Full Name | Julie Newmar |
Net Worth | $7 Million |
Date Of Birth | August 16, 1933 |
Place Of Birth | Los Angeles, California, USA |
Height | 1.8 m |
Weight | 143 lbs |
Profession | Writer, Actor, Dancer, Singer |
Education | University of California, Los Angeles, John Marshall High School |
Nationality | American |
Spouse | J. Holt Smith |
Children | John Jewl Smith |
Parents | Don Newmeyer, Helen Newmeyer |
Siblings | John Newmeyer, Peter Bruce Newmeyer |
IMDB | http://imdb.com/name/nm0628325 |
Awards | Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play |
Nominations | Golden Globe Award for Best New Star of the Year – Actress, Golden Globe Award for Best TV Star - Female |
Movies | Batman: Return of the Caped Crusaders, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Mackenna's Gold, Li'l Abner, The Marriage-Go-Round, Serpent of the Nile, Ghosts Can't Do It, The Rookie, The Maltese Bippy, Streetwalkin', Evils of the Night, Oblivion 2: Backlash, The Band Wagon, For Love or Money, Oblivion, Hy... |
TV Shows | Maggie, Fantasy Island, Jason of Star Command, McMillan & Wife, Batman, The Defenders, My Living Doll, The Phil Silvers Show |
Star Sign | Leo |
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1 | I've had a curious relationship with my doctors. On one hand, they haven't made much money off of me over the past few decades. But then they tell me to "keep up the good work", and so I do. |
2 | Whenever I'm stopped on the street, men tell, "Ms. Newmar, did you know that you were my first turn-on?... How old were you?". |
3 | On seeing a Catwoman tattoo: I've seen some interesting flesh... It wasn't just the Catwoman. It was me. |
4 | On Catwoman fans: It's an honor -- it really is -- that something stays for so long with people in the sweet depths of their feelings. |
5 | (July 2008) Today, I walk - but very slowly. My balance is also affected. People might think I've had too much to drink, but I never drank, smoked or took drugs my entire life. If I'm out in public, I grab on to some charming, darling fellow who can steady me. I've been encouraged by the many men who have offered me their shoulders. |
6 | [interview in Star Trek Magazine, #1, September/October 2006] Star Trek (1966) -- oh my goodness, what a following that show has! I get asked about it all the time, and I receive lots of fan mail from it, even though I only did one episode. |
7 | It was so wonderful being on Batman (1966) because you could be nasty and mean, and in the '50s, women could never -- unless you were some 'B' picture actress -- be mean, bad and nasty. It was so satisfying; I can't tell you how satisfying it was. |
8 | [on how she got her most famous role, Catwoman on Batman (1966)] I had lived in New York at the time on Beekman Place. I remember it was a weekend, Friday or Saturday, and my brother had come down from Harvard with five or six of his friends, and we were all sitting around the sofa, just chatting away, when the phone rang. I got up and answered it, and it was this agent or someone in Hollywood, who said, "Miss Newmar, would you like to play Catwoman on the Batman series? They are casting it out here." I was insulted because he said, "It starts Monday." I said, "What is this?" That's how television is done: they never know what they are doing until yesterday. Well, my brother leaped off the sofa. I mean he physically levitated and said, "Batman! That's the favorite show at Harvard. We all quit our classes and quit our studies and run into the TV room and watch this show." I said, "They want me to play Catwoman." He said, "Do it!" So I said, "Okay, I'll do it.". |
9 | Tell me I'm beautiful, it's nothing. Tell me I'm intellectual - I know it. Tell me I'm funny and it's the greatest compliment in the world anyone could give me. |
10 | I'm magnificent! I'm 5' 11" and I weigh 135 pounds, and I look like a racehorse. |
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1 | Has two younger brothers: Peter Bruce Newmeyer and John A. Newmeyer. |
2 | Is the eldest of three children of Donald Charles and Helen Newmeyer. |
3 | Gave birth to her only child at age 47, a son John Jewl Smith in February 1981. Child's father is her ex-husband J. Holt Smith. |
4 | Good friends with Batman (1966) cast: Adam West, Frank Gorshin, Eartha Kitt, Lee Meriwether and Yvonne Craig. |
5 | Best known by the public for her role as Catwoman on the television series Batman (1966). |
6 | Having originated the character on the 1960s television series Batman (1966), Newmar accepted the Worst Picture award at the 25th Annual Razzie Awards on behalf of the Halle Berry remake of Catwoman (2004). |
