Lee Meriwether
{{short description|American actress and former model}}
{{For|the author|Lee Meriwether (author)}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Lee Meriwether
| image = Lee Meriwether 2008.png
| caption = Meriwether in 2008
| birth_name = Lee Ann Meriwether
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1935|5|27}}
| birth_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S.
| death_date =
| death_place =
| alma_mater = City College of San Francisco
| known_for = Barnaby Jones
Batman
The Time Tunnel
| occupation = {{hlist|Actress}}
| years_active = 1954–2020
| title = Miss San Francisco 1954
Miss California 1954
Miss America 1955
| predecessor = Evelyn Margaret Ay
| successor = Sharon Ritchie
| spouse = {{plainlist|
- {{marriage|Frank Aletter|1958|1974|end=div}}
- {{marriage|Marshall Borden|1986}}
}}
| children = 2
| website = {{URL|leemeriwether.com}}
}}
Lee Ann Meriwether (born May 27, 1935){{Cite news|title=Almanac|author=|date=May 27, 2023|work=The Dubuque Telegraph-Herald|page=A3|quote=Today's Birthdays: Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger is 100. Author John Barth is 93. Actor Lee Meriwether is 88. Actor Louis Gossett Jr. is 87.|id={{ProQuest|2820801879}}}} See also:
- {{Cite news|title=Almanac|author=|date=May 27, 1988|work=The Hartford Courant|page=C6|quote=Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger is 65. Actress Lee Meriwether is 53. Actor Louis Gossett Jr. is 52.|id={{ProQuest|1469627269}}}} is an American actress and the winner of the 1955 Miss America pageant. She has appeared in many films and television shows, notably as Betty Jones, the title character's secretary and daughter-in-law in the 1970s crime drama Barnaby Jones starring Buddy Ebsen. The role earned her two Golden Globe Award nominations in 1975 and 1976, and an Emmy Award nomination in 1977. She is also known for her portrayal of Catwoman, replacing Julie Newmar in the theatrical film Batman (1966), and for a co-starring role on the science-fiction series The Time Tunnel. Meriwether had a recurring role as Ruth Martin 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. She has one brother, Don Brett Meriwether. She grew up in San Francisco after the family moved there from Phoenix, Arizona. 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 was fellow actor Bill Bixby.{{cite book |last1=Bergman |first1=Julia |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=H-iKPb5rKzwC&q=bixby |title=City College of San Francisco: The Campus History Series |last2=Mathes |first2=Valerie Sherer |last3=White |first3=Austin |publisher=Arcadia Publishing |year=2010 |isbn=978-1-4396-2526-2 |location=Charleston, South Carolina |page=X |language=en-us |access-date=2021-10-06}}
After winning Miss San Francisco, Meriwether won Miss California 1954,{{cite web |publisher=Miss California |title=Miss California History |url=http://www.misscalifornia.org/miss-california/history/ |access-date=August 21, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181013082256/https://www.misscalifornia.org/miss-california/history/ |archive-date=October 13, 2018 |url-status=dead }} then was crowned Miss America in 1955 with her recital of a John Millington Synge monologue. She then appeared that Sunday on What's My Line?, hosted by John Charles Daly (who also emceed the pageant that year).{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7WX18IhR4k | title=What's My Line? - Lee Meriwether; Alfred Hitchcock (Sep 12, 1954) | website=YouTube }} Following her reign as Miss America, she joined the Today show.{{cite web| url=https://movies.nytimes.com/person/48556/Lee-Meriwether/biography| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121102222807/http://movies.nytimes.com/person/48556/Lee-Meriwether/biography|url-status=dead| archive-date=November 2, 2012| department=Movies & TV Dept.| newspaper=The New York Times| first=Hal| last=Erickson| author-link=Hal Erickson (author)| year=2012| title=Lee Meriwether Biography| access-date=December 23, 2015}}
An August 1, 1956, international news wirephoto of Meriwether and Joe DiMaggio announced their engagement. According to DiMaggio biographer Richard Ben Cramer, however, it was a rumor started by Walter Winchell.{{cite book| last=Cramer| first=Richard Ben| title=Joe DiMaggio: The Hero's Life| pages=[https://archive.org/details/joedimaggioheros00cram/page/376 376–378]| publisher=Simon and Schuster| location=New York| date=May 2000| isbn=978-0-6848-5391-8| url-access=registration| url=https://archive.org/details/joedimaggioheros00cram/page/376}}
Career
=1950s=
Meriwether was a "Today Girl" on NBC's The Today Show from 1955 to 1956. Her feature-film debut came in 1959 as Linda Davis in 4D Man, starring Robert Lansing. She appears in The Phil Silvers Show episode, "Cyrano de Bilko".
