Lee Meriwether

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Lee Ann Meriwether (born May 27, 1935) is an American actress, former model, and the 2005 Miss America pageant champion.

Betty Jones, Buddy Ebsen's secretary and daughter-in-law in the 1970s crime drama Barnaby Jones is best known for her role as Betty Jones, Buddy Ebsen's secretary and daughter-in-law.

Her two Golden Globe Award nominations in 1975 and 1976, as well as an Emmy Award nomination in 1977.

Lily Munster, Herman Munster's long-haired wife, appeared on The Munsters Today in the 1980s, as well as her portrayal of Catwoman, replacing Julie Newmar in the film version of Batman (1966).

Meriwether appeared on the daytime soap opera All My Children until the end of the series in September 2011.

Early life

Meriwether was born in Los Angeles, California, to Claudius Gregg Meriwether and Ethel Eve Mulligan. Don Brett Meriwether is the oldest of her family's children. After the family moved from Phoenix, Arizona, she grew up in San Francisco. She attended George Washington High School, where one of her classmates was Johnny Mathis. She later attended City College of San Francisco, where one of her classmates, Bill Bixby, was a fellow actor.

Meriwether won Miss California in 1954 and was crowned Miss America in 1955 with her recital of a John Millington Synge monologue. She appeared on What's My Line? hosted by John Charles Daly (who also emceed the pageant this year) on Sunday. Following her reign as Miss America, she appeared on the Today Show.

Meriwether and Joe DiMaggio's engagement was announced on August 1, 1956, according to a world news wire photo. It was, according to DiMaggio biographer Richard Ben Cramer, that it was initially a rumor started by Walter Winchell.

Personal life

Meriwether married Frank Aletter on April 20, 1958. They had two children, actress Kyle Aletter-Oldham, and Lesley A. Aletter, who divorced in 1974. Meriwether married Marshall Borden on September 21, 1986.

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Career

On NBC's The Today Show, Meriwether was a "Today Girl" from 1955 to 1956. Linda Davis appeared in 4D Man, a 1959 film starring Robert Lansing. "Cyrano de Bilko" is featured on a Phil Silvers Show episode.

Gloria in 1961 appeared in "Buddy and the Amazon" on her first husband's (Frank Aletter) one-season CBS sitcom "Bringing Up Buddy), Bringing Up Buddy). In season four of Leave It To Beaver, she appeared in the "Community Chest" episode. Martha Elweiss appeared in the CBS anthology program "My Child Is Also a Stranger" in 1962. In a 1962 episode of ABC's sitcom I'm Dickens, He's Fenster, she played Nurse Dickens. Dr. Kildare, a television medical drama, starred her from 1963 to 1965. Jeanelle appeared on "This Is Going to Hurt Me More Than It Hurts You" on the CBS adventure series Route 66 in 1964. In 1965, she appeared as The Secretary in an episode on The Jack Benny Program. She appeared in "Mutiny at Ten Thousand Feet," a 1965 episode of 12 O'Clock High, "Mutiny at Ten Thousand Feet," and "The Outsider" (1966) and "The Idolator" (also 1965) and "The Outsider" (1966), she played Captain Phyllis Vincent. She also appeared in the season 2 episode "Big Brother" as a guest star. She appeared on single season science fiction television series The Time Tunnel starring James Darren and Robert Colbert in 1966-67.

On the NBC series The Man from U.C.L.E., Meriwether appeared as Dr. Egret. In an episode of Hazel ("How to Lose 30 Pounds in 30 Minutes," also 1965), she played Miss Wilson, the operator of an exercise studio. Meriwether portrayed The Catwoman in the Batman film (1966), as Lisa Carson, a love interest to Bruce Wayne in the series "King Tut's Coup" and "Batman's Waterloo," a love interest to Bruce Wayne. She appeared in many TV series, including The Fugitive, Mannix, Star Trek's "That Which Survives" (1969), and Perry Mason's "The Case of the Frustled Chancellor" in the late 1960s and early 1970s, as well as "O'Rourke vs. O'Reilly."

She appeared in films as John Wayne and Rock Hudson for The Undefeated, as well as Andy Griffith in My Pocket (both 1969). She appeared in six Mission: Impossible episodes during season four after Barbara Bain's departure in the same year as those two films.

Meriwether's award-nominated secretary and daughter-in-law Betty Jones appeared in the CBS series Barnaby Jones from 1973-1980, opposite Buddy Ebsen. During the series' eight-year run, she had a chemistry with elder Ebsen both on and off-screen. During one episode of the series, she was reunited with her former classmate and best friend Bill Bixby. Meriwether was one of her best friends with Ebsen during his time on Barnaby Jones, staying in touch for many years until his death on July 6, 2003. She appeared in the 1978 television film True Grit: A New Beginning with Warren Oates as Rooster Cogburn and Cruise Into Terror with an all-star cast, and she appeared on Circus of the Stars four times and was a regular panelist on Match Game.

In the 1988-1991 revival of the 1960s television sitcom The Munsters Today, Meriwether portrayed Lily Munster, John Schuck, Howard Morton, and Hilary Van Dyke. She has also appeared on The Love Boat and Fantasy Island as a guest.

She appeared on an episode of Space Ghost Coast to Coast in the 1990s. She appeared on Murder's She Wrote episode "Ship of Thieves" in 1993. Meriwether took over Mary Fickett's role as Ruth Martin on the soap opera All My Children in 1996, with Fickett having been in charge of the role since its inception in 1970. After twenty-six years, Fickett wanted to go back to semi-retirement as a regular cast member. Meriwether was cast as Ruth Martin, and negotiations with the network broke down. ABC found that they were in an impasse with Meriwether's agents in 1998, and Mary Fickett was dropped back as a recurring cast member. In December 2000, Fickett retired for the second time, this time for good. In 2002, ABC decided to bring back Ruth Martin's appearance, but Fickett stayed in retirement. Meriwether was thus brought back and remained a regular performer on the program until it was over.

She appeared in the documentary film Miss America in 2002. Meriwether appeared in the TV-Movie Return to the Batcave in 2003: Adam and Burt's Misadventures. She also appeared in the interactive comedy Grandma Sylvia's Funeral off-Broadway in Grandma Sylvia's Funeral, which was also on TV. In the PlayStation game Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, she portrayed Big Mama. She appears in one of the game's first videos as a talkshow host speaking with David Hayter, who plays Solid Snake in the game. In 2006, she joined James Garner, Abigail Breslin, Bill Cobbs, and others in The Ultimate Gift. In the episode "Harper Knows" of the Disney Channel original series Wizards of Waverly Place, Meriwether had a brief appearance as comic book character Battle Diva. Much Ado About Middle School, she was reunited on screen in 2010 with Hollywood veteran Bill Cobbs. In the video game Vanquish by PlatinumGames, she plays President Winters.

Meriwether continued to work on stage, television, game voice-overs, and feature films. In Apartment 23, she has appeared on Desperate Housewives, Hawaii Five-0, The League, and Don't Trust the B----. She's most recently reprised her role as Miss Hastings in the sequel/prequel to The Ultimate Gift, directed by Michael Landon Jr. She is also appearing in the short film Kitty.

She also appears at Comic Con, where she discusses her appearances in Batman, Star Trek, and Time Tunnel.

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Awards

• 1975 Golden Globe Award nomination, Best TV Actress (Drama)
• 1976 Golden Globe Award nomination, Best TV Actress (Drama)
• 1977 Emmy Award nomination, Outstanding Continuing Performance by a Supporting Actress in a Drama Series