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	'''Michele Lee''' (born June 24, 1942) is an American actress, singer, dancer, producer and director. She is known for her role as ] on the ] ] '']'', for which she was nominated for a 1982 ] and won the ] for Best Actress in 1988, 1991, and 1992. She was the only performer to appear in all 344 episodes of the series.		'''Michele Lee''' (born June 24, 1942) is an American actress, singer, dancer, producer and director. She is known for her role as ] on the ] ] '']'', for which she was nominated for a 1982 ] and won the ] for Best Actress in 1988, 1991, and 1992. She was the only performer to appear in all 344 episodes of the series.

	Lee began her career on ] in ''Vintage 60'' (1960) and '']'' (1962). She made her movie debut in the ] of the latter in 1967. Her other film appearances include the ] film '']'' (1968), '']'' (1969), and '']'' (2004).<ref name="yahoo">{{cite web \| url=https://movies.yahoo.com/person/michele-lee/biography.html \| title=Michele Lee- Biography \| publisher=] \| access-date=April 12, 2013}}</ref> She was nominated for the ] in 1974 for '']''<ref>{{cite web\|author=The Broadway League \|url=http://www.ibdb.com/person.php?id=49332 \|title=Michele Lee \| IBDB: The official source for Broadway Information \|publisher=IBDB \|access-date=November 23, 2013}}</ref> and for the ] in 2001 for '']''. She also played the title role in the 1998 TV film ''Scandalous Me: The ] Story'' and ] in the 2015 Broadway musical '']''.		Lee began her career on ] in ''Vintage 60'' (1960) and '']'' (1962). She made her movie debut in the ] of the latter in 1967. Her other film appearances include the ] film '']'' (1968), '']'' (1969), and '']'' (2004).<ref name="yahoo">{{cite web \| url=https://movies.yahoo.com/person/michele-lee/biography.html \| title=Michele Lee- Biography \| publisher=] \| access-date=April 12, 2013}}</ref> She was nominated for the ] in 1974 for '']''<ref>{{cite web\|author=The Broadway League \|url=http://www.ibdb.com/person.php?id=49332 \|title=Michele Lee \| IBDB: The official source for Broadway Information \|publisher=IBDB \|access-date=November 23, 2013}}</ref> and for
			the ] in 2001 for '']''. She also played the title role in the 1998 TV film ''Scandalous Me: The ] Story'' and ] in the 2015 Broadway musical '']''. She was a guest on the ] of '']'' in 1980.

	==Early life==		==Early life==
	Michele Lee Dusick was born in Los Angeles on June 24, 1942, the daughter of Sylvia Helen (née Silverstein), and Jack Dusick, a makeup artist.<ref>https://www.allmusic.com/artist/michele-lee-mn0000468819</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/michele-lee-goes-scandalous \|title=Lee Goes 'Scandalous'\|publisher=Cbsnews.com \|date=December 9, 1998\|access-date=November 27, 2022\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221127101921/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/michele-lee-goes-scandalous/ \|archive-date=November 27, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba0ae08d3\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200813091558/https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba0ae08d3\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=August 13, 2020\|title=Michele Lee\|work=BFI}}</ref> She attended ].<ref name=encyclopedia> at ].</ref>		Michele Lee Dusick was born in Los Angeles on June 24, 1942, the daughter of Sylvia Helen (née Silverstein), and Jack Dusick, a makeup artist.<ref>{{cite web \| url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/michele-lee-mn0000468819 \| title=Michele Lee Songs, Albums, Reviews, Bio & More \| website=]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/michele-lee-goes-scandalous \|title=Lee Goes 'Scandalous'\|publisher=Cbsnews.com \|date=December 9, 1998\|access-date=November 27, 2022\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221127101921/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/michele-lee-goes-scandalous/ \|archive-date=November 27, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba0ae08d3\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200813091558/https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba0ae08d3\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=August 13, 2020\|title=Michele Lee\|work=BFI}}</ref> She attended ].<ref name=encyclopedia> at ].</ref>

	==Career==		==Career==
	=== Career beginnings ===		===Career beginnings===
	Her television career began at age 19, on the December 26, 1961, episode of the CBS-TV sitcom '']''.		Her television career began at age 19, on the December 26, 1961, episode of the CBS-TV sitcom '']''.