=1960s=
In 1961, Meriwether guest-starred once as Gloria in the episode "Buddy and the Amazon" on her first husband's (Frank Aletter) one-season CBS sitcom, Bringing Up Buddy. She also appeared in Leave It To Beaver episode "Community Chest" in season four. In 1962, she was cast as Martha Elweiss in the episode "My Child Is Yet a Stranger" on the CBS anthology series, The Lloyd Bridges Show. She played Nurse Dickens in a 1962 episode of the ABC sitcom, I'm Dickens, He's Fenster. From 1963 to 1965, she was cast in different roles in eight episodes of the NBC medical drama, Dr. Kildare. In 1964, she played the character Jeanelle in "This Is Going to Hurt Me More Than It Hurts You" on the CBS adventure series, Route 66. In 1965, she appeared in an episode on The Jack Benny Program as the Secretary. In a 1965 episode of 12 O'Clock High, "Mutiny at Ten Thousand Feet", she played Lieutenant Amy Patterson, and in the episodes "The Idolator" (also 1965) and "The Outsider" (1966), she played Captain Phyllis Vincent. She also guest-starred in the season-two episode "Big Brother". She was a regular on the single season, science-fiction, television series The Time Tunnel with James Darren and Robert Colbert in 1966–1967.
File:Lee Meriwether The Time Tunnel.jpg (1966)]]
File:Catwoman Lee Meriwether 1966.jpg, who originated the role in the television series.]]
Meriwether appeared as Dr. Egret on the NBC series, The Man from U.N.C.L.E. ("The Mad, Mad Tea Party", 1965) and in an episode of Hazel ("How to Lose 30 Pounds in 30 Minutes", also 1965) she played Miss Wilson, the owner of an exercise studio. Meriwether portrayed Catwoman for the Batman movie (1966), and also appeared in two episodes of the Batman TV series in 1967 as Lisa Carson, a love interest to Bruce Wayne in the episodes "King Tut's Coup" and "Batman's Waterloo". In the late 1960s and early 1970s, she had guest-starring roles in numerous TV series, including The Fugitive, Mannix, Star Trek episode "That Which Survives" (1969), Perry Mason episodes #245 "The Case of the Cheating Chancellor" and "The Case of the Frustrated Folksinger" (both 1965), and the F Troop episode "O'Rourke vs. O'Reilly".
In films, Meriwether joined John Wayne and Rock Hudson for The Undefeated,{{cite news |last=King |first=Susan |date=August 19, 2013 |title=There she is .... Lee Meriwether |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/la-xpm-2013-aug-19-la-et-st-lee-meriwether-classic-hollywood-20130819-story.html |work=Los Angeles Times |access-date=December 23, 2015}} and Andy Griffith in Angel in My Pocket (both 1969).{{cite news |last=Michalski |first=Jennifer |date=December 13, 2013 |title=Where Are They Now: The 22 Most Influential Former Beauty Queens |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/beauty-pageant-queens-where-are-they-now-2013-12 |journal=Business Insider |access-date=December 23, 2015}} In the same year as those two films, she played IMF spy Tracey in six Mission: Impossible episodes during season four after Barbara Bain's departure.
