Julie Newmar

Yes, the original Catwoman.
Born in Hollywood, her first spoken word was "boo-de-fuh!" (beautiful)
Though learning to play the piano before she could read, dance became her passion and life's direction. Eventually studying ballet under the tutelage of the great dancer Carmelita Maracci, Julie was too tall for the chorus. Her father advised her to enroll in UCLA but she dropped out after six weeks to become Universal Studios' Dance-Director/Choreographer. One of her first roles, now seen on YouTube, is the Golden Girl in the film "Serpent of the Nile." She danced, with bent knees, as one of the brides in "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers" in the classic MGM musical.
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At nineteen, like her mother, a former Ziegfeld girl, Julie made her way to the New York stage and became an overnight sensation as the electrifying Stupefyin' Jones in "L'il Abner." Forty two years later she recreated the same role in the same costume back on Broadway. Advisedly, her legs had been insured for 10 million dollars.
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One day while walking down Fifth Avenue she envisioned stardom. Two weeks later she was contracted to play on stage opposite Charles Boyer and Claudette Colbert in "The Mar...