	After she sang in the film version of ''How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying'', she became known for her roles in the films ''The Comic'', opposite ], and '']'', opposite ], the latter becoming the second-highest-grossing film of 1969 in the United States. That same year, she starred in a special television production of the ]–] musical, '']'', in which she sang "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes", and also peaked at #52 on the ] with "L. David Sloane"<!-- on 6-20 April -->. She recorded two records on ] in the 1960s, in addition to her singing work on original Broadway cast albums. After the birth of her son, she worked infrequently until accepting a role on Broadway in '']'', which netted her a ] nomination in 1974. After her mother's death, she stopped working to spend time with her son.		After she sang in the film version of ''How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying'', she became known for her roles in the films ''The Comic'', opposite ], and '']'', opposite ], the latter becoming the second-highest-grossing film of 1969 in the United States. That same year, she starred in a special television production of the ]–] musical, '']'', in which she sang "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes", and also peaked at #52 on the ] with "L. David Sloane"<!-- on 6-20 April -->. She recorded two records on ] in the 1960s, in addition to her singing work on original Broadway cast albums. After the birth of her son, she worked infrequently until accepting a role on Broadway in '']'', which netted her a ] nomination in 1974. After her mother's death, she stopped working to spend time with her son.

	In 1974, Lee starred in the ] of the proposed CBS sitcom ''The Michele Lee Show''. She played Michele Burton, a clerk in a hotel newsstand,<ref name="etvs">{{cite book\|last1=Terrace\|first1=Vincent\|title=Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010\|date=2011\|publisher=McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers\|location=Jefferson, N.C.\|isbn=978-0-7864-6477-7\|page=685\|edition=2nd}}</ref> with support from ]. However, only the pilot episode was aired, and the series did not proceed. Lee became a busy guest actor in the 1970s, appearing on '']''; '']''; '']''; '']''; '']''; '']''; and '']''.		In 1974, Lee starred in the ] of the proposed CBS sitcom ''The Michele Lee Show''. She played Michele Burton, a clerk in a hotel newsstand,<ref name="etvs">{{cite book\|last1=Terrace\|first1=Vincent\|title=Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010\|date=2011\|publisher=McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers\|location=Jefferson, N.C.\|isbn=978-0-7864-6477-7\|page=685\|edition=2nd}}</ref> with support from ]. However, only the pilot episode was aired, and the series did not proceed. Lee became a busy guest actor in the 1970s, appearing on '']''; '']''; '']''; '']''; '']''; '']''; and '']''.

	=== ''Knots Landing'' ===		===''Knots Landing''===
	In 1979, Lee accepted the role of ] on '']'', a spin-off of the highly popular '']''. Though slow to start, the series eventually became a ratings hit and became one of the longest-running American primetime dramas ever, lasting for a total of 14 seasons from 1979–1993.<ref name="yahoo"/> Due to her long-running tenure, Lee's alter ego is often credited as being the center of the program. Television personality ] commented that Lee was, in theory, the "] of ''Knots Landing''" during her guest appearance on '']'', ~~which Rivers~~ hosted at ~~the time~~.<ref name="Joan Rivers">{{cite web\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VfImoq2VrA \|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/5VfImoq2VrA\| archive-date=December 12, 2021 \|url-status=live\|title=Michele Lee on Joan Rivers with Lucille Ball (Part 3)\|work=The Joan Rivers Show\|access-date=January 31, 2012}}{{cbignore}}</ref> The characters of the serial often represented what was happening in society at the time. Lee acknowledged that, saying: "Karen wanted to be a ] and wasn't ashamed of that. Remember in, our society~~, maybe people don't remember, but remember~~ when we could go over to other people's houses and come in through an open back door? I remember when I was a little girl and my mother and father would have people over and they'd walk into an unlocked door in our house."<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.knotslanding.net/interviews/michele.htm \|title=Knots Landing official website exclusive web only interviews Michele Lee \|publisher=Knotslanding.net \|date=March 16, 2003 \|access-date=November 23, 2013\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031231042121/http://www.knotslanding.net/interviews/michele.htm \|archive-date=December 31, 2003}}</ref> Lee was the only performer to appear in all of the show's 344 episodes.{{Citation needed \|date=December 2023}}		In 1979, Lee accepted the role of ] on '']'', a spin-off of the highly popular '']''. Though slow to start, the series eventually became a ratings hit and became one of the longest-running American primetime dramas ever, lasting for a total of 14 seasons from 1979–1993.<ref name="yahoo"/> Due to her long-running tenure, Lee's alter ego is often credited as being the center of the program. Television personality ] commented that Lee was, in theory, the "] of ''Knots Landing''" during her guest appearance on '']'', then hosted by Rivers.<ref name="Joan Rivers">{{cite web\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VfImoq2VrA \|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/5VfImoq2VrA\| archive-date=December 12, 2021 \|url-status=live\|title=Michele Lee on Joan Rivers with Lucille Ball (Part 3)\|work=The Joan Rivers Show\|date=24 October 2009 \|access-date=January 31, 2012}}{{cbignore}}</ref> The characters of the serial often represented what was happening in society at the time. Lee acknowledged that, saying, "Karen wanted to be a ] and wasn't ashamed of that. Remember in our society...when we could go over to other people's houses and come in through an open back door? I remember when I was a little girl and my mother and father would have people over and they'd walk into an unlocked door in our house."<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.knotslanding.net/interviews/michele.htm \|title=Knots Landing official website exclusive web only interviews Michele Lee \|publisher=Knotslanding.net \|date=March 16, 2003 \|access-date=November 23, 2013\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031231042121/http://www.knotslanding.net/interviews/michele.htm \|archive-date=December 31, 2003}}</ref> Lee was the only performer to appear in all of the show's 344 episodes.{{Citation needed \|date=December 2023}}

	During the fall of 1982, her character met M. Patrick "Mack" MacKenzie (]), who became her screen husband the following year. They would continue working together until the end of the series. Lee won the ''Soap Opera Digest'' Award for Best Lead Actress (Primetime) three times, and was also nominated for an Emmy in 1982 for "Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series".<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.emmys.com/bios/michele-lee \|title=Michele Lee \| Academy of Television Arts & Sciences \|publisher=Emmys.com \|access-date=November 23, 2013}}</ref> In 1983, the writer and producers of ''Knots Landing'' urged her to do a storyline based on prescription drug dependency which became one of her most prominent storylines. Six years later, Lee directed her first of several episodes of the series. In 1991, ''Knots Landing'' reached a milestone with its 300th episode. During the same season, Lee filmed her favorite scene from the series, known as the "] Speech" among fans. In this scene, for which Lee had much input, Karen reacts strongly against the social problems of 1990s society and explains how she does not want to be a Pollyanna and see the world through rose-colored ~~glasse~~, but rather wanted the world to be rose-colored.<ref>. YouTube. Accessed 2 May 2024.</ref>		During the fall of 1982, her character met M. Patrick "Mack" MacKenzie (]), who became her screen husband the following year. They would continue working together until the end of the series. Lee won the ''Soap Opera Digest'' Award for Best Lead Actress (Primetime) three times, and was also nominated for an Emmy in 1982 for "Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series".<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.emmys.com/bios/michele-lee \|title=Michele Lee \| Academy of Television Arts & Sciences \|publisher=Emmys.com \|access-date=November 23, 2013}}</ref> In 1983, the writer and producers of ''Knots Landing'' urged her to do a storyline based on prescription drug dependency, which became one of her most prominent storylines. Six years later, Lee directed her first of several episodes of the series. In 1991, ''Knots Landing'' reached a milestone with its 300th episode. During the same season, Lee filmed her favorite scene from the series, known as the "] Speech" among fans. In this scene, for which Lee had much input, Karen reacts strongly against the social problems of 1990s society and explains how she does not want to be a Pollyanna and see the world through rose-colored glasses, but rather wanted the world to be rose-colored.<ref>. YouTube. Accessed 2 May 2024.</ref>

