Today, sexy Lee Mereiwether is best remembered for her roles in a few science fiction/fantasy cult productions made between 1966 and 1969. _Batman: The Movie . In this, she played the concerned "giant" mother of kids who were trapped underground and needed to be rescued by the Earth "little people". Mereiwether is still working in television to this day.
Miss America 1955
Mother, with Frank Aletter , of actresses Kyle Aletter and Lesley Aletter.
Related to Meriwether Lewis, 19th century explorer and later governor of the Louisiana Territory.
Was a member of the International Order of the Rainbow for Girls, a Masonic community service group for girls aged 11-20.
Classmate of Bill Bixby.
As a 19-year-old drama student from California, she was crowned Miss America in 1954, the year of the first live telecast, and was the first to cry tears of joy at the announcement.
Went to high school with future singer Johnny Mathis.
Contrary to popular belief, she never played Catwoman on the series "Batman" . Only Julie Newmar and Eartha Kitt did. She did, however, play Catwoman in the movie Batman: The Movie and later played another character in two episodes of the series.
Interviewed in Tom Weaver s book, "I Talked with a Zombie" (McFarland & Co., 2008).
Second wife of Marshall Borden.
First wife of Frank Aletter.
Her acting mentor was the late Buddy Ebsen.
Best known by the public for her roles as Betty Jones in "Barnaby Jones" and as Lily Munster in "The Munsters Today" .
(April 2006) Spokesperson for "Alert USA", a personal medical alert system.
(May 2007) Appearing with James Noble in a benefit performance of "Love Letters" for the Playhouse on the Green (the former Polka Dot Playhouse) in Bridgeport, Connecticut.
The chemistry between us was immediate. I met him in his dressing room,for the first time and we talked later about that first meeting and how,immediate it was that we knew we bonded then. And it was, it was so,fabulous.
