Editing Julie Newmar

{{short description|American actress (born 1933)}}
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{{Infobox person 
| name         = Julie Newmar
| image        = Julie Newmar - 1965.jpg      
| imagesize    = 
| caption      = Newmar in 1965
| birth_name   = Julia Chalene Newmeyer
| birth_date   = {{birth date and age|1933|08|16}}
| birth_place  = Los Angeles, California, United States
| known_for    = [[Catwoman]] in ''[[Batman (TV series)|Batman]]''<br>''[[The Marriage-Go-Round]]'' (play, [[The Marriage-Go-Round (film)|film adaptation]])
| occupation   = {{hlist|Actress|dancer|singer|businesswoman|writer}}
| height       = {{convert|5|ft|11|in|m}}<ref name=demaret>{{cite web |last=Demaret |first=Kent |title=At 42, Julie Newmar Takes Her First Husband, and a Texas Lawyer Gets His Own Living Doll |url=http://people.com/archive/at-42-julie-newmar-takes-her-first-husband-and-a-texas-lawyer-gets-his-own-living-doll-vol-8-no-11/ |work=[[People (magazine)|People]] |date=September 12, 1977 |access-date=June 2, 2017}}</ref>
| awards       = [[Inkpot Award]] (2014)<ref>[https://www.comic-con.org/awards/inkpot Inkpot Award]</ref>
| years_active = 1952–present
| spouse       = {{marriage|J. Holt Smith|1977|1984|end=divorced}}
| children     = 1
| website      = {{Official URL}}
}}

'''Julie Newmar''' (born '''Julia Chalene Newmeyer'''; August 16, 1933) is an American actress, dancer, and singer known for a variety of stage, screen, and television roles. She is also a writer, lingerie designer, and real estate [[Business magnate|mogul]]. She won the [[Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play]] for her role as Katrin Sveg in the 1958 [[Broadway (theatre)|Broadway]] production of ''[[The Marriage-Go-Round]]'', and reprised the role in the 1961 film version. In the 1960s she starred for two seasons as [[Catwoman]] in the television series ''[[Batman (TV series)|Batman]]'' (1966–1967). Her other stage credits include ''[[Ziegfeld Follies]]'' in 1956, Lola in ''[[Damn Yankees!]]'' in 1961 and, in 1965, as Irma in regional productions of ''[[Irma la Douce]]''.

Newmar appeared in the music video for [[George Michael]]'s 1992 single "[[Too Funky]]" and had a cameo as herself in the 1995 film ''[[To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar]]''. Her voice work includes the animated feature films ''[[Batman: Return of the Caped Crusaders]]'' (2016) and ''[[Batman vs. Two-Face]]'' (2017), for which she reprised her role as Catwoman, fifty years after the original television series.

==Early life==
Newmar was born in Los Angeles, California, on August 16, 1933,<ref>{{cite book |last=Brode |first=Douglas |title=Deadlier Than the Male: Femme Fatales in 1960s and 1970s Cinema |date=2016 |publisher=BearManor Media |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PNRNDwAAQBAJ&dq=Julie+Newmar+1933&pg=PT471 |access-date=March 1, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Blum |first=Daniel C. |title=Screen World |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wddkAAAAMAAJ&q=Julie+Newmar+1933 |publisher=Crown Publishers |date=2006 |pages=369 |access-date=March 1, 2022}}</ref> as the eldest of three children born to [[Don Newmeyer|Don]] and Helene (née Jesmer) Newmeyer. Her father was head of the physical education department at [[Los Angeles City College]], and had played [[American football]] professionally in the 1920s with the 1926 [[Los Angeles Buccaneers]] of the [[National Football League]]. Her Swedish-French mother was a fashion designer – who used ''Chalene'' as her professional name – and later became a real-estate investor.<ref name=groovy>{{cite web |last=Min |first=Janice |title=Feline Groovy |url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20101852,00.html |work=People |date=October 16, 1995 |access-date=December 26, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327135251/https://people.com/archive/feline-groovy-vol-44-no-16/ |archive-date=March 27, 2019}}</ref>

Newmar has two younger brothers: Peter Bruce Newmeyer, who was killed in a skiing accident, and John A. Newmeyer, who became a writer, epidemiologist and winemaker.<ref>[http://www.newmeyer.com/about.php Newmeyer family genealogy site] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201040908/http://www.newmeyer.com/about.php |date=December 1, 2017}}, newmeyer.com; accessed October 10, 2014.</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Strider |first=Chris |title=Swingin' Chicks of the '60s |publisher=Cedco Press |year=2000 |page=171 |isbn=978-0-768-32232-3}}</ref> She began dancing at an early age, and performed as a [[prima ballerina]] with the [[Los Angeles Opera]] when she was 15.<ref name=Huqueriza/>

