Michele Lee (born Michele Lee Dusick, June , ) is an American actress,
singer, dancer, producer and director. She is known for her role as
Karen Cooper Fairgate MacKenzie on the s prime-time soap opera Knots
Landing (â€"), for which she was nominated for a Emmy Award and won
the Soap Opera Digest Award for Best Actress in , and . She was the
only performer to appear in all episodes of the series.Lee began her
career on Broadway in Vintage () and How to Succeed in Business
Without Really Trying (). She made her movie debut in the film version
of the latter in . Her other film appearances include the Disney film
The Love Bug () , The Comic () and Along Came Polly (). She was
nominated for the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical in for
Seesaw, and for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play in
for The Tale of the Allergist's Wife. She also played the title role
in the TV film Scandalous Me: The Jacqueline Susann Story, and Madame
Morrible in the Broadway musical Wicked in .Lee was born on June , ,
in Los Angeles, California, the daughter of Sylvia Helen (née
Silverstein) and Jack Dusick, a make-up artist. She is of Ashkenazi
Jewish descent, her ancestors being from Poland and Russia.[citation
needed] She attended Alexander Hamilton High School[citation needed].
Her television career began at age , on the December , , episode of
the CBS-TV sitcom The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis.When Lee was , after
graduation from high school, she auditioned for the Broadway play,
Vintage '. She soon began appearing in musicals, becoming a Broadway
performer at the age of in How to Succeed in Business Without Really
Trying opposite Robert Morse and Rudy Vallée, a role she reprised in
the film version. She also appeared in dramas such as the Los Angeles
production of Jerry Herman's Parade and the Broadway productions of
Bravo Giovanni and The Tale of the Allergist's Wife.
singer, dancer, producer and director. She is known for her role as
Karen Cooper Fairgate MacKenzie on the s prime-time soap opera Knots
Landing (â€"), for which she was nominated for a Emmy Award and won
the Soap Opera Digest Award for Best Actress in , and . She was the
only performer to appear in all episodes of the series.Lee began her
career on Broadway in Vintage () and How to Succeed in Business
Without Really Trying (). She made her movie debut in the film version
of the latter in . Her other film appearances include the Disney film
The Love Bug () , The Comic () and Along Came Polly (). She was
nominated for the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical in for
Seesaw, and for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play in
for The Tale of the Allergist's Wife. She also played the title role
in the TV film Scandalous Me: The Jacqueline Susann Story, and Madame
Morrible in the Broadway musical Wicked in .Lee was born on June , ,
in Los Angeles, California, the daughter of Sylvia Helen (née
Silverstein) and Jack Dusick, a make-up artist. She is of Ashkenazi
Jewish descent, her ancestors being from Poland and Russia.[citation
needed] She attended Alexander Hamilton High School[citation needed].
Her television career began at age , on the December , , episode of
the CBS-TV sitcom The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis.When Lee was , after
graduation from high school, she auditioned for the Broadway play,
Vintage '. She soon began appearing in musicals, becoming a Broadway
performer at the age of in How to Succeed in Business Without Really
Trying opposite Robert Morse and Rudy Vallée, a role she reprised in
the film version. She also appeared in dramas such as the Los Angeles
production of Jerry Herman's Parade and the Broadway productions of
Bravo Giovanni and The Tale of the Allergist's Wife.
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