Editing Julie Newmar (section)

==Personal life==
After a broken engagement to novelist [[Louis L'Amour]]<ref name=groovy/> and romances with comedian [[Mort Sahl]]<ref>{{cite book |last=Curtis |first=James |title=Last Man Standing |publisher=University Press of Mississippi |year=2017 |page=161 |isbn=9781496811998}}</ref> and actor [[Ken Scott (actor)|Ken Scott]],<ref>[http://www.glamourgirlsofthesilverscreen.com/show/465/Leticia+Roman/register.php Leticia Roman Profile - Glamour Girls of the Silver Screen]</ref> Newmar married J. Holt Smith, a lawyer, on August 5, 1977, and moved with him to [[Fort Worth, Texas]], where she lived until their divorce in 1984.<ref name=demaret/> She has one child.<ref>[http://womensissues.about.com/od/startingover/a/JulieNewmar.htm After Catwoman: Julie Newmar's Many Lives] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160925095057/http://womensissues.about.com/od/startingover/a/JulieNewmar.htm |date=September 25, 2016}}, womensissues.about.com; accessed October 1, 2014.</ref>

Newmar has [[Charcot–Marie–Tooth disease]], an inherited neurological condition that affects one in 2,500 Americans.<ref>{{cite news |last=Dador |first=Denise |title=Actress shares her story about having CMT |url=http://abc7.com/archive/7442797/ |work=ABC7 Los Angeles |date=May 14, 2010 |access-date=August 19, 2015}}</ref>

A legal battle with her neighbor, actor [[Jim Belushi]], ended amicably with an invitation to guest-star in his sitcom ''[[According to Jim]]'' in an episode ("The Grumpy Guy") that poked fun at the feud.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.upi.com/Belushi-Newmar-end-years-long-feud/99751139026549/ |title=Belushi, Newmar end years-long feud |date=February 3, 2006 |website=UPI |access-date=September 30, 2021}}</ref>

An avid [[gardener]], Newmar initiated at least a temporary ban on [[leaf blower]]s with the [[Los Angeles City Council]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Gumbel |first=Peter |title=Actress Julie Newmar and Others Struggle With Noisy Leaf Blowers |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB881101258401263000?mod=googlewsj |work=The Wall Street Journal |date=December 3, 1997 |access-date=January 18, 2009}}</ref>

Newmar has been a vocal supporter of [[LGBT rights in the United States|LGBT rights]]; her brother, John Newmeyer, is gay.<ref name=Huqueriza>{{cite web |last=Huqueriza |first=Chris |title=Julie Newmar, Original Catwoman, Receives LGBT Award |url=http://southfloridagaynews.com/Celebrity/julie-newmar-original-catwoman-receives-lgbt-award.html |work=South Florida Gay News |date=January 15, 2013 |access-date=June 1, 2017}}</ref> In 2013, she was awarded a lifetime achievement award from the Gay and Lesbian Elder Housing organization in Los Angeles.<ref name=Huqueriza/>

Newmar is a classically trained pianist.{{Citation needed|date=October 2023}}