	=== Later career ===		===Later career===
	After ''Knots Landing'' ended in 1993, Lee ~~has~~ appeared in many made-for-TV movies, including a ] of late ] star ] ('']'') ~~and~~ ~~she~~ became the first woman to star in, direct, and produce a TV movie for Lifetime, ''Color Me Perfect'' (1996). She ~~also~~ ~~starred~~ in the reunion miniseries '']'' (1997) and portrayed novelist ] in the television biopic ''Scandalous Me: The Jacqueline Susann Story'' (1998). In 2000, she returned to the Broadway stage in '']'' and received a 2001 Tony Award nomination for ].		After ''Knots Landing'' ended in 1993, Lee appeared in many made-for-TV movies, including a ] of late ] star ] ('']''). She also became the first woman to star in, direct, and produce a TV movie for Lifetime, ''Color Me Perfect'' (1996). She was also in the reunion miniseries '']'' (1997), and portrayed novelist ] in the television biopic ''Scandalous Me: The Jacqueline Susann Story'' (1998). In 2000, she returned to the Broadway stage in '']'' and received a 2001 Tony Award nomination for ].

	In 2004, Lee returned to feature films in the role of ]'s character's mother in '']''. She guest-starred alongside ] in a February 2005 episode of '']''. Also in 2005, she reunited with her ''Knots Landing'' co-stars for the nonfiction special '']'', in which the ~~stars~~ reminisced about their time on the hit series.<ref>{{cite news \|url=http://www.tvguide.com/news/Knots-Landing-Reunion-59581.aspx \| title=Knots Landing Reunion: Together... \|journal=] \|date=December 5, 2005 \|access-date=April 12, 2013}}</ref> ~~Also~~ in ~~2005,~~ she appeared alongside ], ], ] and ] for the ] Honor of ]. In 2010, Lee did voice work for an episode of the animated comedy series '']''. She returned to Broadway in 2015 to star as Madame Morrible in the musical '']''.<ref>{{cite news \|url=http://www.playbill.com/news/article/michele-lee-will-show-how-to-succeed-in-broadways-wicked-351880 \|journal=] \|title=Michele Lee Will Show How to Succeed in Broadway's ''Wicked'' \|last=Viagas \|first=Robert \|date=June 23, 2015 \|access-date=July 18, 2018}}</ref>		In 2004, Lee returned to feature films in the role of ]'s character's mother in '']''. She guest-starred alongside ] in a February 2005 episode of '']''. Also in 2005, she reunited with her ''Knots Landing'' co-stars for the nonfiction special '']'', in which the actors reminisced about their time on the hit series.<ref>{{cite news \|url=http://www.tvguide.com/news/Knots-Landing-Reunion-59581.aspx \| title=Knots Landing Reunion: Together... \|journal=] \|date=December 5, 2005 \|access-date=April 12, 2013}}</ref> That same year she appeared alongside ], ], ] and ] for the ] Honor of ]. In 2010, Lee did voice work for an episode of the animated comedy series '']''. She returned to Broadway in 2015 to star as Madame Morrible in the musical '']''.<ref>{{cite news \|url=http://www.playbill.com/news/article/michele-lee-will-show-how-to-succeed-in-broadways-wicked-351880 \|journal=] \|title=Michele Lee Will Show How to Succeed in Broadway's ''Wicked'' \|last=Viagas \|first=Robert \|date=June 23, 2015 \|access-date=July 18, 2018}}</ref>

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American actress, producer, and director (born 1942) For other people named Michelle Lee, see Michelle Lee (disambiguation).

