Julie Newmar

Julie Newmar

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Julie Newmar was born on Aug 16, 1933 in USA. Julie Newmar's big-screen debut came with She's Working Her Way Through College directed by H. Bruce Humberstone in 1952. Julie Newmar is known for Monster Squad directed by Herman Hoffman, Henry Polic II stars as Dracula and Buck Kartalian as Bruce W. Wolf. Julie Newmar has got 1 awards and 5 nominations so far. The most recent award Julie Newmar achieved is California Independent Film Festival. The upcoming new movie Julie Newmar plays is Batman vs. Two-Face which will be released on Oct 10, 2017.

Julia Chalene Newmeyer was born on August 16, 1933, in Los Angeles, California, the eldest of three children. Her father, Don, was a one-time professional football player (LA Buccaneers, 1926), her mother, Helene Jesmer, was a star of the Follies of 1920 and later became a fashion designer under the professional name of Chalene. From an early age, Julie studied piano, dance, and classical ballet. She graduated from high school at the age of 15, and spent a year touring Europe with her mother and brother. She became prima ballerina for the Los Angeles Opera. She attended UCLA studying classical piano, philosophy, and French.Newmar went to New York and tried out for Broadway musicals; in 1955, she made her Broadway debut as the ballerina in "Silk Stockings". She won acclaim for her role as Stupefyin' Jones in "Li'l Abner". Though audiences and critics alike were stupefied by her good looks, that was not the compliment Newmar wanted.Newmar wanted to be known for her comedy, as she told the New York Times: "Tell me I'm funny, and it's the greatest compliment in the world." She had beauty, brains and a fantastic sense of humor. Promoting her various Broadway and off-Broadway show appearances, she often posed as a pin-up girl. Making the transition to television, Newmar appeared in Rod Serling's science-fiction series La quatrième dimension (1959), playing Miss Devlin (devil). As physical perfection, Julie was perfect to play Rhoda the Robot in My Living Doll (1964); the sitcom had an enthusiastic cult following. In 1966, urged on by her friends, she tried out for and was cast as Catwoman (a character she had never heard of) in the wildly popular television series Batman (1966) On account of a movie commitment, Newmar was unavailable to play Catwoman in the third season. (Her role was taken over by Eartha Kitt.)Newmar was very busy in the 1960s and 1970s, making guest appearances in many television series and several television movies. She toured the country in stage productions of "Damn Yankees" and "Dames at Sea", among others. Becoming an entrepreneur, in 1977, Newmar turned up in People magazine wearing her new invention, Nudemar pantyhose. In the 1980s, she appeared in nine films while she was busy raising her son and working in the real-estate business. Newmar went back to UCLA to take a few real-estate courses. In 1991, she toured in a stage production of "The Women". Still very active, and very beautiful, she occasionally has appeared at fan conventions.

  • Birthday

    Aug 16, 1933
  • Place of Birth

    Los Angeles, California, USA
  • Also known

    Julie Newmeyer, Julie Neumar, Julia Newmar, Julia Chalene Newmeyer, Charlene Jesmer

Known For

Awards

1 wins & 5 nominations

California Independent Film Festival
2014
Winner - Lifetime Achievement Award

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