As BATMAN RISES again let us not forget the best pussycat of all, the one and only CATWOMAN, JULIE NEWMAR!!!! Her first major role, billed as "Julie Newmeyer", was as "Dorcas", one of the brides in Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954). Her three minute Broadway appearance as the leggy "Stupefyin' Jones" in the musical Li'l Abner in 1956 led to a reprise in the 1959 film version. She was also the female lead in a low-budget comedy, The Rookie. She also featured in many further films including the 1969 production, Mackenna's Gold.
Newmar had first appeared on Broadway in 1955 in Silk Stockings which starred Hildegarde Neff and Don Ameche. She also appeared in the 1961 play, The Marriage-Go-Round, which starred Charles Boyer and Claudette Colbert. Newmar developed the role of the Swedish vixen and won a Tony Award for Best Supporting Actress. She later appeared on stage with Joel Grey in the national tour of Stop the World - I Want to Get Off and as "Lola" in Damn Yankees! and "Irma" in Irma La Douce.
Newmar appeared in a pictorial, in the May 1968 issue of Playboy magazine, which showed that Heffner had not lost his VISION.
Newmar's fame stems mainly from her television appearances. She starred as "Rhoda the Robot" in the TV series My Living Doll (1964–1965), and is known for her recurring role in the 1966-67 TV series Batman as the Catwoman, the "purrfect" villainess. As the new BATMAN movie prepares to hit the screen, remember MS. HATAWAY you can only be next, you can never be FIRST!!!
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