The actress at the heart of this remarkable story is Lee Meriwether. Lee built not only a successful career but also a close-knit family life. She had two daughters from her first marriage to actor Frank Aletter.
Later, she found love again with Marshall Borden, whom she married after years of working together on stage. The couple met in San Antonio, where they both starred in a production of Angel Street (“Gaslight”).
Lee Meriwether with her daughters Kyle and Lesley Aletter in 2003 | Source: Getty Images
They also worked together in “Lion in Winter” and “Alone Together” before eventually having a personal relationship. On September 21 1986, in San Francisco, while starring in one of Marshall’s plays, “The Artful Lodgers,” they exchanged vows.
Lee looked like a drunken floozie at the wedding while Marshall appeared as a 150-year-old flighty ghost donning an Erte gown and sporting a large moustache and smoking a cigar. She recalled, “There he was, looking better in a dress than I do, and I still wanted to marry him!”
Marshall Borden and Lee Meriwether attend the “Love Letters To Lee Meriwether” premiere at Theatre West on February 10, 2018 in Los Angeles, California | Source: Getty Images
Aside from working with her husband, Lee also worked with her daughters, Kyle Oldham and Lesley Aletter. Family, by all accounts, was at the center of her world.
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