7 | Newmar was visiting her brother at his college in New York when she was first contacted with the offer to play Catwoman on Batman (1966). A group of her brother's friends were regular watchers of the series and after consultation convinced her to take the role. |
8 | Has appeared in episodes of two science fiction series with Sid Haig: Jason of Star Command (1978) and Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1979). |
9 | She is one of only seven actors to have played "Special Guest Villains" in Batman (1966) who are still alive, the others being John Astin, Joan Collins, Glynis Johns, Barbara Rush, Dina Merrill and Zsa Zsa Gabor. |
10 | Julie Newmar played in New York City with Hildegard Knef in the musical "Silk Stockings". |
11 | Won the 1959 Tony Award (New York City) for Supporting or Features Actress in a Drama for "The Marriage-Go-Round". |
12 | Was the first actress to portray the DC comics character Catwoman in a live-action adaptation of the Batman series. |
13 | Was friends with New York Mets pitcher Tracy Stallard, the man who as a member of the Boston Red Sox gave up Roger Maris' record-breaking 61st home run in 1961. |
14 | Her son, John Jewl Smith, has a hearing impairment and Down's Syndrome. |
15 | In November 2004, the former "Catwoman" had a different type of catfight on her hands. Her next-door neighbor, actor Jim Belushi, sued her for $4 million alleging harassment and defamation of character. Their openly hostile neighborhood feud has been supposedly going on for years. Newmar, an avid community advocate who once fought restrictions against noisy leaf-blowers, once threw an egg at Belushi's house in retaliation for a noisy air conditioner. The suit includes vandalism and spying. |
16 | Has her name mentioned in the title of the comedy To Wong Foo Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar (1995), while the plot revolves, partly, around an autographed publicity photograph of her. |
17 | Has 37" legs (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine) |
18 | Holds three U.S patents: 3,914,799 and 4,003,094 for "Pantyhose with shaping band for Cheeky derriere relief" and 3,935,865 for "Brassiere". |
19 | Invented and marketed her own brand of pantyhose in the 1970s and 1980s. |
20 | I.Q. of 135. Graduated from John Marshall High School in Los Angeles at age 15. |
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Batman vs. Two-Face | 2017 | Video filming | Catwoman (voice) |
Batman: Return of the Caped Crusaders | 2016 | | Catwoman (voice) |
Batman: The Brave and the Bold | 2010 | TV Series | Martha Wayne |
According to Jim | 2006 | TV Series | Julie |
If... Dog... Rabbit | 1999 | | Judy's Mother |
Maggie | 1998 | TV Series | Catwoman |
Lands of Lore: Guardians of Destiny | 1997 | Video Game | Kit'yara (as Julie Neumar) |
Oblivion 2: Backlash | 1996 | | Miss Kitty |
Oblivion | 1994 | | Miss Kitty |
Nudity Required | 1990 | | Irina |
Ghosts Can't Do It | 1989 | | Angel |
Dance Academy | 1988 | | Miss McKenzie |
Deep Space | 1988 | | Lady Elaine Wentworth |
Evils of the Night | 1985 | | Dr. Zarma |
Streetwalkin' | 1985 | | Queen Bee |
Love Scenes | 1984 | | Belinda |
High School U.S.A. | 1984 | TV Movie | Stripper |
Hart to Hart | 1983 | TV Series | Eve |
Hysterical | 1983 | | Venetia |
Fantasy Island | 1983 | TV Series | Doralee |
CHiPs | 1982 | TV Series | Cora Dwayne |
The Powers of Matthew Star | 1982 | TV Series | Nian |
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century | 1980 | TV Series | Zarina |
The Love Boat | 1979 | TV Series | Marla Samms |
Jason of Star Command | 1978 | TV Series | Space Queen |
Terraces | 1977 | TV Movie | Chalane Turner |
The Bionic Woman | 1976 | TV Series | Claudette |
Monster Squad | 1976 | TV Series | Ultra Witch |
Good Heavens | 1976 | TV Series | Beautiful Woman |
McMillan & Wife | 1975 | TV Series | Luciana Amaldi |
The Wide World of Mystery | 1975 | TV Series | |
Fools, Females and Fun | 1974 | TV Movie | Carla Dean |
Columbo | 1973 | TV Series | Lisa Chambers |
A Very Missing Person | 1972 | TV Movie | Aleatha Westering |
Love, American Style | 1970-1972 | TV Series | Dolly Winters (segment "Love and the Bathtub") / (segment "Love and the Vampire") / Janice (segment "Love and the Cake") / ... |
Bewitched | 1971 | TV Series | Ophelia |
NBC Children's Theatre | 1971 | TV Series | |
The Feminist and the Fuzz | 1971 | TV Movie | Lilah McGuinness |
Up Your Teddy Bear | 1970 | | Toy Company Director, a.k.a. "Mother" |
McCloud | 1970 | TV Series | Adrienne Redman |
The Maltese Bippy | 1969 | | Carlotta Ravenswood |
Mackenna's Gold | 1969 | | Hesh-Ke |
It Takes a Thief | 1969 | TV Series | Susannah Sutton |
Get Smart | 1968 | TV Series | Ingrid |
Monsieur Lecoq | 1967 | | |
Star Trek | 1967 | TV Series | Eleen |
The Monkees | 1967 | TV Series | April Conquest |
Batman | 1966-1967 | TV Series | The Catwoman |
