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Julie Newmar (born August 16 1933) as Julia Chalan
Newmeyer, an actress, dancer, and singer.  She is
5 feet 10 inches tall, weighs 145 pounds, measures
38-23-38, and has an IQ of 135.  

Her first appearances, before she changed her
name, were as the "dancer-assassin" in Slaves of
Babylon (1953) and as "the gilded girl" in Serpent
of the Nile (1953) in which she was clad only in
gold paint.  She also danced in several other
films including The Band Wagon and Demetrius and
the Gladiators.

Her first major role was as one of the brides in
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954). Her
show-stopping 90-second Broadway appearance as
"Stupefyin' Jones" in Li'l Abner in 1956 led to a
reprise in the 1959 film version.   In The
Marriage-Go-Round (1961) she developed the stock
character role of the sexy Swedish vixen, which
she originally had done on Broadway.  

Newmar starred as the sexy Rhoda the Robot in the
short-lived cult TV series My Living Doll. She is
best known for her recurring role on Batman_(1960s
TV series)|Batman as the villainous Catwoman
(portrayed in the final season by Eartha Kitt). 
She appeared on stage with Anthony Newley in a
national tour of Stop the World: I Want to Get Off
and as Lola in Damn Yankees!.  

In the 1980s and early 1990s, Newmar appeared in
several low-budget films. She also guest-starred
on sitcoms including The Love Boat, Hart to Hart,
CHiPs, Fantasy Island, and Melrose Place.

Newmar's beauty was so legendary that it was even
paid tribute in the title of a film, To Wong Foo,
Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar. Newmar also
made a cameo appearance in the film.

On November 2 2004 Newmar was sued by comedian
James Belushi for the sum of four million dollars.
Belushi claims that Newmar has been harassing him
and actively trying to force him to move through
such acts as destroying his property, blaring loud
music directed at his home and bad-mouthing him to
neighbours.

==Quotation==
*"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."  — Julie Newmar, New York
Times interview


==Selected television appearances==
*The Twilight Zone (1959) playing "Miss Devlin" in
episode: "Of Late I Think of Cliffordville"
(episode # 4.14) April 11
*The Beverly Hillbillies (1962) playing "Ulla
Bergstrom" in episode: "The Beautiful Maid"
(episode # 4.27) March 16
*The Monkees (1966) playing "April Conquest" in
episode: "Monkees Get Out More Dirt" (episode #
1.29) April 3 
*Star Trek (1966) playing "Eleen" in episode:
"Friday's Child" (episode # 2.11) December 1  
*Bewitched (1964) playing "Ophelia" in episode:
"The Eight Year Itch Witch" (episode # 8.12)
December 8 
*The Bionic Woman (1976) playing "Claudette" in
episode: "Black Magic" (episode # 2.9) November 10


==External links==
* imdb name|id=0628325|name=Julie Newmar
*http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Academy/8035/i
ndex.html The Julie Newmar web site
*http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Hills/7537/cat
woman1.htm Catwoman #1 - Julie Newmar
*http://www.cultsirens.com/newmar/newmar.htm Cult
Sirens: Julie Newmar
*http://www.nationalenquirer.com/stories/feature.c
fm?instanceid=61619 National Enquirer story on
feud with Belushi
*http://www.triviatribute.com/julienewmar.html
Julie Newmar at TriviaTribute.com