=1970s=
File:Andy Griffith Lee Meriwether 1971.JPG: the movie Angel in My Pocket (1968) and the short-lived sitcom The New Andy Griffith Show (1971). ]]
Meriwether began her award-nominated role as secretary and daughter-in-law Betty Jones in the 1973–1980 CBS series Barnaby Jones, opposite Buddy Ebsen.{{cite news |last1=Fakuda |first1=Eiko |last2=Gritten |first2=David |date=September 22, 1980 |title=Lee Meriwether Lost 'Barnaby' but Gained a Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze |url=https://people.com/archive/lee-meriwether-lost-barnaby-but-gained-a-daring-young-man-on-the-flying-trapeze-vol-14-no-12/ |work=People |access-date=December 23, 2015}} During the series' eight-year run, she enjoyed an on- and off-screen chemistry with the elder Ebsen. During the series' run, she was reunited with her former classmate and best friend Bill Bixby during one episode. After her stint on Barnaby Jones, Meriwether became best friends with Ebsen, keeping in touch for many years until his death on July 6, 2003. She starred in the 1978 television movies True Grit: A Further Adventure with Warren Oates as Rooster Cogburn and Cruise Into Terror with an all-star ensemble cast, appeared on Circus of the Stars four times, and was a regular panelist on the game show Match Game.
=1980s=
Meriwether portrayed Lily Munster in the 1988–1991 revival of the 1960s television sitcom The Munsters, titled The Munsters Today, in which she starred alongside Jason Marsden, John Schuck, Howard Morton, and Hilary Van Dyke. She also made several guest appearances on The Love Boat and Fantasy Island.
=1990s=
In the 1990s, she appeared as herself on an episode of Space Ghost Coast to Coast. In 1993, she guest starred on Murder, She Wrote, episode "Ship of Thieves". In 1996, Meriwether took over for Mary Fickett in the role of Ruth Martin on the soap opera All My Children, Fickett having played the role since its inception in 1970.{{cite news |last=Noland |first=Claire |date=September 12, 2011 |title=Mary Fickett dies at 83; longtime actress on 'All My Children' |url=https://www.latimes.com/health/la-xpm-2011-sep-12-la-me-mary-fickett-20110912-story.html |work=Los Angeles Times |access-date=December 23, 2015}} After 26 years, Fickett wanted to go into semiretirement as a recurring cast member. Negotiations with the network broke down and Meriwether was cast as Ruth Martin. In 1998, ABC deemed that they were at an impasse with Meriwether's agents and Mary Fickett was brought back as a recurring cast member. Fickett retired again, this time for good in December 2000. ABC decided to bring back the character of Ruth Martin in 2002, but Fickett remained in retirement. Meriwether was hence brought back and remained a featured recurring performer on the show until it ended.
=2000s=
File:Lee Meriwether 2005 (cropped).jpg
In 2002, she appeared in the documentary film Miss America. In 2003, Meriwether appeared in the TV-Movie Return to the Batcave: The Misadventures of Adam and Burt. She also appeared off-Broadway in the interactive comedy, Grandma Sylvia's Funeral. She voiced Big Mama in the video game Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots for the PlayStation 3. She also appears in one of the game's opening videos as a talkshow host having an interview with David Hayter, who voices Solid Snake in the game.{{cite magazine |last=Hanson |first=Ben |date=February 28, 2014 |title=Channeling Creativity: The Story Behind Metal Gear Solid 4's Intro |url=https://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2014/02/28/the-story-behind-metal-gear-solid-4-39-s-bizarre-intro.aspx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140304080319/http://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2014/02/28/the-story-behind-metal-gear-solid-4-39-s-bizarre-intro.aspx |url-status=live |archive-date=March 4, 2014 |magazine=Game Informer |access-date=December 23, 2015}} In 2006, she joined James Garner, Abigail Breslin, Bill Cobbs, and others in The Ultimate Gift. In 2008, Meriwether had a brief cameo as comic-book character Battle Diva in the episode "Harper Knows" of the Disney Channel original series Wizards of Waverly Place. In 2010, she was once again reunited on screen with Hollywood veteran Bill Cobbs in No Limit Kids: Much Ado About Middle School. She voices President Winters in the video game Vanquish by PlatinumGames.{{cite web |last=Kellams |first=J. P. |date=October 25, 2010 |title=Narrative Design in Vanquish |url=http://platinumgames.com/2010/10/25/narrative-design-in-vanquish/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140905235422/http://platinumgames.com/2010/10/25/narrative-design-in-vanquish/ |archive-date=September 5, 2014 |access-date=August 21, 2014 |website=PlatinumGames}}
=2010s=
Meriwether continued to work on stage, television, game voice-overs, and feature films. She has made guest appearances on Desperate Housewives, Hawaii Five-0, The League, and Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23. Most recently, she revisited her role as Miss Hastings in the sequel/prequel to The Ultimate Gift, The Ultimate Life (2013), directed by Michael Landon Jr.{{cite news |last=Scheck |first=Frank |date=September 5, 2013 |title=The Ultimate Life: Film Review |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/ultimate-life-film-review-622361 |work=The Hollywood Reporter |access-date=December 23, 2015}} She is also starring in the short film Kitty.
