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Julie Newmar
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Actor Born: August 16, 1933 in Los Angeles, CA Biography:American actress "Julie Newmar'"s father was a college instructor and her mother was a former Ziegfeld dancer. This odd mix may explain why Julie complemented her dancing and acting career with offscreen intellectual pursuits. A lifelong student of ballet, Newmar was accepted as a dancer by the Los Angeles Opera Comany at age 15, and before her UCLA enrollment was under way she'd left college to try her luck in films. A stint as a gold-painted exotic dancer in "Serpent of the Nile" (1954) was usually conveniently ignored by Newmar's biographers, who preferred to list "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers" (1954) as her screen debut. From here it was on to Broadway for a featured dance in the musical Can-Can, then to the sizable but nonspeaking role of Stupefyin' Jones in Li'l Abner. It was for Newmar's performance as a Swedish sexpot in the genteel farce The Marriage-Go-Round that the actress attained... Full Biography
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