# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/lee-meriwether-q267175
# Generated: 2026-08-14T10:00:44.784Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/lee-meriwether-q267175"
name: "Lee Meriwether"
slug: "lee-meriwether-q267175"
description: "Lee Ann Meriwether is an American retired 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."
tagline: "American actress and model"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lee_Meriwether_2005_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
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  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1935-05-27"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  historical:           24.889428
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump