Julie Newmar is a Tony Award winning American actress, dancer, and singer known for her role as Katrin Sveg in the 1958 Broadway production of The Marriage –Go-Round and for playing Catwoman for two seasons in the television series Batman. Julia Chalene Newmeyer was born on August 16, 1933, in Los Angeles, California; her father had played professional football player with the 1926 Los Angeles Buccaneers of the National Football League and her mother was a fashion designer. Julie first appeared on Broadway in the 1955 play Silk Stockings starring Don Ameche and Hildegarde Neff. Julie worked on films and in television for over fifty years.
Film credits include Just For You (1952), The Eddie Cantor Story (1953), The Rookie (1959), Real Men (1987), Oblivion (1994), and If…Dog…Rabbit… (1999). In addition to her role on Batman, Julie was in the television shows The Twilight Zone, F Troop, Columbo, It Takes a Thief, The Bionic Woman, The Love Boat, Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, Hart to Hart, and According to Jim. Julie Newmar married J. Holt Smith, a lawyer, in 1977. The couple lived in Fort Worth, Texas and had one child, who suffers from Down Syndrome; they were divorced in 1984.
Birth Date: | 16 Aug, 1933 |
Age: | 86 yrs |
Citizenship: | United States of America |
Birth Place: | Los Angeles |
Gender: | Female |
Description: | American actress |
Net Worth 2021: | 100 million |