
    1/5/10
  - S 39: Ep 220 Ep. #10000
    11/12/08
  - S 39: Ep 106 Ep. #9886
    6/3/08
  - S 39: Ep 105 Ep. #9885
    6/2/08
  - + 5 More Credits
- All My Children
  Ruth Martin
  - S 39: Ep 98 Ep. #9878
    5/21/08
  - S 38: Ep 250 Ep. #9774
    12/26/07
  - S 38: Ep 229 Ep. #9753
    11/26/07
  - S 38: Ep 228 Ep. #9752
    11/21/07
  - S 38: Ep 171 Ep. #9695
    8/31/07
  - + 10 More Credits
- Batman
  Waitress in diner
  - S 4: Ep 1 Return to the Batcave: The Misadventures of Adam and Burt
    3/9/03
- Match Game '73
  Herself
  - S 6: Ep 34 MG78-34
    8/31/78
- Match Game PM
  panelist
  - S 1: Ep 3 Match Game PM #1-03
    9/22/75
  - S 1: Ep 2 Match Game PM #1-02
    9/15/75
  - S 2: Ep 1 Match Game PM #2-01
  - S 1: Ep 32 Match Game PM #1-32
  - S 1: Ep 25 Match Game PM #1-25
- $10,000 Pyramid
  Herself
  - S 3: Ep 51 Lee Meriwether & Bill Cullen
    8/18/75
  - S 3: Ep 43 Lee Meriwether & William Shatner
    6/23/75
  - S 3: Ep 26 Lee Meriwether & Clifton Davis
    2/24/75
  - S 3: Ep 6 Lee Meriwether & Anson Williams
    10/7/74
  - S 2: Ep 37 Lee Meriwether & John Schuck
    5/20/74
  - + 1 More Credits
- The F.B.I.
  Liz Paquette
  - S 7: Ep 10 End of a Hero
    11/21/71
- Mission: Impossible
  Tracey
  - S 4: Ep 9 Robot
    11/30/69
  - S 4: Ep 7 Submarine
    11/16/69
  - S 4: Ep 2 The Numbers Game (aka: The Key)
    10/5/69
  - S 4: Ep 16 The Falcon (3)
    1/18/70
  - S 4: Ep 15 The Falcon (2)
    1/11/70
  - + 1 More Credits
- The F.B.I.
  Marian Converse
  - S 4: Ep 7 The Nightmare
    11/10/68
- Batman
  The Catwoman
  - — Batman (1966)
    7/30/66
- Batman
  The Catwoman/Kitka
  - S 1: Ep 35 Batman - The Movie
    7/30/66
- The F.B.I.
  Joanna Laurens
  - S 1: Ep 10 The Giant Killer
    11/21/65
  - S 1: Ep 8 Courage of a Conviction
    11/7/65
  - S 1: Ep 4 Slow March Up a Steep Hill
    10/10/65
- Dr. Kildare
  Nurse Angela Springer
  - S 4: Ep 17 My Name Is Lisa, and I Am Lost
    1/21/65
- Dr. Kildare
  Nurse Harper
  - S 4: Ep 14 Never Is A Long Day
    12/31/64
- Dr. Kildare
  Nurse Adams
  - S 4: Ep 1 Man Is A Rock
    9/24/64
- Dr. Kildare
  Nurse Johnson
  - S 3: Ep 23 The Child Between
    3/5/64
- Dr. Kildare
  Recurring Role
  - S 3: Ep 14 Vote Of Confidence
    12/26/63
- Dr. Kildare
  Nurse Bonnie Tynes
  - S 3: Ep 10 The Pack Rat and Prima Donna
    11/28/63
- Dr. Kildare
  Bonnie Tynes, RN
  - S 2: Ep 26 The Sleeping Princess
    4/11/63
- The Today Show
  Today Girl
Guest Star (81)

Role
- Desperate Housewives
  Doris
  - S 8: Ep 10 What's to Discuss, Old Friend?
