Brief History of Catwoman

• Eartha Kitt

  

  The "Santa Baby" singer slipped into the suit vacated by Julie Newmar for the third and last season of the 1960's Batman show. She is show here with The Joker (Cesar Romero) in her second and final appearance as the third Catwoman. The two were foes of the Dynamic Duo.

• Lee Meriwether (1966)

  

  Lee Meriwether brought the role to the big screen for the first time in the 1966 Batman movie and later portrayed another iconic figure: Lily Munster in the late eighties revival of The Munsters.

• Julie Newmar

  

  Newmar took the role of Catwoman on the TV series Batman, but had to bow out of the third season due to a movie commitment.

• Michelle Pfeiffer (1992)

  

  Michelle Pfeiffer starred as Kyle/Catwoman in Tim Burton’s Batman Returns in 1992. The character, as interpreted by Burton, was a meek secretary who becomes empowered after she is almost killed and left for dead. Pfeiffer played her with a mix of repression and sensuality, with the character breaking out as a symbol of female empowerment and becoming a pop culture sensation.

• Halle Berry (2004)

  

  Halle Berry's turn as Catwoman in the 2004 film was far from successful: despite costing around $100 million to make, it only grossed $17 million in its first weekend and got Berry awarded a "worst actress" Razzi — which she accepted in person. Her paycheck for the film? $12.5 million.

• Anne Hathaway

  

  The future Catwoman has shown she's ready for the latex suit in such features as 2008's Get Smart. Hathaway was on the the list of actresses which tested for the role in recent weeks, along with Jessica Biel and Keira Knightley.

   

   

   

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