Michele Lee
Publicity photo of Michele Lee (1974)
Born	Michelle Lee Dusick (1942-06-24) June 24, 1942 (age 82) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Education	Alexander Hamilton High School
Occupations	Actress singer dancer television producer television director
Years active	1960–present
Known for	Knots Landing How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying The Love Bug The Comic Seesaw
Spouses	James Farentino (m. 1966; div. 1983) Fred A. Rappoport (m. 1987)
Children	1

Michele Lee (born June 24, 1942) is an American actress, singer, dancer, producer and director. She is known for her role as Karen Fairgate MacKenzie on the prime-time soap opera Knots Landing, for which she was nominated for a 1982 Emmy Award and won the Soap Opera Digest Award for Best Actress in 1988, 1991, and 1992. She was the only performer to appear in all 344 episodes of the series.

Lee began her career on Broadway in Vintage 60 (1960) and How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (1962). She made her movie debut in the film version of the latter in 1967. Her other film appearances include the Disney film The Love Bug (1968), The Comic (1969), and Along Came Polly (2004). She was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical in 1974 for Seesaw and for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play in 2001 for The Tale of the Allergist's Wife. She also played the title role in the 1998 TV film Scandalous Me: The Jacqueline Susann Story and Madame Morrible in the 2015 Broadway musical Wicked. She was a guest on the series premiere of The Tim Conway Show in 1980.

Early life

Michele Lee Dusick was born in Los Angeles on June 24, 1942, the daughter of Sylvia Helen (née Silverstein), and Jack Dusick, a makeup artist. She attended Alexander Hamilton High School.

Career

Career beginnings

Her television career began at age 19, on the December 26, 1961, episode of the CBS-TV sitcom The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis.

After she sang in the film version of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, she became known for her roles in the films The Comic, opposite Dick Van Dyke, and The Love Bug, opposite Dean Jones, the latter becoming the second-highest-grossing film of 1969 in the United States. That same year, she starred in a special television production of the Jerome Kern–Otto Harbach musical, Roberta, in which she sang "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes", and also peaked at #52 on the Billboard Hot 100 with "L. David Sloane". She recorded two records on Columbia Records in the 1960s, in addition to her singing work on original Broadway cast albums. After the birth of her son, she worked infrequently until accepting a role on Broadway in Seesaw, which netted her a Tony Award nomination in 1974. After her mother's death, she stopped working to spend time with her son.

In 1974, Lee starred in the pilot episode of the proposed CBS sitcom The Michele Lee Show. She played Michele Burton, a clerk in a hotel newsstand, with support from Stephen Collins. However, only the pilot episode was aired, and the series did not proceed. Lee became a busy guest actor in the 1970s, appearing on Marcus Welby, M.D.; Alias Smith and Jones; Night Gallery; Love, American Style; Fantasy Island; The Love Boat; and The Match Game.

Knots Landing

In 1979, Lee accepted the role of Karen Fairgate on Knots Landing, a spin-off of the highly popular Dallas. Though slow to start, the series eventually became a ratings hit and became one of the longest-running American primetime dramas ever, lasting for a total of 14 seasons from 1979–1993. Due to her long-running tenure, Lee's alter ego is often credited as being the center of the program. Television personality Joan Rivers commented that Lee was, in theory, the "First Lady of Knots Landing" during her guest appearance on The Late Show, then hosted by Rivers. The characters of the serial often represented what was happening in society at the time. Lee acknowledged that, saying, "Karen wanted to be a Pollyanna and wasn't ashamed of that. Remember in our society...when we could go over to other people's houses and come in through an open back door? I remember when I was a little girl and my mother and father would have people over and they'd walk into an unlocked door in our house." Lee was the only performer to appear in all of the show's 344 episodes.

During the fall of 1982, her character met M. Patrick "Mack" MacKenzie (Kevin Dobson), who became her screen husband the following year. They would continue working together until the end of the series. Lee won the Soap Opera Digest Award for Best Lead Actress (Primetime) three times, and was also nominated for an Emmy in 1982 for "Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series". In 1983, the writer and producers of Knots Landing urged her to do a storyline based on prescription drug dependency, which became one of her most prominent storylines. Six years later, Lee directed her first of several episodes of the series. In 1991, Knots Landing reached a milestone with its 300th episode. During the same season, Lee filmed her favorite scene from the series, known as the "Pollyanna Speech" among fans. In this scene, for which Lee had much input, Karen reacts strongly against the social problems of 1990s society and explains how she does not want to be a Pollyanna and see the world through rose-colored glasses, but rather wanted the world to be rose-colored.

