Julie NewmarFilmography

Return to the Batcave: The Misadventures of Adam and Burt

Synopsis: Holy Thomas Wolfe! The same team responsible for the "retro" TV movie Surviving Gilligan's Island (including executive producer and former Gilligan co-star Dawn Wells) were responsible for this nostalgic hark back to the classic Batman TV series of the late '60s. In rehashing the creation and Read More

Julie Newmar: The Cat's Meow

Actors: Julie Newmar

Backlash: Oblivion 2

Actors: Meg Foster, Maxwell Caulfield, George Takei, Julie Newmar, Isaac Hayes

Synopsis: On the wild desert planet of Oblivion, a man called Sweeny comes to search for a corporate saboteur. Though deceptively dressed as a greenhorn city dude, Sweeny is the most effective bounty hunter in the galaxy. He stays in the town where she (he knows nothing about her) is supposed to reside. He Read More

To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar

Actors: Wesley Snipes, Patrick Swayze, John Leguizamo, Stockard Channing, Blythe Danner

Synopsis: Patrick Swayze plays Vida Boheme, a classy and long-reigning drag queen. With his understudy Noxeema Jackson (Wesley Snipes), Vida wins a New York drag stage contest and an all-expenses-paid trip to Hollywood. But when Miss Chi Chi Rodriguez (John Leguizamo) cries at having lost the contest Read More

Oblivion

Actors: Richard Joseph Paul, Jackie Swanson, Andrew Divoff, Meg Foster, Jimmie F. Skaggs

Synopsis: What do you get when you combine a Western with a Science Fiction film? You might get this shoot'em up in space. It is set in the distant town of Oblivion (it was actually filmed in Romania). Though it's a high tech town, it has the feel of an old fashioned Western outpost from the 1800's. The Read More

Ghosts Can't Do It

Actors: Bo Derek, Anthony Quinn, Don Murray, Leo Damian, Julie Newmar

Synopsis: The final cinematic abomination from the late John Derek and his legendary non-actress wife Bo Derek turns out to be their worst collaboration ever, beating out even Bolero for sheer incomprehensible awfulness and ranking as one of the silliest monstrosities ever committed to film. Though no Read More

Nudity Required

Synopsis: In this sex comedy, a pair of opportunistic would-be Lotharios masquerade as big-shot Hollywood producers to lure innocent starlets to their bogus casting couch. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Robo-Chic

Synopsis: In this (very) low-budget release, ex-Playboy Playmate Kathy Shower appears as a part-machine, part-human crime-fighting cop. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

Body Beat

Actors: Tony Dean Fields, Galyn Gorg, Scott Grossman, Eliska Krupka, Steve La Chance

Synopsis: Remember all those 1940s collegiate musicals, where the finale came down to "Swing vs. the Classics"? Replace "Swing" with "Modern Jazz and Rock", and you've got Body Beat. A tradition-bound ballet academy is invaded by a bunch of free-form dancers. Rather than form a united front against these Read More

Deep Space

Actors: Charles Napier, Ann Turkel, Bo Svenson, Ron Glass, Julie Newmar

Synopsis: A surprisingly slick flick from Emperor of Exploitation Fred Olen Ray, the story (which Ray co-wrote with T.L. Lankford, borrowing heavily from the director's earlier Biohazard) begins when a satellite carrying top-secret bio-engineered mutants plummets to Earth and disgorges its slavering Read More

Streetwalkin'

Actors: Melissa Leo, Dale Midkiff, Julie Newmar, Antonio Fargas, Leon Robinson

Synopsis: In a sex-and-violence film that emphasizes the physical abuse of young women, director Joan Freeman may raise the shackles as well as the hackles of her distaff viewing audience. Cookie (Melissa Leo) is a young runaway who arrives in New York City with her brother in tow and ends up working as a Read More

Evils of the Night

Synopsis: This uproariously bad sci-fi horror oddity plays like a modern version of a cheesy '50s alien invasion flick, only not as clever. The filmmakers deserve some credit for throwing everything but the kitchen sink into the plot (and perhaps even the sink's in there somewhere), which involves the Read More

Hysterical

Actors: Bill Hudson, Mark Hudson, Brett Hudson, Cindy Pickett, Richard Kiel, Bud Cort, Keenan Wynn

Synopsis: During the peak of the slasher-movie boom of the early '80s, there were numerous attempts at Airplane!-style horror parodies, all of which fell considerably short of their comic targets and vanished into cable-TV obscurity. Hysterical, an abortive vehicle for the questionable comic talents of the Read More

Terraces

Synopsis: Terraces is a television series pilot about a group of high-rise apartment dwellers who share adjoining balconies. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Movie Guide Read More

