Lee Meriwether

Acting • Born 1935-05-27

Acting2Los 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.

Filmography

117 credits

Batman

Movie • 1966

The Catwoman (Kitka)

Return to the Batcave: The Misadventures of Adam and Burt

Movie • 2003

Lee Meriwether

4D Man

Movie • 1959

Linda Davis

Cruise Into Terror

Movie • 1978

Lil Mather

Mirror, Mirror

Movie • 1979

Vanessa Wagner

Touching Home

Movie • 2008

Grandma Eleanor

The Undefeated

Movie • 1969

Margaret

Namu, the Killer Whale

Movie • 1966

Kate Rand

No Limit Kids - Much Ado About Middle School

Movie • 2010

Miss...Or Myth?

Movie • 1987

Self

The Legend of Lylah Clare

Movie • 1968

Young Girl

Jonathan Winters: On the Ledge

Movie • 1987

Starring Adam West

Movie • 2013

Self

Angel in My Pocket

Movie • 1969

Mary Elizabeth Whitehead

Brothers O'Toole

Movie • 1973

Paloma Littleberry

The Ultimate Life

Movie • 2013

Mrs. Hastings

Silent but Deadly

Movie • 2012

Vivian

Sunset Stories

Movie • 2012

Marie

The Green Girl

Movie • 2014

Herself

Tourist

Movie • 1980

Lulu Flemington

The Courtship of Eddie's Father

Movie • 1963

Tom's Receptionist (uncredited)

Chisum

Movie • 1970

Sallie's Mother (picture in Chisum's Pocketwatch) (uncredited)

A Horse for Summer

Movie • 2015

Patsy

Love & Debt

Movie • 2019

Mrs. Markson

Remember to Breathe

Movie • 2013

Alice

Sunny in the Dark

Movie • 2015

Dorothy

Birthday Cake

Movie • 2013

Opal Hunt

Kitty

Movie • 2016

Mrs. Tinsley

The Ultimate Legacy

Movie • 2015

Miss Hastings

Men Who Rate a 10

Movie • 1980

Self

True Grit: A Further Adventure

Movie • 1978

Annie Sumner

Breaking Legs

Movie • 2017

Batman vs. Two-Face

Movie • 2017

Lucilee Diamond (voice)

Waiting in the Wings: The Musical

Movie • 2014

Ethel

Let It Kill You

Movie

Edna

Hell's Kitty

Movie • 2018

Grandma Kyle

A Christmas in New York

Movie • 2017

Irene Burgess

From Cheesecake to Cheesecake: The Joy Harmon Story

Movie • 2013

The Curse of the Un-Kissable Kid

Movie • 2012

The Gypsy

Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes

Movie • 2001

Catwoman (archive footage)

Having Babies II

Movie • 1977

Martha Cooper

Miss America

Movie • 2002

Self

Waiting in the Wings: Still Waiting

Movie • 2018

Ethel

The Ultimate Gift

Movie • 2007

Miss Hastings

Trew Calling

Movie • 2017

Trew's Mother

Catwoman: The Feline Femme Fatale

Movie • 2021

Self

The Many Faces of Catwoman

Movie • 2005

(archive footage)

In Memory

Movie • 2015

Beth Sawyer

Mission: Impossible - The Bunker

Movie • 1969

Anna Rojak

Mission: Impossible - The Falcon

Movie • 1970

Tracey

The Time Tunnel

TV • 1966

Dr. Ann McGregor

Murder, She Wrote

TV • 1984

Grace Overholtz

Duckman

TV • 1994

Widow Liebner (voice)

Star Trek

TV • 1966

Losira

My World and Welcome to It

TV • 1969

Mr. Belvedere

TV • 1985

F Troop

TV • 1965

The F.B.I.

TV • 1965

Joanna Lauren

The New Andy Griffith Show

TV • 1971

Lee Sawyer

Batman

TV • 1966

Lisa Carson

Route 66

TV • 1960

Land of the Giants

TV • 1968

Mrs. Bara

Space Ghost Coast to Coast

TV • 1994

Self

Hotel

TV • 1982

Dragnet

TV • 1951

Perry Mason

TV • 1957

Natalie Graham

Jake and the Fatman

TV • 1987

The Immortal

TV • 1970

Battle of the Network Stars

TV • 1976

Nanny and the Professor

TV • 1970

The Munsters Today

TV • 1988

Lily Munster

The Fugitive

TV • 1963

Willis Hampton

The Millionaire

TV • 1955

Nancy McKuehn

The Clear Horizon

TV • 1960

Enid Ross

The Philco Television Playhouse

TV • 1948

Where Are They Now?

TV • 1999

Self

Vacation Playhouse

TV • 1963

Doris

Dr. Kildare

TV • 1961

Nurse Bonnie Tynes

Time Express

TV • 1979