    1/8/12
- Sidewalks Entertainment
  Herself / Guest
  - S 21: Ep 15 Sylvia & Lee
    2/15/11
- Wizards of Waverly Place
  Battle Diva
  - S 2: Ep 8 Harper Knows (A Wizard Outing)
    11/23/08
- The Today Show
  Herself
  - S 57: Ep 132 July 1, 2008
    7/1/08
- TV Land Confidential
  Herself
  - S 1: Ep 6 Being Bad Behind the Scenes
    10/19/05
- Through the Keyhole
  House Owner
  - S 8: Ep 25 05 April 2004
    4/5/04
- The Rosie O'Donnell Show
  Herself
  - S 1: Ep 86 Show #86
    10/28/96
- The Rosie O'Donnell Show
  Lee Meriwether
  - S 1: Ep 53 Show #53
    9/9/96
- Duckman
  Voice of Widow Liebner
  - S 3: Ep 11 Pig Amok
    4/6/96
- Murder, She Wrote
  Vanessa Thorpe
  - S 11: Ep 13 Death 'n Denial
    1/22/95
- Space Ghost Coast to Coast
  Herself
  - S 1: Ep 8 Batmantis
    9/30/94
- Murder, She Wrote
  Leslie Hunter
  - S 9: Ep 20 Ship of Thieves
    5/2/93
- Jake and the Fatman
  Ellen Kurtin
  - S 4: Ep 24 Nevertheless
    5/8/91
- Mr. Belvedere
  Donna Flannagan
  - S 3: Ep 8 Reunion
    11/21/86
- Hotel
  Aunt Addie
  - S 3: Ep 9 Cry Wolf
    12/25/85
- Murder, She Wrote
  Grace Overholt
  - S 2: Ep 7 A Lady in The Lake
    11/10/85
- Circus of the Stars
  Performer
  - S 1: Ep 9 SPECIAL #9
    12/2/84
  - S 1: Ep 4 SPECIAL #4
    12/16/79
  - S 1: Ep 3 SPECIAL #3
    6/20/79
  - S 1: Ep 2 SPECIAL #2
    12/5/77
- Finder of Lost Loves
  Julia Bennett Parsons
  - S 1: Ep 9 Portraits
    12/1/84
- The Love Boat
  Guest Star
  - S 7: Ep 18 Ace In the Hole/Uncle Joey's Song/Father in the Cradle
    1/28/84
- Fantasy Island
  Lesley Darnell
  - S 7: Ep 5 Roarke's Sacrifice / The Butler's Affair
    11/12/83
- Insight
  Unknown
  - S 24: Ep 2 The Breadwinner
    9/18/83
- The Love Boat
  Barbara Braden
  - S 5: Ep 15 Good Neighbors/Captain's Portrait/Familiar Faces
    1/9/82
- The Love Boat
  Ann Marshall
  - S 4: Ep 21 Black Sheep/Hometown Doc/Clothes Make the Girl
    2/28/81
- CHiPs
  Herself (uncredited)
  - S 4: Ep 6 The Great 5K Star Race and Boulder Wrap Party (2)
    12/7/80
  - S 3: Ep 2 Roller Disco (2)
    9/22/79
- Dinah!
