fran mary ryan played the catwoman in tv series batman.
who played the catwoman in tv series batman?
fran mary ryan
catwoman in the 1966 live-action television series "batman" is portrayed by julie newmar and eartha kitt. newmar portrayed catwoman in the first and second season, and kitt portrayed her in the third season. the feature film credits lee meriwether as both catwoman and miss kitka. all three catwoman incarnations are described by comic writer, marc andreyko, in an afterword to a "batman '66 meets wonder woman '77" omnibus, as being akin to a "darrin-in-"bewitched" bit of silent recasting" and his colleague, co-writer jeff parker, liked how their story "leaves no one out and the readers got it immediately", thus reflecting how the change of actress was never specifically addressed. in the tv series, catwoman was given neither a background nor an alter ego, but focused instead on her costumed aspects. the costume created for the series was similar to the green catsuit appearing in the comics at the time, though it was constructed by newmar from black lurex fabric. one of these costumes tailored for newmar is part of the collection of the smithsonian institution.
catwoman in other media
bullet::::- the matt hagen version of clayface made his first animated appearance in filmation's 1970s tv series "the new adventures of batman", voiced by lou scheimer and later by lennie weinrib. this version must apply his special potion daily to keep his clayface powers. in this show, he often took on the forms of animals. in "dead ringers", clayface, in his true form of matt hagen, forces former criminal-turned-acrobat kit martin to help him in exchange for not telling his boss of his criminal record. the plot involves posing as batman in order to kidnap the arabian oil minister basil oram. they disguise themselves as batman and robin, capture oram and escape in a special shapeshifting vehicle. clayface later calls commissioner gordon, stating that he will return oram and the blueprints for an oil-finding device in exchange for $10,000.000 by the end of the first hour. clayface then orchestrates a car accident that knocks out batman and then stows away in the batmobile in order to infiltrate the batcave. clayface then discovers that batman has amnesia and uses this advantage to find out batman's secret identity, but his plan is foiled when bat-mite distracts him long enough for the bat-computer to create an antidote for batman's amnesia. clayface sneaks out of the batcave disguised as a rabbit with bat-mite in pursuit while robin and batgirl learn why kit is involved with clayface's kidnapping plot. batman used the bat-boat to pursue clayface when he escapes into the water in the form of a dolphin. after kit returns the blueprints to commissioner gordon, robin and batgirl learn from kit that he was to deliver a 'medicine' to clayface before midnight. when clayface's shapeshifting wears off, he reverts to matt hagen and begins to drown as hagen cannot swim, until batman saves him and hands him over to the police. in "curses! oiled again", clayface collaborates with catwoman to steal a shipment of oil bound for gotham city during a cold snap. they also plan to steal the country's oil supply. when batman and robin scout out each of the storage tanks in the south side and the waterfront, batman finds catwoman and clayface at the oil storage tanks on the waterfront and is led into a trap where clayface attacks batman in the form of a snake. catwoman appears and shows batman how she and clayface have been draining the oil from gotham city. batman breaks free from clayface when robin, batgirl and bat-mite arrive. clayface turns into an eagle to get catwoman away from batman. catwoman and clayface manage to lose batman, robin, batgirl and bat-mite in a car chase when the kitty car jumps over batgirl. catwoman and clayface intercept a call between batman and commissioner gordon revolving around the oil supertanker arriving in gotham city. catwoman and clayface manage to steal some of the oil and escape in their submarine as catwoman flees in her plane. clayface turns into a whale in order to attack batman and robin. batman and robin net clayface, who turns into a flying fish to get out, only to be caught in a smaller net by robin. in the two-part episode "have an evil day", zarbor enlists the joker, penguin, catwoman and clayface to keep the dynamic duo busy while he steals america's nuclear power plants.
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