Lee Ann Meriwether was born on May 17, 1935, in Los Angeles, California. She is famous for playing Buddy Ebsen's daughter-in-law and crime-solving partner, Betty Jones, in the long-running 1970s crime drama Barnaby Jones, and as Catwoman in the 1966 film version of Batman. Irwin Allen fans know her as playing Dr. Ann McGregor on The Time Tunnel and Mrs. Bara on the "Rescue" episode of Land of the Giants.