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Wicked recently welcomed two-time Tony and Emmy Award nominee MICHELE LEE in the role of Madame Morrible. A veteran of the stage and screen, she is perhaps best known for her fourteen seasons as Karen Mackenzie on the landmark CBS television drama, "Knots Landing." Check out a photo of Lee in action below!
MICHELE LEE, an acclaimed all-around entertainer, is known worldwide for her Emmy-nominated role starring as Karen McKenzie for all 14 seasons and 344 episodes of CBS'S "Knots Landing." She also produced and starred in movies including the Emmy-nominated "Big Dreams & Broken Hearts: The Dottie West Story," and is the first woman to produce, direct, write and star in an original movie for television, the award-winning (Christopher Award and Gracie Allen Award) Lifetime Event Presentation, "Color Me Perfect."
On Broadway, she played Rosemary Pilkington in the classic original production of the Tony and Pulitzer Prize winning How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying and went on to win NATO star of the year award for the movie version. She created the lead role of Gittle Mosca in the musical Seesaw, for which she earned her first Tony nomination. Other Broadway roles include Vintage 60, Bravo Giovanni and The Tale of the Allergist's Wife, for which she received her second Tony nomination. Her films include How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying, the Disney classic The Love Bug, Carl Reiner's The Comic with Dick Van Dyke, and Along Came Polly opposite Ben Stiller and Jennifer Aniston. She is a member of the Artists Committee for the Kennedy Center Honors and is on the Board of Actor's Equity. Ms. Lee also has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
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