The Black Box Murders

Synopsis: It is a dark and stormy night. In a lonely country house, a search is on for stolen political campaign funds. At least one of the searchers is willing to kill for the cash. Julie Newmar, Leslie Charleson, Tom Ligon, Marshall Efron, Joseph Stern, Wayne Tippit and Charles White are featured in this Read More

Fools, Females and Fun

Synopsis: Love and romance are examined in these 3 stories. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

A Very Missing Person

Actors: Eve Arden

Synopsis: Hildegarde Withers, the schoolteacher/sleuth created by Stuart Palmer, was the central character in a series of RKO "B" films of the 1930s. Television tried to revive Hildegarde in the unsold pilot film A Very Missing Person, starring Eve Arden as a distressingly updated Ms. Withers and James Gregory Read More

The Feminist and the Fuzz

Synopsis: With a title like The Feminist and the Fuzz, the TV-movie comedy could only have been produced in the swinging' seventies. Barbara Eden forsakes her "I Dream of Jeannie" obsequiousness to play dedicated feminist Dr. Jane Bowers. While engaging in a protest rally, Jane comes in contact with Read More

Bewitched: The Eight Year Itch Witch

Actors: Elizabeth Montgomery, Dick Sargent, Agnes Moorehead, David White, Julie Newmar

Synopsis: Hoping to show Samantha that Darrin is a potentially unfaithful spouse, Endora enlists the aid of Ophelia (Julie Newmar), a glamorous witch who turns into a cat now and then. Coincidentally, Darrin and Larry are seeking out a spokeswoman for Tomcat Tractors. This little comedy of misunderstanding Read More

Up Your Teddy Bear

Synopsis: Brazen, determined CEO of the Mother Knows Best Toy Company, Julie Newmar, goes to extremes to convince introverted, sexually repressed company salesman Wally Cox to market the wooden dolls he designs as a hobby. He refuses though. So she persuades her son to hire a prostitute to convince him. Read More

McCloud: Who Killed Miss U.S.A.?

Actors: Dennis Weaver

Synopsis: A marshal (Dennis Weaver) from a small New Mexico town escorts a subpoenaed witness to New York City. When his witness is kidnapped, the marshall tries to track him down in the unfamiliar city. During his search, he finds himself in the middle of a murder case involving Puerto Rican nationalists Read More

The Maltese Bippy

Actors: Dan Rowan, Dick Martin, Carol Lynley, Julie Newmar, Mildred Natwick

Synopsis: Cashing in on the popularity of their comedy series Laugh-In, comedians Dan Rowan and Dick Martin team up ala Abbott and Costello in this spoof of old horror movies and mysteries. Rowan plays a pornographic film producer and Martin plays his star, who is having trouble sleeping at night and Read More

MacKenna's Gold

Actors: Gregory Peck, Omar Sharif, Telly Savalas, Camilla Sparv, Julie Newmar, Keenan Wynn, Lee J. Cobb, Burgess Meredith, Edward G. Robinson, Eli Wallach

Synopsis: Mackenna's Gold is a colorful, action-packed western feature with an all-star cast. Mackenna (Gregory Peck) has committed to memory the map that leads to some hidden Apache gold. The Indians now want the gold to finance their fight against the white men who invade their territory. Mexican bandit Read More

Star Trek: Friday's Child

Synopsis: Captain Kirk vies with a rival Klingon commander in a struggle for the allegiance of an unclaimed planet in this installment of the landmark science fiction series. The Enterprise arrives at the planet after receiving word of the Klingon's presence and finds Krag, a skillful Klingon commander Read More

The Monkees: The Monkees Get Out More Dirt

Actors: Micky Dolenz, Davy Jones, Peter Tork, Michael Nesmith

Synopsis: The magnificent Julie Newmar guest stars as April Conquest, the owner of a busy laundromat. Before the episode is half over, all four Monkees have fallen in love with the enchanting April, and all are engaged in an intense rivalry over the lady's affections. Claire Kelly appears as Dr. Sisters, a Read More

F Troop: Yellow Bird

Synopsis: Julie Newmar guest stars as Yellow Bird, a white girl stolen by Apaches in infancy and raised as one of their own. Hoping to collect a huge reward, O'Rourke (Forrest Tucker) offers to rescue Yellow Bird on behalf of her father, millionaire mining tycoon Gideon D. Jeffries (Jacques Aubuchon). Read More

The Beverly Hillbillies: The Beautiful Maid

Synopsis: Julie Newmar guest stars as glamorous Swedish actress Ulla Bergstrom. Cast as a hillbilly in her upcoming film, Ulla moves in with the Clampetts to study their behavior. So as not to reveal her true identity, she poses as a maid, which is how this episode got its title. "The Beautiful Maid" was Read More