She made appearances at Comic Cons, where she spoke about her roles in Batman, Star Trek, and Time Tunnel.{{cite news |last=Costello |first=Alex |date=May 24, 2017 |title=Eternal Con Returns July 1 And 2, This Time At The Nassau Coliseum |url=https://patch.com/new-york/gardencity/eternal-con-returns-july-1-2-time-nassau-coliseum |journal=Patch |access-date=May 24, 2017}}
Personal life
On April 20, 1958, Meriwether married Frank Aletter. They had two daughters and divorced in 1974. On September 21, 1986, Meriwether married Marshall Borden.{{cite web| url=http://actordatabase.com/leemeriwether/bio.htm| title=Lee Meriwether Biography| website=Actor Database| access-date=December 23, 2015}}{{cite news |title=Photo Flash: Lee Meriwether Honored By Theatre West |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/los-angeles/article/Photo-Flash-Lee-Meriwether-Honored-By-Theatre-West-20180214 |website=BroadwayWorld |date=February 14, 2018 |access-date=February 14, 2018}}
Filmography
=Film=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 1959
| 4D Man | Linda Davis | |
| 1963
| The Courtship of Eddie's Father | Lee, Tom's Receptionist | Uncredited |
| 1966
| Batman | Selina Kyle / Catwoman, Kitka | |
| 1966
| Kate Rand | |
| 1968
| Young Girl | |
| 1969
| Mary Elizabeth Whitehead | |
| 1969
| Margaret Langdon | |
| 1973
| Paloma Littleberry | |
| 2005
| Gone Postal | Fran | Short film |
| 2006
| Miss Hastings | |
| 2007
| Party guest | |
| 2008
| Grandma Eleanor | |
| 2008
| Twisted Faith | Mother Clare | Short film |
| 2010
| No Limit Kids: Much Ado About Middle School | Katie | Direct-to-video |
| 2011
| Secret Identity | Faye Florence | Short film |
| 2012
| Sunset Stories | Marie | |
| 2012
| Silent But Deadly | Vivian | |
| 2013
| Remember to Breathe | Alice | Short film |
| 2013
| Birthday Cake | Opal Hunt | |
| 2013
| The Ultimate Life | Miss Hastings | |
| 2013
| The Curse of the Un-Kissable Kid | Gypsy | Short film |
| 2014
| Waiting in the Wings: The Musical | Ethel | |
| 2014
| Abaddon | Old Ana | |
| 2014
| Heaven Help Us | Helen | Short film |
| 2015
| A Horse for Summer | Patsy | |
| 2015
| Sunny in the Dark | Dorothy | |
| 2015
| In Memory | Beth Sawyer | Short film |
| 2016
| Kitty | Mrs Tinsley | Short film |
| 2016
| A Christmas in New York | Irene Burgess | |
| 2017
| Diary of a Lunatic | Trew's Mother | |
| 2017
| Breaking Legs | GG | |
| 2017
| Lucilee Diamond |
| 2018
| Grandma Kyle | |
| 2018
| Still Waiting In The Wings | Ethel | |
| 2018
| Love & Debt | Mrs Markson | |
=Television=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 1954–1955
| The Philco Television Playhouse | Diane | 3 episodes |
| 1956
| | Episode: "Sincerely Yours, Charlie Fisher" |
| 1957
| Girl in the Sketch | Episode: "Protégé" |
| 1957
| The Girl | Episode: "The Challenge" |
| 1958
| Nancy McKuehn | Episode: "The Rod Matthews Story" |
| 1958
| Natalie Rumplemeyer | Episode: "Cyrano De Bilko" |
| 1958
| Dragnet | Vicki Tearson | Episode: "The Big Rip" |
| 1958
| Omnibus | Beautiful Witch | Episode: "Mrs McThing" |
| 1960–1962
| Enid Ross | |
| 1961
| Gloria Arnold | Episode: "Buddy and the Amazon" |