F Troop | 1966 | TV Series | Cinthia Jeffries / Yellow Bird |
The Beverly Hillbillies | 1966 | TV Series | Ulla Bergstrom |
Vacation Playhouse | 1965 | TV Series | Kris Meeker |
My Living Doll | 1964-1965 | TV Series | Rhoda Miller |
The Greatest Show on Earth | 1964 | TV Series | Willa Harper |
For Love or Money | 1963 | | Bonnie Brasher |
The Twilight Zone | 1963 | TV Series | Miss Devlin |
Route 66 | 1962 | TV Series | Vicki Russell |
The Defenders | 1961 | TV Series | Brandy Gideon Morfoot |
The Marriage-Go-Round | 1961 | | Katrin Sveg |
Adventures in Paradise | 1960 | TV Series | Venus |
Li'l Abner | 1959 | | Stupefyin' Jones |
The Rookie | 1959 | | Lili Marlene |
Omnibus | 1959 | TV Series | |
The Phil Silvers Show | 1957 | TV Series | Suzie |
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers | 1954 | | Dorcas (as Julie Newmeyer) |
Demetrius and the Gladiators | 1954 | | Primary Specialty Dancer (uncredited) |
The Eddie Cantor Story | 1953 | | Showgirl (uncredited) |
Slaves of Babylon | 1953 | | Dancer-Assassin (as Julie Newmeyer) |
The Band Wagon | 1953 | | Salon Model / Chorine in Girl Hunt Ballet (uncredited) |
The Farmer Takes a Wife | 1953 | | Dancer (uncredited) |
Serpent of the Nile | 1953 | | The Gilded Girl (as Julie Newmeyer) |
Call Me Madam | 1953 | | Dancer in 'The Ocarina' Number (uncredited) |
The I Don't Care Girl | 1953 | | Specialty Dancer - 'Beale Street Blues' (uncredited) |
Just for You | 1952 | | Chorine (uncredited) |
She's Working Her Way Through College | 1952 | | Julie - Chorus Girl (uncredited) |
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age | 2017 | Documentary post-production | Herself |
The Jimmy Star Show with Ron Russell | 2015 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
Batmania Born | 2014 | Short | Herself |
Na Na Na Batman | 2014 | Video short | Herself |
Pioneers of Television | 2013 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Herself |
The Mechanical Bride | 2012 | Documentary voice | |
Bettie Page Reveals All | 2012 | Documentary | Herself |
Beautiful Darling | 2010 | Documentary | Herself |
The O'Reilly Factor | 2008 | TV Series | Herself / Various Roles (segment "American TV Icon") |
Living in TV Land | 2006 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
The 4th Annual TV Land Awards | 2006 | TV Special | |
Access Hollywood | 2006 | TV Series | Herself |
After They Were Famous | 2005 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
The Many Faces of Catwoman | 2005 | Video documentary short | Herself |
Biography | 2000-2004 | TV Series documentary | Herself / Catwoman |
The 2nd Annual TV Land Awards | 2004 | TV Special | Herself |
Return to the Batcave: The Misadventures of Adam and Burt | 2003 | TV Movie | Herself / Arizona Bar Owner |
E! True Hollywood Story | 1999 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
Ladies & Gentlemen: The Best of George Michael | 1999 | Video documentary | Herself ("Too Funky" video) |
Sobbin' Women: The Making of 'Seven Brides for Seven Brothers' | 1997 | TV Short documentary | Herself |
Melrose Place | 1996 | TV Series | Herself |
To Wong Foo Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar | 1995 | | Herself |
Hope & Gloria | 1995 | TV Series | Herself |
Downey | 1994 | TV Series | Herself |
King B: A Life in the Movies | 1993 | | Herself |
Maury | 1992 | TV Series | Herself |
CBS This Morning | 1989 | TV Series | Herself |
The Mike Douglas Show | 1973 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | 1962-1971 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
The Dick Cavett Show | 1971 | TV Series | Herself - Actress |
Girl Talk | 1963-1969 | TV Series | Herself |
The Merv Griffin Show | 1965 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
The Jonathan Winters Specials | 1965 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
I've Got a Secret | 1964 | TV Series | Herself - Celebrity Guest |
The Celebrity Game | 1964 | TV Series | Herself |
The Danny Kaye Show | 1963 | TV Series | Herself |
The David Susskind Show | 1963 | TV Series | Herself |
The Jack Paar Tonight Show | 1962 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
The Tonight Show | 1962 | TV Series | Herself |
Person to Person | 1961 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall | 1961 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
What's My Line? | 1961 | TV Series | Herself - Mystery Guest #2 |
The 14th Annual Tony Awards | 1960 | TV Special | Herself - Accepting Award for Best Stage Technician |
To Tell the Truth | 1959 | TV Series | Herself - Panelist |
The Steve Allen Plymouth Show | 1958 | TV Series | Herself - Dancer |
Lunch with Archer King | 2018 | Documentary filming | Herself |
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