My Living Doll

Synopsis: Included are two episodes ("Uninvited Guest" and "Something Borrowed, Something Blue") from the mid-'60s TV show about a psychiatrist and his patient, a robot. ~ John Bush, All Movie Guide Read More

The Twilight Zone: Of Late I Think of Cliffordville

Actors: Albert Salmi, Julie Newmar, John Anderson, Wright King, Guy Raymond

Synopsis: This 60-minute Twilight Zone entry was adapted by Rod Serling from Malcolm Jameson's short story "Blind Alley." Wearing thick "age" makeup, Albert Salmi stars as ruthless millionaire Feathersmith, who would give anything to relive his carefree youth. Enter Miss Devlin (Julie Newmar) -- actually Read More

For Love or Money

Actors: Kirk Douglas, Mitzi Gaynor, Gig Young, Thelma Ritter, Julie Newmar

Synopsis: In this romantic comedy, Deke Gentry (Kirk Douglas) is a lawyer who gets an unusual assignment from Chloe Brasher (Thelma Ritter), a wealthy widow, owner of a successful hotel chain, and one of his most prominent clients. Chloe has three daughters, sensible Kate (Mitzi Gaynor), bohemian Jan (Leslie Parrish Read More

The Marriage-Go-Round

Actors: Susan Hayward, James Mason, Julie Newmar, Robert Paige, June Clayworth

Synopsis: Leslie Stevens adapted his own stage comedy Marriage-Go-Round for the movies, watering down the more explicit sex talk but keeping its sly innuendo intact. The stunning Julie Newmar plays a Swedish gymnast who wishes to mate with a genius and produce the "perfect child." She chooses professor James Mason Read More

The Rookie

Actors: Claude Stroud, Norman Leavitt, Joe Besser, Vince Barnett, Herb Armstrong

Synopsis: This is an out-dated, feeble World War II comedy about a new army recruit who ends up alone with his Master Sergeant and a striking model on a deserted island, deserted except for two enemy soldiers. When Tommy Noonan (playing himself) insists on being drafted, the local boot camp has been all but Read More

Li'l Abner

Actors: Peter Palmer, Leslie Parrish, Stubby Kaye, Howard St. John, Julie Newmar

Synopsis: 1959's Li'l Abner was adapted from the hit 1956 Broadway musical--which, in turn, was inspired by the satirical comic strip by Al Capp. Peter Palmer recreates his Broadway role as Li'l Abner Yokum, the handsome, muscle-bound, muscle-brained leading hillbilly of Dogpatch, USA. The citizens of Read More

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers

Actors: Howard Keel, Jeff Richards, Russ Tamblyn, Tommy Rall, Marc Platt, Jane Powell

Synopsis: Based extremely loosely on the Stephen Vincent Benet story Sobbin' Women," Seven Brides for Seven Brothers is one of the best MGM musicals of the 1950s. Most of the story takes place on an Oregon ranch, maintained by Adam Pontabee (Howard Keel) and his six brothers, played by Jeff Richards, Russ Tamblyn Read More

The Band Wagon

Actors: Fred Astaire, Cyd Charisse, Oscar Levant, Nanette Fabray, Jack Buchanan

Synopsis: One of the most subtle and sophisticated of the musical comedies that came out of MGM's Arthur Freed Unit in the '40s and '50s, The Band Wagon stars Fred Astaire as Tony Hunter, a movie star whose career is in a downturn. Looking for a boost, Tony decides to try starring in a Broadway musical. His Read More

Slaves of Babylon

Actors: Richard Conte, Linda Christian, Maurice Schwartz, Terry Kilburn, Michael Ansara

Synopsis: Producer Sam Katzman once more rummages through stock footage from the 1953 Columbia costumer Salome and comes up with another "instant epic." Slaves of Babylon stars Richard Conte as Nahum, the muscular young representative of Hebrew leader Daniel (Maurice Schwartz). On behalf of his master Read More

Serpent of the Nile

Actors: Rhonda Fleming, William Lundigan, Raymond Burr, Jean Byron, Michael Ansara

Synopsis: Filmed on sets left over from the Columbia superfeature Salome (and also using generous chunks of stock footage from that film), Serpent of the Nile is a quickie retelling of the Cleopatra-Mark Antony story. The Queen of Egypt is played by Rhonda Fleming, while Antony is essayed by Raymond Burr. Read More

Just for You

Actors: Bing Crosby, Jane Wyman, Ethel Barrymore, Robert Arthur, Natalie Wood

Synopsis: Just for You is based very loosely on Stephen Vincent Benet's Famous. Widowed Broadway producer Jordan Blake (Bing Crosby) is too busy with work to pay much attention to his teenaged kids Jerry (Robert Arthur) and Barbara (Natalie Wood). One thing he hasn't noticed is that Jerry isn't Read More