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Julie Newmar

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Studied classical piano, ballet and various forms of dance, beginning at an early age.
Graduated high school and became a prima ballerina for the Los Angeles Opera at age 15.
Reportedly has an I.Q. of 135.
Scored a 99 on her entrance exam for UCLA, but attended the school for only six weeks before going to work for Universal Studios as a choreographer, teacher and dance double.
Appeared in gold body paint (and a bikini) at age 17 for her role in 1953's Serpent of the Nile.
Landed first Broadway role at age 19 as a ballerina in Silk Stockings.
Appeared in the Broadway and film productions of Li'l Abner (1956 and '59) and The Marriage-Go-Round (1958 and '60); won a Tony Award for Best Supporting Actress for The Marriage-Go-Round.
Had her legs insured for $1 million.
Became the first to play Catwoman in the Batman series in 1966 at the urging of her brother, a Batman fan and Harvard fellow in Physics.
Posed for Playboy magazine in 1968 and 1969.
Holds three U.S. patents: 3,914,799 and 4,003,094 for "Pantyhose With Shaping Band for Cheeky Derriere Relief"; and 3,935,865 for "Brassiere."
Appeared nearly nude in a 1977 edition of People magazine---donning high heels and pantyhose---to market her invention, Nudemar pantyhose.
Ran her own real-estate business in the 1980s. <LI style="MARGIN: 0in 0