On 26 Oct 2001, Tanja Kinkel wrote:
If Servie's Catwoman (though truly, Dayna would look better in the
costume),
From: Iain Coleman ijc@bas.ac.uk Heresy!
Oh, I don't know about that. Many people don't remember that there were two actresses who played TV's Catwoman villain. Everyone recalls Julie Newmar, who at six feet tall and voluptuous made quite an impression in a black catsuit, one that was only eclipsed twenty five years later by the incomparable Michelle Pfeiffer in the movie.
However, the very first Catwoman was Eartha Kitt, the diminutive Afro-American jazz singer who was, from her yoga studies, one hell of a contortionist (she played one on the old Mission Impossible TV series as a guest star - yes, I am showing my age here). She was a feisty and independent woman who got quickly kicked out of Hollywood for not "fitting in" properly. She had considerable talent, but was very abrasive and had little patience with people she considered to be idiots.
So Dayna actually makes a nice fit, a combination of the two TV actresses in both appearance and personality.
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Jean wrote:
However, the very first Catwoman was Eartha Kitt, the diminutive Afro-American jazz singer who was, from her yoga studies, one hell of a contortionist (she played one on the old Mission Impossible TV series as a guest star - yes, I am showing my age here). She was a feisty and independent woman who got quickly kicked out of Hollywood for not "fitting in" properly. She had considerable talent, but was very abrasive and had little patience with people she considered to be idiots.
My godmother's husband once met Eartha Kitt in the street. He raised his hat to her, so I think we can put him down as a fan.
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