Julie Newmar

…role that was shared with Julie Newmar) were among the celebrities who made appearances as Batman’s foes. The show was an immediate hit, spawning an unprecedented wave of Bat-merchandise. The Batman newspaper strip resumed, and a theatrical movie was churned out for the summer of 1966. Late in the series,…

She was portrayed by Julie Newmar and Eartha Kitt in the campy 1960s television series and Lee Meriwether in its 1966 movie spin-off. Michelle Pfeiffer donned the catsuit in Tim Burton’s Batman Returns (1992), while

…boost, changed her name to Julie Newmar, and went on to play Catwoman in the Batman TV series.