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  Michele Lee
Lee respect from her peers for her creative approach to the process.
Michele was born in Los Angeles on June 24, the first of two children born to Sylvia and Jack Dusick, both deceased.
Lee was named a NATO Star of Tomorrow by the National Association of Theatre Owners for her feature film debut.
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  Michele Lee - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Michele Lee (born on June 24, 1942) is an American singer, dancer, actress, producer, director and frequent game show panelist of the 1970s who is of Russian-Polish descent is best-known for her role as the beloved matriarch Karen Cooper Fairgate MacKenzie on the 1980s prime-time soap opera, Knots Landing.
She was born to a Jewish family as Michelle Lee Dusick in Los Angeles, California, to Jack Dusick, who was a popular makeup artist for MGM Studios of the 1950s and 1960s, and to Sylvia Dusick, who was a stay-at-home mother.
During the 12th season, Michele Lee wrote her favorite scene from the series which is known as the "Pollyanna Speech" among fans.
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 No. 00-1488
Michele regained custody a week later, but a week after that, the child was again placed with the child's maternal grandparents, where she remained throughout the subsequent court proceedings.
Lee was determined to be the father in a paternity judgment entered October 19, 1999.
Lee's mother testified that she would be willing to assist her son in caring for S.E.W., and that she was aware of "some" of the child's needs.
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 Michele Bumgarner: ... - May 23, 2004   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Michele Marie Miranda Bumgarner was born 2 September 1989, the third of Lee and Monette's four children.
Michele's younger brother, Mark, was already karting as well when Michele decided to lace up her racing boots at age 9.
Michele and her father are in agreement in what she needs to develop: agressiveness.
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 The Michele Lee Interview
Michele Lee, who appeared in every episode of the 14-year run of Knots Landing, was not merely the star of the show, not merely the Queen Bee, the Den Mother, the moral center.
Michele:  I hardly had to lobby for stories but there were times during the course of Knots Landing that things that were happening in my personal life were reflected in Karen by David Jacobs.
Michele: The answer to that is it that she was not being groomed to be an Abby, it was just a development that was happening at the Sumner Group.
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 Entertainment Industries Council, Inc.   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Michele was born in Los Angeles on June 24, the first of two children born to Sylvia and Jack Dusick, both deceased.
Lee was named a NATO Star of Tomorrow by the National Association of Theatre Owners for her feature film debut.
Michele cherishes her career, but family comes first and her friendships run deep and are lasting.
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 CBS.COM
Michele Lee was nominated for an Emmy Award as Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for her role as Karen MacKenzie in "Knots Landing." She appeared in all 344 episodes, setting the American television record for the greatest number of consecutive appearances by a leading actress in an hour-long primetime dramatic series.
Lee was the first woman to write, produce, direct and star in a television movie, "Color Me Perfect," for which she won a Christopher Award.
Michele Lee was born in Los Angeles and divides her time between Los Angeles and New York.
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 Michele Lee - Biography - AOL Music
After the 1976 death of her mother, Lee withdrew from the spotlight for several years before resurfacing in 1979 on the Dallas spinoff Knots Landing.
By the 1989 season Lee was occasionally directing episodes of Knots Landing as well, and after playing the title role in the 1995 telefilm Big Dreams and Broken Hearts: The Dottie West Story, she co-wrote and directed the 1996 Lifetime production Color Me Perfect.
Lee returned to Broadway in the 2000 production Tale of the Allergist's Wife, and four years later appeared in the romantic comedy Along Came Polly, her first feature film work in 35 years.
music.aol.com /artist/michele-lee/24511/biography   (402 words)

  
 Michele Lee Information
Lee was outgoing and had taken every chance to do plays in front of her family and friends.
Lee was devastated by the loss of her father, but she quickly directed herself to head back to work.
For 14 of those years, Michele was the big asset of the show, and by the very first year that it debuted, it had low ratings, and producers (at times) wanted to send Dallas stars to the cul-de-sac, including that of Larry Hagman, who met Lee after the pilot episode.
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 Michele Lee
Michele Lee (born Michelle Lee Dusick on June 24, 1942 in Los Angeles) is an American actress, most known for her role as Karen Fairgate MacKenzie on the 1980s soap opera Knots Landing.
The 1970s were especially trying on Michele, as her father died in 1970.
Lee refused and appeared in all 19 episodes that season (doing her extra four for union scale).
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 Michele Lee -   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Michele Lee (born on June 24, 1942) is an American singer, dancer, actress, producer, director and frequent game show panelist of the 1970s most known for her role as the beloved matriarch Karen Cooper Fairgate MacKenzie on the 1980s prime-time soap opera, Knots Landing.
Michelle Lee Dusick was born to a Jewish makeup artist father and stay-at-home mother in Los Angeles, California.
The 1970s were especially trying on Michele after her father died in 1970.
psychcentral.com /psypsych/Michele_Lee   (1120 words)

