who played catwoman in the tv show batman
Julie Newmar Eartha Kitt Lee Meriwether
title: Julie Newmar text: Julie Newmar Julie Newmar (born Julia Chalene Newmeyer, August 16, 1933) is an American actress, dancer, and singer, known for a variety of stage, screen, and television roles as well as a writer, lingerie inventor, and real estate mogul. She won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for her role as Katrin Sveg in the 1958 Broadway production of "The Marriage-Go-Round", and reprised the role in the 1961 film version. In the 1960s, she starred for two seasons as Catwoman in the television series "Batman" (1966–1967). Her other stage credits include the Ziegfeld Follies in 1956, title: Catwoman in other media text: Catwoman in other media Catwoman is a fictional character first appearing in "Batman" #1. After her debut she would appear in many forms of media appearing in the "Batman" TV series and its film adaption, "Batman Returns", the critically acclaimed "", the critically panned "Catwoman", the hit film "The Dark Knight Rises" and the popular "" series just to name a few. She has been portrayed by Julie Newmar, Lee Meriwether, Eartha Kitt, Michelle Pfeiffer, Halle Berry, Anne Hathaway and Camren Bicondova and has been voiced by Adrienne Barbeau, Grey DeLisle, and numerous others. Catwoman in the 1966 live action title: Catwoman text: figure, Catwoman has been featured in many media adaptations related to Batman. Actresses Julie Newmar, Lee Meriwether, and Eartha Kitt introduced her to a large audience on the 1960s "Batman" television series and the 1966 "Batman" film. Michelle Pfeiffer portrayed the character in 1992's "Batman Returns". Halle Berry starred in a stand-alone Catwoman film, 2004's "Catwoman", which was a critical and commercial flop, and bears little to no similarities to the Batman character. Anne Hathaway portrayed Selina Kyle in the 2012 film "The Dark Knight Rises" and a young version of Kyle is played by Camren Bicondova on the 2014 title: Julie Newmar text: Rhoda the Robot on the television series "My Living Doll" (1964–1965), and is known for her recurring role on the 1960s television series "Batman" as the villainess Catwoman. (Lee Meriwether played Catwoman in the 1966 feature film and Eartha Kitt in the series' final season.) Newmar modified her Catwoman costume—now in the Smithsonian Institution—and placed the belt at the hips instead of the waist to emphasize her hourglass figure. In 1962, Newmar appeared twice as motorcycle-riding, free-spirited heiress Vicki Russell on "Route 66", filmed in Tucson, Arizona ("How Much a Pound is Albatross") and in Tennessee ("Give the Old Cat title: Batman (TV series) text: Harriet was reduced to just two cameo appearances during the third season, due to Madge Blake's poor health and the issue of trying to fit so many characters (Batman, Robin, Batgirl, Alfred, Commissioner Gordon, Chief O'Hara and a guest villain) into a half hour episode. Another cast change for the final season was replacing Julie Newmar, who had been a popular recurring guest villain as the Catwoman for the first two seasons. Singer-actress Eartha Kitt assumed the role for season three, as Newmar was working on the film "Mackenna's Gold" at that time and thus unable to appear. In the