Trivia

I.Q. of 135. Graduated from John Marshall High School in Los Angeles at age 15.

Invented and marketed her own brand of pantyhose in the 1970s and 1980s.

Having originated the Catwoman character on the 1960s television series Batman (1966), she accepted the Worst Picture award at the 25th Annual Razzie Awards on behalf of the Halle Berry remake of Catwoman (2004).

She was visiting her brother at his college in New York when she was first contacted with the offer to play Catwoman on Batman (1966). A group of her brother's friends were regular watchers of the series and after consultation convinced her to take the role.

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".

Julie Newmar appeared on Broadway with Hildegard Knef in the Cole Porter musical "Silk Stockings".

In November 2004 the former "Catwoman" had a different type of cat fight on her hands. Her next-door neighbor, Jim Belushi, sued her for $4 million, alleging harassment and defamation of character. Their openly hostile neighborhood feud had reportedly been going on for years. Newmar, an avid community advocate who once fought for restrictions on noisy leaf-blowers, once threw an egg at Belushi's house in retaliation for a noisy air-conditioner. The suit includes vandalism and spying.

Has 37" legs (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine)

Best known by the public for her roles as Catwoman on the television series Batman (1966) and as Princess Ele'en in the second-season episode Friday's Child (1967).

Gave birth to her only child at age 47, a son named John Jewl Smith, on February 25, 1981. Child's father is her ex-husband, J. Holt Smith.

Has her name mentioned in the title of the comedy Extravagances (1995), while the plot revolves, partly, around an autographed publicity photograph of her.

She appeared in the music video "Too Funky" by George Michael. (1992)

Was the first actress to portray the DC comics character Catwoman in a live-action adaptation of the Batman series.

Blogged about surviving a 5½-hour physical and sexual battering in 1960. (October 27, 2017)

Won the 1959 Tony Award (New York City) for Supporting or Features Actress in a Drama for "The Marriage-Go-Round".

She is one of only three actors to have played a Special Guest Villain on Batman (1966) who are still alive, the others being John Astin and Joan Collins.

She has appeared in two films that have been selected for the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant: Tous en scène ! (1953) and Les sept femmes de Barbe: Rousse (1954).

Friends with: Adam West, Frank Gorshin, Lee Meriwether, Eartha Kitt, Burt Ward and Yvonne Craig.

Is the eldest of three children of Donald Charles and Helen Newmeyer.

Has appeared in episodes of two science-fiction series with Sid Haig: Jason of Star Command (1978) and Buck Rogers (1979).

Dated Louis L'Amour and Mort Sahl.

Has two younger brothers: Peter (1935-62), who died in a skiing accident, and John (born 1942).

Claims she has had almost no doctor visits in the last eight years, which she attributes to the teaching and wisdom of Abraham-Hicks.

She appeared in Monsieur Lecoq (1967), which was unfinished and abandoned.

Bears a strong resemblance to Famke Janssen.