==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>

==Inventor and entrepreneur==
In the 1970s, Newmar received two U.S. patents for [[pantyhose]]<ref>{{cite patent|country=US|number=3914799|title=Pantyhose with shaping band for cheeky derriere relief|gdate=1975-10-28 |fdate=1974-09-25|inventor=Julie Newmar}}<br />{{cite patent|country=US|number=4003094|title=Pantyhose with shaping band for cheeky derrier relief|gdate=1977-01-18|fdate=1975-08-28|inventor=Julie Newmar}}</ref> and one for a [[bra]]ssiere.<ref>{{cite patent|country=US|number=3935865|title=Brassiere|gdate=1976-02-03 |fdate=1974-11-22|inventor=Julie Newmar}}</ref> The pantyhose were described as having "cheeky derriere relief" and promoted under the name "Nudemar". The brassiere was described as "nearly invisible" and in the style of [[Marilyn Monroe]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Junoesque Julie Newmar Wins a Patent on a New Kind of Pantyhose |url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20067432,00.html |url-status=dead |work=People |volume=7 |issue=6 |page=76 |date=February 14, 1977 |access-date=January 5, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110110113155/http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20067432,00.html |archive-date=January 10, 2011}}</ref>

Newmar began investing in Los Angeles real estate in the 1980s. A women's magazine stated, "Newmar is partly responsible for improving the Los Angeles neighborhoods on [[La Brea Avenue]] and [[Fairfax Avenue]] near the Grove."<ref name=womenswallstreet>[https://www.womenswallstreet.com/topics/topic.aspx?aid=918&p=2 "Holy Catsuit! To the Original Catwoman, Her Son is the Cat's Meow"], womenswallstreet.com; accessed October 10, 2014. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061111084405/http://www.womenswallstreet.com/topics/topic.aspx?aid=918&p=2 |date=November 11, 2006}}</ref>

==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}}

==In popular culture==
In 2012, [[Bluewater Comics]] released a four-issue comic miniseries titled ''The Secret Lives of Julie Newmar''.<ref>{{cite book|last=Shapiro|first=Marc|title=The Secret Lives of Julie Newmar|publisher=Bluewater Productions|year=2013|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KVaktcR8Ow4C&q=secret+lives+of+julie+newmar|isbn=978-1-467-51620-4}}</ref>