  
 Tilford Art Group
Michele D. Lee has been exploring the interaction between figuration and abstraction in painting since the beginnings of her career.
While in the years since, Lee has explored different ends of the spectrum of possibility in painting, from figuration to abstraction, her sense that painting can host an interaction of these two impulses derives from her introduction to the Bay Area painters of the 1960s and 70s.
The long “scroll paintings,” as Lee refers to them, exploit the openness of horizons to allow the intuition of figural suggestions in soothing and resolving vistas of painterly abstraction.
www.tilfordartgroup.com /lee.html   (415 words)

  
 Knots Landing Net the Official Soaps Chat Room
Michele Lee, who appeared in every episode of the 14-year run of Knots Landing, was not merely the star of the show, not merely the Queen Bee, the Den Mother, the moral center.
Michele: I hardly had to lobby for stories but there were times during the course of Knots Landing that things that were happening in my personal life were reflected in Karen by David Jacobs.
Michele: The answer to that is it that she was not being groomed to be an Abby, it was just a development that was happening at the Sumner Group.
www.knotslanding.net /michele.htm   (4636 words)

  
 Feinstein's at Loews Regency : Performer Bios : Michele Lee
MICHELE LEE has starred on Broadway, in feature and television films, recorded and performed in concerts and variety specials with legends of the entertainment industry.
Lee is known worldwide for her Emmy-nominated role as Karen in the landmark CBS series "Knots Landing." In June she finished filming a two hour special on television's most famous Cul-de-sac.
Michele and her film were honored with the prestigious Christopher Award, which recognizes works of art (in the areas of literature, film and television) which "affirm the highest values of the human spirit." Additionally, "Color Me Perfect" and Michele were honored with the Gracie Allen Award presented by the American Women in Television and Radio.
www.feinsteinsattheregency.com /bio.php?id=31   (450 words)

  
 OC Metro   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Speaking of sticking, Lee stuck with “Knots” like nobody's business, setting an all-time record for appearing in the most consecutive number of episodes of an hour-long primetime dramatic TV series by a leading actress: all 344 episodes (1979-93) as Karen Cooper Fairgate MacKenzie.
Lee is a two-time Emmy nominee (for “Knots” and “Big Dreams and Broken Hearts: The Dottie West Story”) and two-time Tony nominee (for “Seesaw” and “Tale of the Allergist's Wife”).
Lee, who danced with such luminaries as Fred Astaire and Gregory Hines, was first a singer and dancer.
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 MICHELE LEE - LIP PRINT SIGNED
Born Michele Dusiak in 1942, singer/actress Michele Lee is perhaps best known for her Emmy-nominated role as Karen Fairgate McKenzie on Knot's Landing (beginning in 1979).
In addition to her television success, Lee was also a Broadway performer, appearing in 1962's How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (she reprised her role as Rosemary Pilkington in the 1967 film version) and receiving a Tony nomination for the 1973 musical Seesaw.
Lee, who has also appeared in a number of made-for-TV films, has also starred in such feature films as The Love Bug (1968) and The Comic (1969).
www.galleryofhistory.com /archive/1_2004/kiss/MICHELE_LEE.htm   (204 words)

  
 Michele Lee Actor Photos & Pics, Celebrity Pictures - Flixster
The daughter of a premier makeup artist and the sister of a United States District Attorney, Michele Lee was born Michele Lee Dusick in Los Angeles, California on June 24, 1942.
While her laughter was brought unto the world and after giving birth to David Farentino, several months later her father passed away of a severe heart attack in 1970 at age 54.
By the 14th and the final season, most of her co-stars of "Knots Landing" were asked to be absent (except co-star Joan Van Ark, who left in 1992) a number of times on the show, but for Lee, she had declined to be absent and wanted to show up without pay.
www.flixster.com /actor/michele-lee/photos   (842 words)

  
 Michele Lee
Barely 20-years old, singer/actress Michele Lee first captivated Broadway in 1962 when she replaced Bonnie Scott as Rosemary Pilkington in the Pulitzer Prize-winning musical How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying.
Michele remained with the show until 1964, then repeated her role in the 1967 film version.
From 1966 to 1983, Michele Lee was married to actor James Farentino.
www.djangomusic.com /actor_bio.asp?pid=P+41472   (191 words)

