Julie Newmar
Julie Newmar ( born August 16, 1933, Los Angeles, California as Julia Chalene Newmeyer ) is an American actress, singer and dancer.
Julie Newmar is the daughter of Donald Charles Newmeyer (1902-1992) and his wife Helen ( née Jesmer ). She studied after graduating from John Marshall High School at the University of Los Angeles and abandoned his studies to work as an actress.
Newmar, which had stood since the age of fifteen as a dancer for the Los Angeles Opera Company on the stage, made her screen debut in a small role in Elliott Nugent's musical comedy The Just for you in 1952. Was the first time in a guy, the actress was in serpent of the Nile from 1954 mentioned. In this film adaptation of the story of Mark Antony and Cleopatra, starring Raymond Burr and Rhonda Fleming, Newmar appeared as an exotic dancer. In 1961 she received a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Most Promising Actress for her role in marriage carousel.
In the aftermath Newmar played mostly minor and guest roles in television series and films. Middle of the 1960 years the actress appeared as Catwoman in two seasons of the television series Batman. In the final season of Batman Newmar was replaced by Eartha Kitt, as she was busy with the shooting of the Western MacKenna 's Gold with Gregory Peck. In this movie, they even had a brief nude scene, but was permitted to work no success.
The title of the published in 1995 film To Wong Foo, thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar is a tribute to the actress, whose photo is used with this same dedication to the protagonists of the film as a lucky charm. In the last scene of the movie Julie Newmar has a short cameo.