Lee Meredith

{{short description|American actress}}{{Infobox person | birth_name = Judith Lee Sauls | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1947|10|22}} | birth_place = River Edge, New Jersey, U.S. | occupation = Actress }}

{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2021}} '''Lee Meredith''' (born '''Judith Lee Sauls,''' October 22, 1947) is an American actress.

==Biography== On October 22, 1947,<ref name="ggsh">{{cite book |last1=Lisanti |first1=Tom |title=Glamour Girls of Sixties Hollywood: Seventy-Five Profiles |date=May 7, 2015 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-1-4766-1241-6 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ITClSVUV7voC&dq=%22Lee+Meredith%22+actress&pg=PA132 |page=132 |access-date=July 7, 2022 |language=en}}</ref> Meredith was born Judith Lee Sauls in River Edge, New Jersey, and grew up in Fair Lawn, New Jersey.<ref>Rohan, Virginia. [https://web.archive.org/web/20121022104419/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-45507368.html "Once a Bombshell..."], ''The Record (Bergen County)'', July 1, 2001. Accessed March 29, 2011. "Meredith -- so convincing as the Swedish tease -- was born and raised Judi-Lee Sauls in Fair Lawn, and adopted her stage name before ''The Producers''."</ref> When she was 15, she joined the Manhattan Rockets precision dance team. Following her high-school graduation, she became a model and studied at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts.<ref name="ggsh" /> She is married to film producer Bert Stratford.<ref name="sl">{{cite news |last1=Finston |first1=Mark |title=Lee Meredith's happy staying close to home |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-star-ledger-lee-meredith/162602027/ |access-date=January 9, 2025 |work=The Star[-Ledger |date=December 1, 1975 |location=New Jersey, Newark |page=17|via = Newspapers.com }}</ref>

Meredith is best-known for the role of the Swedish secretary Ulla in the original 1967 version of ''The Producers''.<ref>{{cite news| title=This Wonderful World| url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1955&dat=19671031&id=68gtAAAAIBAJ&sjid=k6AFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1725%2C5987012| first=Norton| last=Mockridge| newspaper=Reading Eagle| date=October 31, 1967| page=12| accessdate=January 18, 2020}}</ref> In 2002, she appeared on the 35th-anniversary DVD edition of ''The Producers'', where she gives an interview and recreates her dance from the original film.

In 1972, she appeared as a nurse in a sketch in the original Broadway production of ''The Sunshine Boys'' and repeated her performance in the 1975 film version with Walter Matthau and George Burns. In 1973, Meredith appeared as Reginald Van Gleason's object of desire in the first Jackie Gleason comeback special, broadcast on CBS. In 1975, she appeared on one week of ''Match Game 75'' episodes.

In the 1980s, Meredith appeared with writer Mickey Spillane in a series of commercials for Miller Lite beer.

==Credits== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |- |1967|| ''The Producers'' || Ulla || |- |1968|| ''Funny Girl'' || Ziegfeld Girl || Uncredited |- |1969|| ''Hello Down There'' || Dr. Wells || Filmed in 1967 |- |1970|| ''Cauliflower Cupids'' || Dee Body || |- |1971|| ''Welcome to the Club'' || Betsy Wholecloth || |- |1972|| ''Hail'' || Mrs. Maloney || |- |1972|| ''The Stoolie'' || Suntan Oil Girl || |- |1974|| ''Great Performances'' || Miss Rixey || Episode: "June Moon" |- |1975|| ''The Sunshine Boys'' || Nurse in Sketch || |- |1975|| ''Match Game 75'' || self || |- |1983|| ''Murder Me, Murder You'' || Marty || TV movie |- |1991|| ''Benny Hill's World: New York'' || Various roles || TV special |}

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==External links== *{{IMDb name|0580607}} *{{IBDB name}}

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