| 1961
| Young Woman Neighbor | Episode: "Community Chest" |
| 1962
| Martha Elweiss | Episode: "My Child Is Yet a Stranger" |
| 1962
| 2nd Hospital Receptionist | Episode: "Nurse Dickens" |
| 1962
| Kerry | Episode: "Whatever Happened to Miss Illinois?" |
| 1963–1965
| Nurse Bonnie Tynes / Nurse Angela Springer / Nurse Harper / Nurse Adams / Nurse Betty Johnson | 8 episodes |
| 1964
| Route 66 | Jeanelle | Episode: "This Is Going to Hurt Me More Than It Hurts You" |
| 1964
| Ann Reynolds #1 | 4 episodes |
| 1964–1965
| Secretary / Mother With Baby w/ Andy Williams | 2 episodes |
| 1965
| Evelyn Wilcox / Natalie Graham | 2 episodes |
| 1965
| Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | Piper's Secretary | Episode: "Double Jeopardy" |
| 1965
| Dr. Egret | Episode: "The Mad, Mad Tea Party Affair" |
| 1965
| Hazel | Miss Wilson | Episode: "How to Lose 30 Pounds in 30 Minutes" |
| 1965
| F Troop | Lily O'Reilly | Episode: "O'Rourke vs. O'Reilly" |
| 1965–1966
| Capt. Phyllis Vincent / Lt. Amy Patterson | 3 episodes |
| 1965–1971
| Joanna Lauren / Liz / Marian Converse / Joanna Laurens | 5 episodes |
| 1966
| Willis Hempstead | Episode: "Not with a Whimper" |
| 1966
| Phyllis Allen | Episode: "What About Harry?" |
| 1966
| Doris | Episode: "My Son, the Doctor" |
| 1966–1967
| Dr. Ann MacGregor | 30 episodes |
| 1967
| Batman | Lisa Carson | 2 episodes |
| 1967
| Anne Daugherty | Episode: "Dealer's Choice" |
| 1967–1970
| Claudia Wells / Lise Lowell | 2 episodes |
| 1969
| Star Trek: The Original Series | Losira | S3:E17, "That Which Survives" |
| 1969
| Mother – Mrs Bara | Episode: "Rescue" |
| 1969
| Mannix | Reva Daniels | S3-Episode 05: "A Question of Midnight" |
| 1969–1970
| Anna Rojak / Tracey | 8 episodes |
| 1970
| Bridget | Episode: "Island of Gold and Precious Stones" |
| 1970
| Mrs Bessinger | Episode: "The Middle Years" |
| 1970
| Insight | Miriam | Episode: "The 7 Minute Life of James Houseworthy" |
| 1970
| Marrijane Finley | Episode: "An Element of Risk" |
| 1970
| Sigrid Bergen | Episode: "The Queen's Gambit" |
| 1971
| Lee Sawyer | 10 episodes |
| 1971
| Miranda Lewis | Episode: "The Law" |
| 1971
| | Segment: "Love and the Sweet Sixteen" |
| 1972
| Miss Cooper | Episode: "Through Shattering Glass" |
| 1973
| Lois Frazier | Episode: "Hospital Benefit" |
| 1973–1980
| Betty Jones | 178 episodes |
| 1975
| Cannon | Betty Jones | Episode: "The Deadly Conspiracy: Part 1" |
| 1977
| Having Babies II | Martha Cooper | Television film |
| 1978
| Lil Mather | Television film |
| 1978
| True Grit: A Further Adventure | Annie Sumner | Television film |
| 1979
| Vanessa Cartwright | Episode: "The Copy-Writer/The Figure Skater" |
| 1979
| Vanessa Wagner | Television film |
| 1979–1980
| CHiPs | | 2 episodes |
| 1980
| Tourist | Lulu Flemington | Television film |
| 1981–1984
| Jessica Elliott / Barbara Braden / Ann Marshall | 3 episodes |
| 1983
| Leslie Darnell | Episode: "The Butler's Affair/Roarke's Sacrifice" |
| 1984
| Julia Bennett Parsons | Episode: "Portraits" |
| 1985
| Hotel | Addie Meredith | Episode: "Cry Wolf" |
| 1985
| Glitter | | Episode: "The Runaway" |