  
 Michele Lundeen
Michele on 1st BEST OF SOUTHLAND BLUES CD COMPILATION...
(of which Michele is proud editor) is the
Michele's debut CD, SONG INSIDE ME, was one of the final 3 for Blues Foundation's 2006 "Best Self-Produced CD"
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 Bio - Michele Lee   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Michele Lee is a doctoral student in science education.
She holds an Ed.M. in Learning and Teaching from Harvard University, Graduate Certificate in Administration and Supervision from Johns Hopkins University, and B.A. in Biological Sciences and English from Wellesley College.
Lee has varied work experiences including being a 4th grade classroom teacher in Massachusetts, lower school (K-6) science coordinator and teacher in Maryland, Project ARIES research assistant and consulting teacher at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, and high school science instructor in Georgia.
www.coe.missouri.edu /~atcp/bios/lee_bio.html   (165 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Michele Lee Albums (CD, MP3, Vinyl, etc.), Related Products (DVD, Books, Apparel), Pictures, Discography, ...
After 1969's feature The Comic, Lee returned to television, guesting on series including Love American Style and Marcus Welby M.D. In 1974, she also headlined her own failed sitcom pilot, The Michele Lee Show, and earned Tony Award nomination for her work in the Broadway production Seesaw.
By the 1989 season Lee was occasionally directing episodes of Knots Landing as well, and after playing the title role in the 1995 telefilm Big Dreams and Broken Hearts: The Dottie West Story, she co-wrote and directed the 1996 Lifetime production Color Me Perfect.
Lee returned to Broadway in the 2000 production Tale of the Allergist's Wife, and four years later appeared in the romantic comedy Along Came Polly, her first feature film work in 35 years.
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 Michele Lee News   (Site not responding. Last check: )
News about Michele Lee continually updated from thousands of sources around the net.
After 45 years in showbiz, Michele Lee knows her fans.
Stage and screen star Michele Lee returns to the New York cabaret scene in November.
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 Los Angeles Philharmonic Association - Press Release: MICHELE LEE IS MAME IN ONE-NIGHT ONLY PERFORMANCE   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Television actress and stage star Michele Lee (Knots Landing) is the free-spirited Mame Dennis in this staged concert adaptation under the direction of Gordon Hunt, with an all-star supporting cast.
MICHELE LEE, perhaps best-known worldwide for her Emmy-nominated role as Karen in the landmark CBS series Knots Landing, started her career on the Broadway stage when she was discovered by producer David Merrick at the age of 17.
Lee was named the National Association of Theater Operators Star of Tomorrow for her debut in the movie version of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying.
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 Michele Lee - News, photos, topics, and quotes - Daylife
French Minister for Fisheries Michel Barnier, left, and IOC (International Olympic Committee) president Jacques Rogge, right, help Serbia's Ana Ivanovic climbing into the official tribune after she defeated Russia's Dinara Safina in the women's final match of the French Open tennis tournament, Saturday, June 7, 2008 at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris.
Michele Lee Is Mame for Pittsburgh CLO in July
Lee is known for her Emmy-nominated work as Karen Mackenzie in the CBS series "Knots...
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 Michele Lee shines at Feinstein's, Angela Christian brightens The Woman in White, and Pablo Schreiber embraces the ...   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Michele Lee shines at Feinstein's, Angela Christian brightens The Woman in White, and Pablo Schreiber embraces the darkness of Mr.
So it's not surprising that her cabaret show Michele Lee: Catch the Light, which begins a two-week run on November 15 at Feinstein's at the Regency, isn't a strictly autobiographical act.
After three decades of working primarily in film and television, including 14 years on the CBS drama Knots Landing, Lee returned to Broadway in 2000 in The Tale of the Allergist's Wife and earned her second Tony Award nomination.
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 Michele Lee - Overview - MSN Movies
June 24, 1942 in Los Angeles, CA Biography:Barely 20-years old, singer/actress "Michele Lee" first captivated Broadway in 1962 when she replaced "Bonnie Scott" as Rosemary Pilkington in the Pulitzer Prize-winning musical "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying".
Michele remained with the show until 1964, then repeated her role in the 1967 film version.
During her 14-year run on this series, she was honored with dozens of industry and fan-magazine awards, including the coveted Emmy.
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