Julie Newmar Biography

Fast Facts

• 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