Editing Julie Newmar (section)

==Career==

===Early work and stage career===
[[File:George Tobias Julie Newmar Gardner McKay Adventures in Paradise 1960.jpg|thumb|On the set of ''[[Adventures in Paradise (TV series)|Adventures in Paradise]]'' (1960), L–R: [[George Tobias]], Newmar and [[Gardner McKay]]]]
[[Image:Buzandvicky.jpg|thumb|150px|[[George Maharis]] with guest star Newmar in ''[[Route 66 (TV series)|Route 66]]'' (1962)]]
[[File:Bob Cummings Julie Newmar My Living Doll.JPG|thumb|right|150px|Newmar with [[Bob Cummings]] in ''[[My Living Doll]]'' (1964)]]
Newmar appeared in bit parts and uncredited roles in films as a dancer, including a part as the "dancer-assassin" in ''[[Slaves of Babylon]]'' (1953) and the "gilded girl" in ''[[Serpent of the Nile]]'' (1953), in which she was clad in gold paint. She danced in several other films, including ''[[The Band Wagon]]'' (also 1953) and ''[[Demetrius and the Gladiators]]'' (1954). She also worked as a choreographer and dancer for [[Universal Pictures|Universal Studios]] beginning at the age of 19.<ref name=bio>{{cite web|url=https://www.biography.com/people/julie-newmar-9542351|work=Biography.com|publisher=[[The Biography Channel]]|access-date=June 2, 2017|title=Julie Newmar|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190414222718/https://www.biography.com/people/julie-newmar-9542351|archive-date=April 14, 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehollywoodsentinel.com/issue29newmar.html|work=The Hollywood Sentinel|title=Bruce Edwin Interview Julie Newmar|access-date=May 30, 2017}}</ref> Her first major role, billed as Julie Newmeyer, was as Dorcas, one of the brides in ''[[Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (film)|Seven Brides for Seven Brothers]]'' (1954). She was also the female lead in a low-budget comedy, ''[[The Rookie (1959 film)|The Rookie]]'' (1959).<ref name="ibdb">{{IBDB name|id=54483}}</ref>

Newmar made her Broadway debut in 1955 as Vera in ''[[Silk Stockings]]'', starring [[Hildegarde Neff]] and [[Don Ameche]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Silk Stockings – Broadway Musical – Original {{!}} IBDB |url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/silk-stockings-2504 |access-date=August 10, 2023 |website=www.ibdb.com}}</ref> In the following year she created the role of Stupefyin' Jones (a three-minute cameo) in the [[Broadway (theatre)|Broadway]] production of ''[[Li'l Abner (musical)|Li'l Abner]]''. She stayed with the production for its entire run from November 1956 through July 1958,<ref>{{cite web |title=Li'l Abner – Broadway Musical – Original {{!}} IBDB |url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/lil-abner-2585 |access-date=August 10, 2023 |website=www.ibdb.com}}</ref> and also appeared in the film version, released in 1959. A few months later, ''[[The Marriage-Go-Round]]'' opened on Broadway, with Newmar in the role of Swedish vixen Katrin Sveg, for which Newmar won the 1959 [[Tony Award]] for [[Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play|Best Featured Actress in a Play]].<ref>{{cite web |title=The Marriage-Go-Round – Broadway Play – Original {{!}} IBDB |url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/the-marriage-go-round-2708 |access-date=August 10, 2023 |website=www.ibdb.com}}</ref> She later re-created this role for the [[The Marriage-Go-Round (film)|1961 film adaptation]], starring [[James Mason]] and [[Susan Hayward]]. In 1961, she appeared in the [[Sam Spewack]] play ''Once There Was a Russian'', which lasted only one performance.<ref>{{cite web |title=Once There Was a Russian – Broadway Play – Original {{!}} IBDB |url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/once-there-was-a-russian-2292 |access-date=August 10, 2023 |website=www.ibdb.com}}</ref> She later starred opposite [[Joel Grey]] in the national tour of ''[[Stop the World – I Want to Get Off]]'', staying with the tour from March to October 1963.<ref>{{cite web |title=Stop the World – I Want to Get Off – Broadway Musical – Tour {{!}} IBDB |url=https://www.ibdb.com/tour-production/stop-the-world--i-want-to-get-off-531380 |access-date=August 10, 2023 |website=www.ibdb.com}}</ref> In 1973, Newmar was slated to return to Broadway in the [[David Rabe]] play ''[[In the Boom Boom Room|Boom Boom Room]]'', opening on November 8, 1973, at the [[Vivian Beaumont Theater]] at [[Lincoln Center]]. Director [[Julie Bovasso]] fired Newmar during rehearsals, and she was replaced by her understudy, [[Mary Woronov]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Press of Atlantic City 19 Oct 1973, page 9 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/922452744/ |access-date=August 10, 2023 |website=Newspapers.com}}</ref> Bovasso was then replaced as director during previews.<ref>{{cite web |title=Boom Boom Room – Broadway Show – Play {{!}} IBDB |url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-show/boom-boom-room-11182 |access-date=August 10, 2023 |website=www.ibdb.com}}</ref>