  Herself
  - S 6: Ep 66 December 13, 1979
    12/13/79
  - S 2: Ep 102 February 11, 1976
    2/11/76
  - S 2: Ep 14 October 2, 1975
    10/2/75
- Password Plus
  Guest
  - S 1: Ep 216 PWP-216
    11/5/79
  - S 1: Ep 106 PWP-106
    6/4/79
  - S 1: Ep 61 PWP-61
    4/2/79
- Time Express
  Vanessa
  - S 1: Ep 2 The Copy-Writer/The Figure Skater
    5/3/79
- Match Game '73
  Herself
  - S 7: Ep 15 MG79-15
    4/16/79
  - S 6: Ep 15 MG78-15
    4/18/78
  - S 5: Ep 48 MG77-48
    11/30/77
  - S 5: Ep 38 MG77-38
    9/20/77
  - S 5: Ep 25 MG77-25
    6/20/77
  - + 5 More Credits
- The Hollywood Squares (1966)
  Herself
  - S 13: Ep 39 January 22-26, 1979 (NBC-TV)
    1/22/79
  - S 13: Ep 18 November 6-10, 1978 (NBC-TV)
    11/6/78
  - S 13: Ep 1 September 4-8, 1978 (NBC-TV)
    9/4/78
  - S 12: Ep 64 April 24-28, 1978 (NBC-TV)
    4/24/78
  - S 12: Ep 6 September 26-30, 1977 (NBC-TV)
    9/26/77
  - + 4 More Credits
- The Mike Douglas Show
  Herself
  - S 17: Ep 76 January 17, 1979
    1/17/79
  - S 14: Ep 117 February 24, 1976
    2/24/76
- Dean Martin Celebrity Roast
  Herself
  - S 6: Ep 1 Suzanne Somers
    11/21/78
- $20,000 Pyramid
  Herself
  - S 6: Ep 10 Lee Meriwether & Robert Urich
    11/7/77
  - S 5: Ep 3 Lee Meriwether & Tony Randall
    9/13/76
  - S 4: Ep 37 Lee Meriwether & Jerry Stiller
    5/17/76
  - S 4: Ep 27 Lee Meriwether & Peter Lawford
    3/8/76
- The Mike Douglas Show
  Herself/Co-host
  - S 15: Ep 156 April 12, 1977
    4/12/77
- Battle of the Network Stars
  CBS Team
  - S 1: Ep 2 Special #2
    2/28/77
  - S 1: Ep 1 Special #1
    11/13/76
- Tattletales
  Herself
  - S 4: Ep 20 January 18, 1977
    1/18/77
- $10,000 Pyramid
  Herself
  - S 4: Ep 17 Lee Meriwether & Jerry Stiller
    12/29/75
  - S 1: Ep 19 Lee Meriwether & Alan Alda
    7/30/73
- The Merv Griffin Show
  Herself
  - S 11: Ep 119 February 26, 1974
    2/26/74
- Match Game '73
  Panelist
  - S 2: Ep 1 MATCH GAME 74-Weekday No. 1
    1/2/74
  - S 1: Ep 24 MG73-24
    12/26/73
- The Doris Day Show
  Lois
  - S 5: Ep 17 Hospital Benefit
    1/22/73
- Longstreet
  Miss Cooper
  - S 1: Ep 22 Through Shattering Glass
    2/24/72
- Love, American Style
  Guest Star
  - S 3: Ep 28 Love and the Sweet Sixteen
    11/5/71
- Dan August
  Miranda Lewis
  - S 1: Ep 18 The Law
    2/4/71
- The Immortal (1970)
  Sigrid Bergen
  - S 1: Ep 8 The Queen's Gambit
    11/12/70
- Family Affair
  Claudia Wells
  - S 5: Ep 8 Stamp of Approval
    11/5/70
- Nanny and the Professor
  Marrijane Finley
  - S 1: Ep 12 An Element of Risk
    4/8/70
- My World and Welcome to It
  Mrs. Bessinger, a Beautiful Neighbor
  - S 1: Ep 20 The Middle Years
    1/26/70
- The Name of the Game
  Bridget
  - S 2: Ep 16 Island of Gold and Precious Stones
    1/16/70
- Mannix
  Reva Daniels
  - S 3: Ep 5 A Question of Midnight
    10/25/69
- Land of the Giants
  Mother/Mrs. Barat
  - S 1: Ep 23 Rescue
    3/23/69
- Mission: Impossible
  Anna Rojak
  - S 3: Ep 20 The Bunker (2)
    3/9/69
  - S 3: Ep 19 The Bunker (1)
    3/2/69
- Star Trek
  Losira
  - S 3: Ep 17 That Which Survives
    1/24/69
- The Woody Woodbury Show
  Herself
  - S 1: Ep 237 July 26, 1968
    7/26/68
- The Iron Horse
  Anne
  - S 2: Ep 13 Dealer's Choice
    12/9/67
- Family Affair
  Lise Lowell
  - S 2: Ep 2 First Love
    9/18/67
- Batman
  Lisa Carson
  - S 2: Ep 54 Batman's Waterloo
    3/9/67
  - S 2: Ep 53 King Tut's Coup
- Twelve O'Clock High
  Captain Phylllis Vincent
  - S 2: Ep 20 The Outsider
    1/31/66
- My Three Sons
  Phyllis Allen
  - S 6: Ep 16 What About Harry?