==Filmography==
===Film===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
|-
| 1952 || ''[[She's Working Her Way Through College]]'' || Julie || Uncredited
|-
| 1952 || ''[[Just for You (1952 film)|Just for You]]'' || Chorine || Uncredited
|-
| 1953 || ''[[The I Don't Care Girl]]'' || Beale Street Blues Dancer || Uncredited
|-
| 1953 || ''[[Call Me Madam (film)|Call Me Madam]]'' || Ocarna Dancer || Uncredited
|-
| 1953 || ''[[Serpent of the Nile]]'' || Gilded Girl || 
|-
| 1953 || ''[[The Farmer Takes a Wife (1953 film)|The Farmer Takes a Wife]]'' || Dancer || Uncredited
|-
| 1953 || ''[[Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953 film)|Gentlemen Prefer Blondes]]'' || Chorus Girl || Uncredited
|-
| 1953 || ''[[The Band Wagon]]'' || Salon Model / Chorine in Girl Hunt Ballet || Uncredited
|-
| 1953 || ''[[Slaves of Babylon]]'' || Dancer-Assassin ||
|-
| 1953 || ''[[The Eddie Cantor Story]]'' || Showgirl || Uncredited
|-
| 1954 || ''[[Demetrius and the Gladiators]]'' || Primary Specialty Dancer || Uncredited
|-
| 1954 || ''[[Seven Brides for Seven Brothers]]'' || Dorcas Gaylen ||
|-
| 1954 || ''[[Deep in My Heart (1954 film)|Deep in My Heart]]'' || Vamp || Uncredited
|-
| 1959 || ''[[Li'l Abner (1959 film)|Li'l Abner]]'' || "Stupefyin'" Jones ||
|-
| 1959 || ''[[The Rookie (1959 film)|The Rookie]]'' || Lili Marlene ||
|-
| 1961 || ''[[The Marriage-Go-Round (film)|The Marriage-Go-Round]]'' || Katrin Sveg || Nominated – [[Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actress|Golden Globe Award for Most Promising Newcomer]]
|-
| 1963 || ''[[For Love or Money (1963 film)|For Love or Money]]'' || Bonnie Brasher ||
|-
| 1969 || ''[[Mackenna's Gold]]'' || Hesh-Ke ||
|-
| 1969 || ''[[The Maltese Bippy]]'' || Carlotta Ravenswood ||
|-
| 1970 || ''Seduction of a Nerd'' || Mother Ferns || Also known as ''Up Your Teddy Bear''
|-
| 1971 || ''[[The Feminist and the Fuzz]]'' || Lilah McGuinness || Television film
|-
| 1972 || ''A Very Missing Person'' || Aleatha Westering || Television film 
|-1973 || ''Double Shock''          || Lisa Chambers     || Columbo TV Series 
| 1974 || ''Fools, Females and Fun'' || Carla Dean || Television film
|-
| 1977 || ''Terraces'' || Chalane Turner || Television film
|-
| 1983 || ''[[Hysterical (1983 film)|Hysterical]]'' || Venetia ||
|-
| 1984 || ''Love Scenes'' || Belinda ||
|-
| 1985 || ''[[Streetwalkin']]'' || "Queen Bee" ||
|-
| 1985 || ''[[Evils of the Night]]'' || Dr. Zarma ||
|-
| 1988 || ''[[Deep Space (film)|Deep Space]]'' || Lady Elaine Wentworth ||
|-
| 1988 || ''Body Beat'' || Miss McKenzie || Also known as ''Dance Academy''
|-
| 1989 || ''[[Ghosts Can't Do It]]'' || Angel || Nominated – [[Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actress]]
|-
| 1990 || ''Nudity Required'' || Irina ||
|-
| 1994 || ''[[Oblivion (1994 film)|Oblivion]]'' || Miss Kitty ||
|-
| 1995 || ''[[To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar]]'' || Herself ||
|-
| 1996 || ''[[Oblivion 2: Backlash]]'' || Miss Kitty / Ariel Gwen Shana ||
|-
| 1999 || ''[[If... Dog... Rabbit...]]'' || Judy's Mother ||
|-
| 2003 || ''[[Return to the Batcave: The Misadventures of Adam and Burt]]'' || Herself / Arizona Bar Owner || Television film
|-
| 2010 || ''[[Beautiful Darling]]'' || Herself || Documentary 
|-
| 2012 || ''[[Bettie Page Reveals All]]'' || Herself || Documentary
|-
| 2012 || ''The Mechanical Bride'' || Herself, The Narrator || Documentary
|-
| 2013 || ''Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age'' || Herself || Documentary
|-
| 2016 || ''[[Batman: Return of the Caped Crusaders]]'' || [[Catwoman]]<br>(voice) ||
|-
| 2017 || ''[[Batman vs. Two-Face]]'' || Catwoman<br>(voice) ||
|}