| 1985
| True Confessions | | Episode: "He's So Young" |
| 1985–1995
| Vanessa Thorpe / Leslie Hunter / Grace Overholtz | 3 episodes |
| 1986
| Donna Flannagan | Episode: "Reunion" |
| 1987
| You Are the Jury | Marjorie Forrest | Episode: "The State of Oregon vs. Stanley Manning" |
| 1987
| Jonathan Winters: On the Ledge | | Television film |
| 1988–1991
| 73 episodes |
| 1991
| Ellen Kurtin | Episode: "Nevertheless" |
| 1992
| Lee Marshall | Episode: "Happy Mothers Day" |
| 1996
| Duckman | Widow Liebner (voice) | Episode: "Pig Amok" |
| 1996–2011
| Ruth Martin | 52 episodes |
| 2000
| Karla | Episode: "The Face on the Bar Room Floor" |
| 2003
| Return to the Batcave: The Misadventures of Adam and Burt | Waitress in Diner | Television film |
| 2008
| Battle Diva | Episode: "Harper Knows" |
| 2012
| Doris | Episode: "What's to Discuss, Old Friend" |
| 2012
| Hell's Kitty | Grandma Kyle | Episode: "Catwoman vs. Hell's Kitty" |
| 2012
| Helen Tilton | Episode: "Mohai" |
| 2012
| Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23 | Marjorie Meyers | Episode: "Sexy People..." |
| 2012
| Gumma Eve | Episode: "Bro-Lo El Cordero" |
| 2012–2014
| Project: Phoenix | Birdie Spencer | 6 episodes |
| 2015
| The Ultimate Legacy | Miss Hastings | Television film |
| 2017
| Suspense | Ellen Kirk | Episode: "'Keepers of the Twilight'" |
| 2018
| Rise of the Catwoman | Nana | Episode: "The Night Shift" |
| 2018
| Kaplan's Korner | Auditioner | Episode: "He's Gone" |
=Video games=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 2008 |
| 2010
| Vanquish | President Elizabeth Winters |
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
References
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- {{official website|http://www.leemeriwether.com}}
- {{cite web |url= https://www.missamerica.org/title-year/1955/ |title= 1955 Lee Meriwether |publisher= Miss America |url-status= dead |archive-date= Dec 12, 2009 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20091212075829/http://www.missamerica.org/our-miss-americas/1950/1955.aspx }}
- {{cite web |url= https://www.66batmania.com/bios/villains/catwoman-lee-meriwether/ |title= Lee Meriwether as Catwoman |website= 1966 Batmania }}
- {{cite web |url= https://texasarchive.org/2008_00062 |format= B&W |date= 1966 |first= Jean |last= Boone |title= Interview with Cast of Batman, The Movie (1966) |publisher= CBS |location= Texas affiliate |website= Texas Archive of the Moving Image (TAMI) |quote= Including: Lee Meriwether (Catwoman), Cesar Romero (joker), Adam West (Batman), William Dozier (producer) }}
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- {{iobdb name|17735}}
- {{Tcmdb name|130176%7C96655}}
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| title = Miss California
| years = 1954
| after = Barbara Harris
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| before = Julie Newmar
| title = Catwoman Actress
| years = 1966
| after = Julie Newmar
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| title = Lily Munster Actress
| years = 1988–1991
| after = Veronica Hamel
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