LEE MERIWETHER | 84

Lee set out as a beauty queen when she won Miss San Francisco, Miss California, and Miss America Between 1953-1955. Following her reign as Miss America, she joined NBC’s Today Show. Merriweather had her film debut portraying Linda Davis in 4D Man. Lee has also acted a role in the Cat woman movie, and also replaced Julie Newmar in one of the Batman in the year 1966, as well as playing a major role on a popular science fiction series (The Time Tunnel).

Her stardom came when she featured as Betty Jones in the 1970s long-running crime drama Barnaby Jones as she bagged two Golden Globes and one Emmy award nominations from it. Meriwether has enjoyed a lengthy period of fame and marriage after divorcing her first husband in 1974. She is not retired but has taken a back row in the entertainment industry, and we hope she has channeled her fortune towards wise investments to ensure that she enjoys a loan-free retirement.