How tall is Julie Newmar

American actress perhaps best known as the original 'cat woman' from the 1960's TV series Batman. In film she can be seen in Seven Brides for Seven Brothers and Mackena's Gold. In 1961 she claimed to be "Five feet Ten".
I'm magnificent! I'm five feet eleven inches and I weigh one hundred thirty-five pounds, and I look like a racehorse
In a 1960 interview - earlier in her career - it mentioned "She says she's 5 feet 10" but looks much taller because she loves 4.5 inch heels and has no complex about height.
Tall people don't have to waste energy trying to look important. Little people get ahead because of frustration. We get ahead because of superiority.

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The funny thing is the guys who are 5 foot 5 couldn't care less. They love my height. And the guys who are 6 foot 6 ask me where I've been all their lives. I get the big ones and the little ones. But men about my own height are self conscious about the whole situation. I think they feel threatened or insecure about a girl their own size.
-- Julie in 1976
They would make up numbers about what my measurements were, so I never knew if they were right or wrong! I was also [considered] very tall in those days. I'm around 5-foot-ll, but nowadays I'm not as tall as many actresses. People no longer ask, 'How's the weather up there?' That would really get my goose! I was attracted to shorter guys, because they would never think of asking me that and would just jump through hoops for me.
Q: How tall are you?

A: I don't know how tall I am. I've never allowed anyone to measure me my entire life, so I haven't a clue. I'm probably 5 feet 11. But...men who say they're 6 feet tall are shorter than I am.
-- South Florida Sun Sentinel, 1995

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