    1/6/66
- The Fugitive (1963)
  Willis Hampton
  - S 3: Ep 16 Not With a Whimper
    1/4/66
- F Troop
  Lily O'Reilly
  - S 1: Ep 13 O'Rourke vs. O'Reilly
    12/7/65
- Twelve O'Clock High
  Captain Vincent
  - S 2: Ep 4 The Idolator
    10/4/65
- Perry Mason
  Evelyn Wilcox
  - S 9: Ep 4 The Case of the Cheating Chancellor
    10/3/65
- Hazel
  Miss Wilson
  - S 5: Ep 3 How to Lose 30 Pounds in 30 Minutes
    9/27/65
- Twelve O'Clock High
  Lieutenant Amy Patterson
  - S 1: Ep 26 Mutiny at Ten Thousand Feet
    3/26/65
- The Man From U.N.C.L.E.
  Dr. Egret
  - S 1: Ep 18 The Mad, Mad, Tea Party Affair
    2/1/65
- The Jack Benny Program
  Secretary
  - S 15: Ep 15 Jack Jones Show
    1/8/65
- Bob Hope Presents The Chrysler Theatre
  Piper's Secretary
  - S 2: Ep 11 Double Jeopardy
    1/8/65
- Perry Mason
  Natalie Graham
  - S 8: Ep 15 The Case of the Frustrated Folksinger
    1/7/65
- The Jack Benny Program
  Guest Star
  - S 15: Ep 3 Andy Williams Show
    10/9/64
- Route 66
  Jeanelle
  - S 4: Ep 19 This is Going to Hurt Me More Than It Hurts You
    2/14/64
- Alcoa Premiere
  Kerry
  - S 2: Ep 8 Whatever Happened to Miss Illinois?
    11/22/62
- I'm Dickens--He's Fenster
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 2 Nurse Dickens
    10/5/62
- Leave It To Beaver
  Woman #2
  - S 4: Ep 33 Community Chest
    5/13/61
- Bringing Up Buddy
  Gloria Arnold
  - S 1: Ep 25 Buddy and the Amazon
    4/17/61
- Omnibus
  Beautiful Witch
  - S 6: Ep 11 Mrs. McThing
    3/9/58
- Dragnet
  Vicki Tearson
  - S 7: Ep 21 The Big Rip
    2/20/58
- The Millionaire
  Nancy
  - S 4: Ep 15 The Rod Matthews Story
    1/1/58
- Alcoa Hour
  Girl
  - S 2: Ep 17 Protege
    5/19/57
- Matinee Theatre
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 60 Sincerely Yours, Charlie Fisher
    1/24/56
- The Philco Television Playhouse
  Guest Star
  - S 7: Ep 26 The Miss America Story
    9/4/55
  - S 7: Ep 8 Run, Girl, Run
    12/26/54
- The Philco Television Playhouse
  Diane
  - S 7: Ep 1 Middle of the Night
    9/19/54
- What's My Line?
  Mystery Guest #1
  - S 6: Ep 2 EPISODE #224
    9/12/54
Additional Music (1)

Role
- E! True Hollywood Story
  Additional Music
  - S 3: Ep 31 Adam West: Batman Unmasked

Trivia and Quotes

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Trivia
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- Lee appeared on GSN Live! on July 25, 2008. She reminisced with hosts Fred Rogan and Heidi Bohay about the times that she was on the Match Game, its regular stars, and Gene Rayburn. She talked about how naturally funny the stars were and that she always gave straightforward answers.
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- Lee is the proud mother of actresses Kyle Aletter and Lesley Aletter.
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- In 1975 and 1976, Lee was nominated for a Golden Globe at the Golden Globes, USA in the category of Best TV Actress - Drama for her role in Barnaby Jones.
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- Lee: For my money, Julie [Newmar] was the best Catwoman.
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- Lee: You know, I've been so incredibly lucky. One hears so many horror stories from actresses who test for role after role and never get anything. I've been working steadily for more years than I care to count. I definitely consider myself to be one of the lucky ones.
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