Michele Lee Biography
Michele Lee is an American actress, singer, dancer, producer and director. Lee was born (Michele Lee Dusick) on June 24, 1942 in Los Angeles, California, U.S. She is known for her role as Karen Cooper Fairgate MacKenzie on the 1980s prime-time soap opera Knots Landing (1979–93).
Michele Lee Age
Lee was born on June 24, 1942 in Los Angeles, California, U.S. She is 76 years old as of 2018.
Michele Lee Family
Lee is the daughter of Sylvia Helen Silverstein and Jack Dusick a make up artist. She is of Ashkenazi Jewish descent, her ancestors being from Poland and Russia.
Michele Lee Husband
Lee met actor James Farentino on the set of the play How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying. In 1966, the couple got married and later in 1983 they divorced. In 1987, she married producer and writer Fred Rappaport.
Michele Lee Children
Lee has a son with Farentino; David Farentino, born July 6, 1969.
Michele Lee Filmography
Films
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Year |
Title |
Role |
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2013 |
See Dad Run |
Grandma Maggie |
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How to Live with Your Parents (For the Rest of Your Life) |
Caroline |
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2010 |
Family Guy |
Estelle Lewis |
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2005 |
Will & Grace |
Lucille |
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2004 |
Along Came Polly |
Vivian Feffer |
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Married to the Kellys |
Maggie Wagner |
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2003 |
Miss Match |
Sandy |
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2000 |
Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer |
Cousin Mel |
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1999 |
A Murder on Shadow Mountain |
Barbara Traynor |
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1998 |
Scandalous Me: The Jacqueline Susann Story |
Jacqueline Susann |
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1997 |
Knots Landing: Back to the Cul-de-Sac |
Karen MacKenzie |
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1996 |
Color Me Perfect |
Dina Blake |
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1995 |
Something Wilder |
Joanna |
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Big Dreams and Broken Hearts: The Dottie West Story |
Dottie West |
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1992 |
Broadway Bound |
Blanche |
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When No One Would Listen |
Jessica Cochran |
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1991 |
My Son Johnny |
Marianne Cortino |
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1990 |
The Fatal Image |
Barbara Brennan |
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1989 |
Single Women Married Men |
Susan Parmel |
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1985 |
A Letter to Three Wives |
Rita Phipps |
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1979 |
Nutcracker Fantasy |
Narrator |
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1979–1993 |
Knots Landing |
Karen Cooper Fairgate MacKenzie |
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1978 |
Having Babies |
Lucy |
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Bud and Lou |
Anne Costello |
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1978–1979 |
Fantasy Island |
Nancy Weston / Carol DeAngelo |
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1977–1982 |
The Love Boat |
Various |
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1976 |
Dark Victory |
Dolores Marsh |
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1974 |
Only with Married Men |
Jill Garrett |
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1972 |
Alias Smith and Jones |
Georgette Sinclair |
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Of Thee I Sing |
Diana Devereaux |
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1971 |
Night Gallery |
Joanna Lowell |
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1971–1973 |
Love, American Style |
Various |
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1970–1972 |
Marcus Welby, M.D. |
Katie |
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1969 |
Roberta |
Stephanie |
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The Comic |
Mary Gibson |
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1968 |
The Love Bug |
Carole Bennett |
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1967 |
The Red Skelton Show |
Peaches Laverne |
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How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying |
Rosemary Pilkington |
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1961 |
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis |
Lila |
Michele Lee Awards
|
Year |
Award |
Category |
Work |
Result |
| 1973 | Drama Desk Award | Outstanding Performance | Seesaw |
Won |
| 1986 | Soap Opera Digest Award | Favorite Super Couple on a Prime Time Serial |
Won |
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| 1988 | Favorite Super Couple: Prime Time |
Won |
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| Outstanding Actress in a Leading Role: Prime Time |
Won |
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| 1991 | Outstanding Actress in a Leading Role: Prime Time |
Won |
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| 1992 | Outstanding Actress in a Leading Role: Prime Time |
Won |
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| 1998 | Hollywood Walk of Fame | Star on the Walk of Fame On 19 November 1998 at 6363 Hollywood Blvd. |
Won |
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| 2009 | TV Land Award | Anniversary Award | Knots Landing |
Won |
Michele Lee Net Worth
Lee as an American actress, singer, director, and former game show panelist has an estimated net worth of $8 million.