Lucia Mendez

On April of 2004, Mendez relocated for six months to Puerto Rico, for filming of a Hollywood movie. Belushi claims that Newmar has been harassing him and actively trying to force him to move through such acts as destroying his property, blaring loud music directed at his home and bad-mouthing him to neighbours. On Saturday, February 29 of 2004, she married for the second time, this time to a person unknown to the public. On November 2, 2004 Newmar was sued by actor James Belushi for the sum of $4 million. Mendez is rumored to be planning a comeback into Latin American and Spanish United States television channels. Newmar's beauty was so legendary that it was even paid tribute in the title of a film, "To Wong Foo, Thanks For Everything, Julie Newmar". Lucia debutted as a writer of a soap opera in Miami in 1998. She appeared on stage with Anthony Newley in a national tour of "Stop the World I Want to Get Off" and as Lola in Damn Yankees!.

The public and gossip magazines have also speculated of a supposed rivalry between her and Veronica Castro. She is best known for her recurring role on Batman as the villainous "Catwoman" (portrayed in the final season by Eartha Kitt). But even as she did lead a more private life, she was still under the public's eye, and she has been associated romantically with Luis Miguel and Vicente Fox, among others. Newmar starred as the sexy Rhoda the Robot in the short-lived cult TV series My Living Doll (1964). After Amor de Nadie, Mendez semi-retired from acting, leading a more private life. In The Marriage-Go-Round (1961) she developed the stock character role of the sexy Swede. The soap opera's title song also became a smash hit for Mendez. Her show-stopping 90-second Broadway appearance as "Stupefyin' Jones" in Li'l Abner in 1956 led to a reprise in the 1959 film version.

In Amor de Nadie, she played a rape victim who has five men fighting for her love. Her first major role was as one of the brides in Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954). In 1990, Mendez came back with another super-hit soap opera, Amor de Nadie, alongside Saul Lisazo and Fernando Allende. She also danced in Demtrius and the Gladiators (1954). Later on, she and Pedro Torres divorced. Her first appearances, before she changed her name, were as the "dancer-assassin" in Slaves of Babylon (1953) and as "the gilded girl" in Serpent of the Nile (1953) in which she was clad only in gold paint. In 1988, she married producer Pedro Torres, and in 1989, she had her son Pedrito, who is her only child so far. She is 5 feet 10 inches tall, weighs 145 pounds, measures 38-23-38, and has an IQ of 135.

In Tu o Nadie, her brother played a pshysically challenged person. Julie Newmar (born August 16, 1935) as Julia Chalan Newmeyer, a statuesque actress, dancer and singer. In 1986, she starred alongside Andres Garcia and Salvador Pineda in international super-hit Tu o Nadie, where she sang the Corazon de Piedra (Heart of Stone) song, which also became a smashing hit, on the Mexican and Latin American music charts. The Bionic Woman (1976) playing "Claudette" in episode: "Black Magic" (episode # 2.9) 10 November. In 1983, she was crowned as Queen of Vina Del Mar at the prestigious Viņa Del Mar Festival in Chile. Bewitched (1964) playing "Ophelia" in episode: "The Eight Year Itch Witch" (episode # 8.12) 8 December. During the 1980s, her star kept on growing, as she reached international superstar status. Star Trek (1966) playing "Eleen" in episode: "Friday's Child" (episode # 2.11) 1 December.

Subsequently, she was cast on many other soap oeras, and by the mid 1970s, she was a well known superstar throughout Mexico. The Monkees (1966) playing "April Conquest" in episode: "Monkees Get Out More Dirt" (episode # 1.29) 3 April. She acted in her first soap opera, Paloma, simultaneusly. The Beverly Hillbillies (1962) playing "Ulla Bergstrom" in episode: "The Beautiful Maid" (episode # 4.27) 16 March. Mendez began her career in 1972, acting in a movie named Cabalgando a la Luna (Horse-riding to the Moon). The Twilight Zone (1959) playing "Miss Devlin" in episode: "Of Late I Think of Cliffordville" (episode # 4.14) 11 April. She has been the star of several Spanish soap operas. Tell me I'm funny and it's the greatest compliment in the world anyone could give me." -- Julie Newmar, New York Times interview.

Lucia Leticia Mendez (born January 26, 1955) is a Mexican actress and singer. Tell me I'm intellectual, I know it. "Tell me I'm beautiful, it's nothing.