===Television===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
|-
| 1957 || ''[[The Phil Silvers Show]]'' || Suzie || Episode: "The Big Scandal"
|-
| 1959 || ''[[Omnibus (American TV program)|Omnibus]]'' || || Episode: "Malice in Wonderland"
|-
| 1960 || ''[[Adventures in Paradise (TV series)|Adventures in Paradise]]'' || Venus || Episode: "Open for Diving"
|-
| 1961 || ''[[The Defenders (1961 TV series)|The Defenders]]'' || Brandy Gideon Morfoot || Episode: "Gideon's Follies"
|-
| 1962 || ''[[Route 66 (TV series)|Route 66]]'' || Vicki Russell || 2 episodes
|-
| 1963 || ''[[The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series)|The Twilight Zone]]'' || Miss Devlin || Episode: "[[Of Late I Think of Cliffordville]]"
|-
| 1963 || ''[[The Danny Kaye Show]]'' || Herself || Episode: "1.12"
|-
| 1964 || ''[[The Greatest Show on Earth (TV series)|The Greatest Show on Earth]]'' || Willa Harper || Episode: "Of Blood, Sawdust, and a Bucket of Tears"
|-
| 1964–1965 || ''[[My Living Doll]]'' || Rhoda Miller || Nominated – [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama|Golden Globe Award for Best TV Star – Female]]
|-
| 1965 || ''[[Vacation Playhouse]]'' || Kris Meeker || Episode: "Three on an Island"
|-
| 1966–1967 || ''[[Batman (TV series)|Batman]]'' || [[Catwoman]] / Minerva Matthews / Miss Klutz || 13 episodes
|-
| 1966 || ''[[The Beverly Hillbillies]]'' || Ulla Bergstrom || Episode: "The Beautiful Maid"
|-
| 1966 || ''[[F Troop]]'' || Cinthia Jeffries / Yellow Bird || Episode: "Yellow Bird"
|-
| 1967|| ''[[The Monkees (TV series)|The Monkees]]'' || April Conquest || S1:E29, "Monkees Get Out More Dirt"
|-
| 1967 || ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series]]'' || Eleen || Episode: "[[Friday's Child (Star Trek: The Original Series)|Friday's Child]]"
|-
| 1968 || ''[[Get Smart (TV series)|Get Smart]]'' || Ingrid || Episode: "The Laser Blazer"
|-
| 1969 || ''[[It Takes a Thief (1968 TV series)|It Takes a Thief]]'' || Susannah Sutton || Episode: "The Funeral Is on Mundy"
|-
| 1970 || ''[[McCloud (TV series)|McCloud]]'' || Adrienne Redman || Episode: "Portrait of a Dead Girl"
|-
|1970–1972 || ''[[Love, American Style]]'' || Various Roles || 4 episodes
|-
| 1971 || ''[[NBC Children's Theatre]]'' || Herself || Episode: "Super Plastic Elastic Goggles"
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| 1971 || ''[[Bewitched]]'' || Ophelia || Episode: "The Eight Year Itch Witch"
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| 1973 || ''[[Columbo (season 2)|Columbo]]'' || Lisa Chambers || Episode: "Double Shock"
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| 1975 || ''The Wide World of Mystery'' || || Episode: "The Black Box Murders"
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| 1975 || ''[[McMillan & Wife]]'' || Luciana Amaldi || Episode: "Aftershock"
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| 1976 || ''[[The Bionic Woman]]'' || Claudette || Episode: "Black Magic"
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| 1976 || ''[[Monster Squad]]'' || Ultra Witch || Episode: "Ultra Witch"
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| 1978 || ''[[Jason of Star Command]]'' || Queen Vanessa || 2 episodes
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| 1979 || ''[[The Love Boat]]'' || Marla Samms || Episode: "The Reunion/Haven't I Seen You?/Crew Confessions" 
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| 1980 || ''[[Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (TV series)|Buck Rogers in the 25th Century]]'' || Zarina || 2 episodes
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| 1982 || ''[[The Powers of Matthew Star]]'' || Nian || Episode: "The Triangle"
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| 1982|| ''[[CHiPs]]'' || Cora Dwayne || Episode: "This Year's Riot"
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| 1983 || ''[[Fantasy Island]]'' || Doralee || Episode: "King of Burlesque/Death Games"
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| 1983 || ''[[Hart to Hart]]'' || Eve || Episode: "A Change of Heart"
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| 1984 || ''[[High School U.S.A.#Pilot|High School U.S.]]'' || Stripper || TV pilot
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| 1985 || ''[[Half Nelson (TV series)|Half Nelson]]'' || Herself || Episode: "The Deadly Vase"
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| 1995 || ''[[Hope & Gloria]]'' || Herself || Episode: "Whose Poppa?
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| 1996 || ''[[Melrose Place]]'' || Herself || Episode: "Triumph of the Bill"
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| 1998 || ''[[Maggie (1998 TV series)|Maggie]]'' || Catwoman || Episode: "If You Could See What I Hear"
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| 2006 || ''[[According to Jim]]''|| Julie || Episode: "The Grumpy Guy"
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| 2010 || ''[[Batman: The Brave and the Bold]]'' || [[Martha Wayne]] (voice) || Episode: "Chill of the Night!"
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==Stage credits==
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*''[[Alice in Wonderland]]'' (1940) 
*''[[Silk Stockings]]'' (1955)
*''[[Ziegfeld Follies]]'' (1956) (closed on the road) 
*''[[Li'l Abner (musical)|Li'l Abner]]'' (1956)
*''[[The Marriage-Go-Round]]'' (1958)
*''[[Damn Yankees]]'' (1961) 
*''Once There Was a Russian'' (1961)
*''[[Stop the World – I Want to Get Off]]'' (1963)
*''[[Irma La Douce (musical)|Irma La Douce]]'' (1964) 
*''Damn Yankees'' (1965) 
*''[[Dames at Sea]]'' (1970) 
*''[[In the Boom Boom Room]]'' (1982) 
*''Li'l Abner'' (1998)
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==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons}}
{{Wikiquote}}
* {{Official website}}
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