Julie Newmar

Newmar in 2010, photo by Prphotos

Birth Name: Julia Chalene Newmeyer

Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, United States

Date of Birth: August 16, 1933

Ethnicity: Swedish (maternal grandmother), German, English, French-Canadian, Welsh

Julie Newmar is an American actress, dancer, and singer.

She is the daughter of Helene M. and Don Newmeyer (Donald Charles Newmeyer), who was head of the Phys Ed department at Los Angeles City College. She has a son with her former husband, lawyer J. Holt Smith.

Julie’s paternal grandfather was William Lawrence Newmeyer (the son of William Newmeyer and Ellen Hellen Kloeckney).

Julie’s paternal grandmother was Sophia Richardson (the daughter of Edgar Morrison Richardson and Sarah Webb Hutchings).

Julie’s maternal grandfather was Hiram Burt Jesmer (the son of Nelson E. Narcisse Jesmer and Sarah H. Goulding). Nelson was French-Canadian. Sarah’s father was English, from Somerset, and Sarah’s mother was Welsh, from Monmouthshire.

Julie’s maternal grandmother was Julia Andyette Nyquist (the daughter of Elias Svensson/Månsson Nyquist and Marie Ida Hagman). Elias and Marie were of Swedish descent.