Happy Birthday Julie Newmar!

Happy Birthday Julie Newmar! She is iconic as Catwoman, but started out as The Gilded Girl in the film about Cleopatra, Serpent of the Nile (1953). Newmar won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play in The Marriage-Go-Round (1958). She also appeared in the 1961 film musical that won her the Tony Award. Newmar began genre work with the Twilight Zone season 4 episode, "Of Late I Think of Cliffordville" (1963) where she played Miss Devlin. Next, Newmar starred as the android, Rhoda Miller, in the sci-fi sitcom, My Living Doll (1964-1965). Then, there were 13 memorable episodes of Batman starting with season 1's "The Purr-fect Crime" (1966). From there, Newmar played Eleen in the Star Trek episode, "Friday's Child" (1967). 

Julie Newmar played Claudette in the "Black Magic" (1976) episode of the Bionic Woman. "The Flight of the War Witch" episode of Buck Rogers featured Newmar as Zarina. The comedy, To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar (1995) featured a cameo appearance by Julie Newmar. She also played herself in the TV movie, Return to the Batcave: The Misadventures of Adam and Burt (2003). She voiced Martha Wayne in the "Chill of the Night!" (2010) episode of Batman: The Brave and the Bold. Next, Newmar wrote the book, The Conscious Catwoman Explains Life on Earth (2011). In 2012, Newmar wrote with Marc Shapiro and art by Emiliano Urdinola, the comic book series, Secret Lives of Julie Newmar. he returned to the Catwoman character voicing her in the animated film, Batman: Return of the Caped Crusaders (2016). Then, voiced her again in Batman vs. Two Face (2017). Happy Birthday Julie Newmar!  

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