"They were doing it really catch-as-catch-can," Meriwether said of that early broadcast on ABC television. Meriwether actually learned backstage she was the winner, something that only the television ...

Lee Meriwether turns 90 on May 27, 2025, and for many of us, she’ll always be the poised Betty Jones on Barnaby Jones, Andy Griffith’s Wife in the short-lived The New Andy Griffith Show, or the sultry ...