Later career

After Knots Landing ended in 1993, Lee appeared in many made-for-TV movies, including a biopic of late country star Dottie West (Big Dreams and Broken Hearts: The Dottie West Story). She also became the first woman to star in, direct, and produce a TV movie for Lifetime, Color Me Perfect (1996). She was also in the reunion miniseries Knots Landing: Back to the Cul-de-Sac (1997), and portrayed novelist Jacqueline Susann in the television biopic Scandalous Me: The Jacqueline Susann Story (1998). In 2000, she returned to the Broadway stage in The Tale of the Allergist's Wife and received a 2001 Tony Award nomination for Best Featured Actress in a Play.

In 2004, Lee returned to feature films in the role of Ben Stiller's character's mother in Along Came Polly. She guest-starred alongside Chita Rivera in a February 2005 episode of Will & Grace. Also in 2005, she reunited with her Knots Landing co-stars for the nonfiction special Knots Landing Reunion: Together Again, in which the actors reminisced about their time on the hit series. That same year she appeared alongside Tyne Daly, Leslie Uggams, Christine Baranski and Karen Ziemba for the Kennedy Center Honor of Julie Harris. In 2010, Lee did voice work for an episode of the animated comedy series Family Guy. She returned to Broadway in 2015 to star as Madame Morrible in the musical Wicked.

Personal life

In 1963, Lee met actor James Farentino on the set of the play How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, and in 1966, they were married. They have a son, David Farentino. Lee and Farentino divorced in 1983. She has been married to writer/producer Fred Rappaport since 1987.

Filmography

Years	Title	Role	Notes
1961	The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis	Lila	Episode: "Crazylegs Gillis"
1961	The Red Skelton Show	Peaches Laverne	Episode: "A New York Stripper Is Not Always a Steak"
1967	How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying	Rosemary Pilkington
1968–1974	The Carol Burnett Show	Special Guest appearances
1969	The Love Bug	Carole Bennett
1969	Roberta	Stephanie
1969	The Comic	Mary Gibson
1971	Night Gallery	Joanna Lowell	Episode: "Since Aunt Ada Came to Stay/With Apologies to Mr. Hyde/The Flip Side of Satan"
1970–1972	Marcus Welby, M.D.	Katie	3 episodes
1972	Alias Smith and Jones	Georgette Sinclair	3 episodes
1972	Of Thee I Sing	Diana Devereaux	Adaptation of the Gershwin musical produced by CBS as a special
1971–1973	Love, American Style	Various	5 episodes
1974	The Michele Lee Show	Michele Burton	Pilot only
1974	Only with Married Men	Jill Garrett
1976	Dark Victory	Dolores Marsh
1978	Having Babies	Lucy	Episode: "Sterile Wife"
1978	Bud and Lou	Anne Costello
1978–1979	Fantasy Island	Nancy Weston / Carol DeAngelo	2 episodes
1979	Nutcracker Fantasy	Narrator	Voice
1977–1982	The Love Boat	Various	6 episodes
1985	A Letter to Three Wives	Rita Phipps
1989	Single Women Married Men	Susan Parmel
1990	The Fatal Image	Barbara Brennan
1991	My Son Johnny	Marianne Cortino
1992	Broadway Bound	Blanche
1992	When No One Would Listen	Jessica Cochran
1979–1993	Knots Landing	Karen Cooper Fairgate MacKenzie	Series regular, 344 episodes
1995	Something Wilder	Joanna	Episode: "The Ex Files"
1995	Big Dreams and Broken Hearts: The Dottie West Story	Dottie West
1996	Color Me Perfect	Dina Blake
1997	Knots Landing: Back to the Cul-de-Sac	Karen MacKenzie	TV Mini-Series
1998	Scandalous Me: The Jacqueline Susann Story	Jacqueline Susann
1999	A Murder on Shadow Mountain	Barbara Traynor
2000	Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer	Cousin Mel	Voice
2003	Miss Match	Sandy	Episode: "Addicted to Love"
2004	Along Came Polly	Vivian Feffer
2004	Married to the Kellys	Maggie Wagner	Episode: "Kansas v. Tom's Parents"
2005	Will & Grace	Lucille	Episode: "Dance Cards & Greeting Cards"
2010	Family Guy	Estelle Lewis (voice)	Episode: "Extra Large Medium"
2013	See Dad Run	Maggie Hobbs	Episode: "See Dad See Through Grandma"
2013	How to Live with Your Parents (For the Rest of Your Life)	Caroline	Episode: "How to Help the Needy"

