Lee Majors biography, divorce, married, net worth, rumors, plastic surgery

<< Back

Edit Mode: Lee Majors

Email *

If we need to contact you, we will contact you on this email.

Full Name *

Your name please so that we can credit your work.

Main Text *

Lee Majors is known as an American actor. He is most famous for his role on The Six Million Dollar Man.

<h2>Background</h2>

Lee Majors was born on April 23, 1939, in Wyandotte, Michigan. His father died shortly before his birth in a steel mill accident. That tragedy was followed shortly by his mother's death when he was 18 months old. She was hit by a drunk driver while waiting to cross the street on her way to work. Lee did not know he had been adopted by his aunt and uncle until his teenage years when he had found the newspaper clippings about his parents' deaths.

After he had learned of his past, Lee was not put off. Instead, he was motivated to become someone so that his adoptive parents would never regret their decision of adopting him. Lee attended Indiana University on a football scholarship before he transferred to Eastern Kentucky State College which is known today as Eastern Kentucky University. Suffering a back injury, Lee was paralyzed for two weeks before he recovered. The experience put Lee off from attempting any more sports in the future.

In 1962, Lee graduated with a degree in physical education and history but had a longing desire to go into acting. Lee acted and performed plays at the Pioneer Playhouse in Danville Kentucky giving him a taste of what to expect from his future. After college, Lee received an offer to try out for the St. Louis Cardinals but turned it down.

After having problems with his wife, Lee decided to stay in Los Angeles and study acting under Estelle Harmon at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Clayton_(actor)">Dick Clayton</a>, who had been the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Clayton_(actor)">agent</a> of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Dean">James Dean</a>, suggested he attend his acting school, After only one year of acting school, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Clayton_(actor)">Clayton</a> felt Lee was ready to begin his acting career.

<h2>Relationships</h2>

While a college student, Lee married Kathy Robinson. They had a son who was named <a href="/biography/lee-majors">Lee Majors II</a> in 1962. The following year, they moved to Los Angeles, California where Lee began working with the city’s Department of Recreation and Parks. It was not long after that their marriage hit some bumps and Kathy moved back to Kentucky with their son while Lee remained in Los Angeles to work on his acting career.

Lee has been married four times in his life. His marriage with Kathy lasted from 1961 to 1964. After her, there was a marriage to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farrah_Fawcett">Farrah Fawcett</a> in 1973. While he was on The Million Dollar Man, she was on Charlie’s Angels. The two popular TV stars were often seen in the headlines together. They got separated in 1979 and divorced in 1982, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farrah_Fawcett">Farrah</a> died on June 25, 2009, after her long battle with cancer.

The former Playboy model, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karen_Velez">Karen Velez</a> was his third wife in 1988 and had three children together. They had a daughter named Nikki Loren and twin sons named Dane Luke and Trey Kelley. Lee's fourth and current wife is actress and model Faith Cross whom he married in 2002.

In 2003, Lee gave his fans a scare when he underwent a major bypass heart surgery to repair a blocked artery.

[page-break]

<h2>Career</h2>

Promoted as the “new <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Dean">James Dean</a>” Lee Majors started out in small parts but after his talents were recognized he quickly took on larger roles. His first notable role was in the TV Western, The Big Valley from 1965 to 1969. By acting in The Big Valley, Lee learned how to hone his skills as an actor from veteran performers such as the legendary <a href="/biography/barbara-stanwyck">Barbara Stanwyck</a>. In an interview with FOX News in 2013, Lee said “<a href="/biography/barbara-stanwyck">Stanwyck</a> took me under her wing. She was a <a href="/biography/barbara-stanwyck">disciplinarian</a> and taught me. The main thing was to be on time, know your lines, hit your mark and keep your mouth shut."

When The Big Valley ended, Lee appeared on The Virginian in 1970. He followed that show with a legal drama called Own Marshall: Counselor at Law. After this show, Lee was part of the cast in The Six Million Dollar Man, a movie that aired on TV in 1973. In this movie, Lee played the role of an astronaut who had been rebuilt with bionic technology after a terrible accident. After this life-saving transformation, Austin went to work as a special agent for a secret branch of the government. With the success of the movie, Lee played the character's role in the series that followed which aired from 1974- 1978, this was when Lee became most recognizable in his career as a true star.

His popularity did not stop there, Lee gained even more popularity with The Fall Guy from 1981 to 1986. It was in this action series that he played the role of a stuntman who supplemented his income by working as a bounty hunter. It was in the 1980’s, and 1990’s where Lee repeated his role as his most iconic face in Six Million Dollar Man in several more TV movies.

During the second half of his career, Lee acted on the shows, The Game from 2007 to 2009, Weeds in 2008 and Raising Hope from 2011 to 2014. Lee was seen on Dallas in 2013, sharing scenes with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda_Gray">Linda Grey</a>. He also appeared in Eat, Play, Love in 2017 and Bicycle in 2018.

Lee was the <a href="/biography/lee-majors">winner</a> of many awards with a total of five wins and six nominations. His first nomination was in 1983 for the Golden Boot Award. Lee won his second most notable award in 1984 earning him a place on the Walk of Fame. In 2001 he won the best actor at the Santa Monica Film Festival. In 2003 at the TV Land Awards, he won the Superest Super Hero Award for his role in The Six Million Dollar Man. In 2017, Lee was awarded by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, for Best Supporting Actor on Television for Ash vs. Evil Dead.

Lee Majors has an estimated net worth of $15 million dollars thanks to his long history of appearances in TV shows and movies.

Source *

Source you received the information from. eg. personal experiences, acquaintances, web-links, etc

Comment *

Briefly describe the changes you made.

Warning! All fields are required. Empty fields won't allow the form to be submitted and your changes will be lost.
Once the changes are submitted they cannot be edited again until your submission is reviewed.