===Television work===
[[File:Julie Newmar Catwoman Batman 1966.JPG|thumb|right|190px|Newmar as [[Catwoman]] (1966)]]
Newmar's fame stems mainly from her television appearances. Her statuesque form and height made her a larger-than-life sex symbol, most often cast as a temptress or Amazonian beauty, including an early appearance in a sexy maid costume in ''[[The Phil Silvers Show]]''. She starred as Rhoda the Robot in the television series ''[[My Living Doll]]'' (1964–1965), and is known for her recurring role in the 1960s television series ''[[Batman (TV series)|Batman]]'' as the villainess Catwoman. ([[Lee Meriwether]] played Catwoman in the [[Batman (1966 film)|1966 feature film]], and [[Eartha Kitt]] portrayed Catwoman in the series' final season.) Newmar modified her Catwoman costume—now in the [[Smithsonian Institution]]—and placed the belt at the hips instead of the waist to emphasize her [[hourglass figure]].<ref name="moore20110124">{{cite news |last=Moore |first=Booth |title=Catching up with the original Catwoman, Julie Newmar |url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/alltherage/2011/01/catching-up-with-the-original-catwoman-julie-newmar.html#more |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=January 24, 2011 |access-date=November 24, 2016}}</ref>

In 1962, Newmar appeared twice as the motorcycle-riding, free-spirited heiress Vicki Russell in ''[[Route 66 (TV series)|Route 66]]'', filmed in [[Tucson, Arizona|Tucson]] ("How Much a Pound Is Albatross") and in [[Tennessee]] ("Give the Old Cat a Tender Mouse"). She guest-starred in ''[[The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series)|The Twilight Zone]]'' as the devil in "[[Of Late I Think of Cliffordville]]", ''[[F Troop]]'' ("Yellow Bird" in 1966) as a girl kidnapped as a child and raised by Native Americans, ''[[Bewitched]]'' ("The Eight-Year Itch Witch" in 1971) as a cat named Ophelia given human form, ''[[The Beverly Hillbillies]]'' as a Swedish actress who stays with the Clampetts to learn their accents and mannerisms for a role, and ''[[Get Smart]]'' as a double agent, posing as a maid, assigned to Maxwell Smart's apartment. In 1967, she guest-starred as April Conquest in an episode of ''[[The Monkees (TV series)|The Monkees]]'' ("Monkees Get Out More Dirt", season 1, episode 29), in which the main characters all fall in love with her, and played the pregnant Capellan princess, Eleen, in the ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series|Star Trek]]'' episode "[[Friday's Child (Star Trek: The Original Series)|Friday's Child]]". In 1969, she played a hit woman in the ''[[It Takes a Thief (1968 TV series)|It Takes a Thief]]'' episode "The Funeral is on Mundy" with [[Robert Wagner]]. In 1983, she reprised the hit-woman role in ''[[Hart to Hart]]'', Wagner's later television series, in the episode "A Change of Hart". In the 1970s she had guest roles in ''[[Columbo]]'' and ''[[The Bionic Woman]]''.

===Later roles===
[[File:Julie Newmar by Gage Skidmore.jpg|thumb|upright=1|left|Newmar attending [[Phoenix Comic Fest|Phoenix Comicon]], 2014]]
Newmar appeared in several low-budget films during the next two decades. She guest-starred on TV, appearing in ''[[The Love Boat]]'', ''[[Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (TV series)|Buck Rogers in the 25th Century]]'', ''[[CHiPs]]'', and ''[[Fantasy Island]]''. She was seen in the music video for [[George Michael]]'s "[[Too Funky]]" in 1992, and appeared as herself in a 1996 episode of ''[[Melrose Place]]''.

In 2003, Newmar appeared as herself in the television movie ''[[Return to the Batcave: The Misadventures of Adam and Burt]]'' alongside former ''Batman'' co-stars [[Adam West]], [[Burt Ward]], [[Frank Gorshin]], and [[Lee Meriwether]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Return To The Batcave |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/return-to-the-batcave/ |publisher=[[CBS News]] |date=March 6, 2003 |access-date=August 8, 2019 |language=en-US}}</ref> Julia Rose played Newmar in flashbacks to the production of the television series.<ref>{{cite web |title=Julie Newmar and Batman Comments: Original Catwoman Sounds Off |url=https://www.christianpost.com/trends/julie-newmar-and-batman-comments-original-catwoman-sounds-off.html |website=www.christianpost.com |date=July 29, 2012 |access-date=August 8, 2019}}</ref> However, due to longstanding rights issues over footage from the ''Batman'' TV series, only footage of Meriwether taken from the feature film was allowed to be used in the television movie.<ref>{{cite web |last=Nolasco |first=Stephanie |title=Catwoman Lee Meriwether recalls steamy on-set kiss with 'Batman' star Adam West |url=https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/catwoman-lee-meriwether-recalls-steamy-on-set-kiss-with-batman-star-adam-west |publisher=[[Fox News]] |date=January 9, 2018 |access-date=August 8, 2019 |language=en-US}}</ref> In 2016, she provided the voice of Catwoman in the animated film ''[[Batman: Return of the Caped Crusaders]]''. In 2017, she reprised her role in the animated sequel ''[[Batman vs. Two-Face]]''. Newmar also appeared on ''[[The Home and Family Show]]'' in May 2016, where she met ''[[Gotham (TV series)|Gotham]]'' actress [[Camren Bicondova]] who portrays a younger Selina Kyle.<ref>{{cite web |title=TV's Catwoman Camren Bicondova & Julie Newmar – Home & Family |url=http://www.hallmarkchannel.com/home-and-family/videos/tvs-catwoman-camren-bicondova-julie-newmar-home-family |work=The Hallmark Channel |access-date=May 30, 2017}}</ref>

In 2019, Newmar played the role of Dr. [[Julia Hoffman]] (replacing the late [[Grayson Hall]]) in the audio drama miniseries ''[[Dark Shadows]]: Bloodline''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Julie Newmar joins Dark Shadows – News – Big Finish |url=https://www.bigfinish.com/news/v/julie-newmar-joins-dark-shadows}}</ref>