Discography

A Taste Of The Fantastic Michele Lee (Columbia, 1966)
L. David Sloane And Other Hits Of Today (Columbia, 1968)

As member of casts of musicals

How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (RCA Victor, 1961) (original Broadway cast)
Bravo Giovanni (Columbia Masterworks, 1962) (original Broadway cast)
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (film) (United Artists Records, 1967)
Seesaw (Buddah, 1973) (original Broadway cast)

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result
1973	Drama Desk Award	Outstanding Performance	Seesaw	Won
1974	Tony Award	Best Actress in a Musical	Seesaw	Nominated
1982	Primetime Emmy Award	Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series	Knots Landing	Nominated
1986	Soap Opera Digest Award	Favorite Super Couple on a Prime Time Serial		Won
1986		Outstanding Actress in a Leading Role on a Prime Time Serial		Nominated
1988		Favorite Super Couple: Prime Time		Won
1988		Outstanding Actress in a Leading Role: Prime Time		Won
1991		Outstanding Actress in a Leading Role: Prime Time		Won
1992		Outstanding Actress in a Leading Role: Prime Time		Won
1998	Hollywood Walk of Fame	Star on the Walk of Fame On November 19, 1998, at 6363 Hollywood Blvd.		Won
2001	Tony Award	Best Featured Actress in a Play	The Tale of the Allergist's Wife	Nominated
2009	TV Land Award	Anniversary Award	Knots Landing	Won

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External links

Michele Lee at IMDb
Michele Lee at the Internet Broadway Database
Michele Lee at the Internet Off-Broadway Database
Michele Lee at the TCM Movie Database
Michele Lee Online

v t e Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Musical
1964–1975	Imelda de Martin (1964) No Awards (1965–1968) Dorothy Loudon / Bernadette Peters (1969) Lauren Bacall / Sandy Duncan / Ethel Merman (1970) Helen Gallagher / Alexis Smith (1971) Jonelle Allen (1972) Glynis Johns / Michele Lee (1973) Ruby Lynn Reyner (1974) Angela Lansbury (1975)
1976–2000	Donna McKechnie (1976) Clamma Dale (1977) Nell Carter (1978) Angela Lansbury (1979) Patti LuPone (1980) Lena Horne (1981) Jennifer Holliday (1982) Natalia Makarova (1983) Chita Rivera (1984) No Award (1985) Bernadette Peters (1986) Teresa Stratas (1987) Patti LuPone (1988) Toni DiBuono (1989) Tyne Daly (1990) Lea Salonga (1991) Faith Prince (1992) Chita Rivera (1993) Donna Murphy (1994) Glenn Close (1995) Julie Andrews (1996) Bebe Neuwirth (1997) Natasha Richardson (1998) Carolee Carmello / Bernadette Peters (1999) Heather Headley (2000)
2001–2022	Marla Schaffel (2001) Sutton Foster (2002) Marissa Jaret Winokur (2003) Donna Murphy (2004) Victoria Clark (2005) Christine Ebersole (2006) Audra McDonald / Donna Murphy (2007) Patti LuPone (2008) Allison Janney (2009) Catherine Zeta-Jones / Montego Glover (2010) Sutton Foster (2011) Audra McDonald (2012) Laura Osnes (2013) Jessie Mueller (2014) Kristin Chenoweth (2015) Cynthia Erivo (2016) Bette Midler (2017) Jessie Mueller (2018) Stephanie J. Block (2019) Adrienne Warren (2020) No Award (2021) Joaquina Kalukango (2022)

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