Meow! A Brief History of Actresses Who Have Purr-formed Catwoman
Unknown Actress in Batman (Television Series) 1968
OK, this is kind of bizarre, but in the second to last episode of the series, a side plot involved all of Batman's enemies escaping from prison. Now, I can only assume in an effort to not have to pay each individual actor who portrayed each villain, substitutes were used and, mostly, only the back of their heads were seen. That is, before they all consumed pills to make them invisible, naturally. In what you can see of the actress playing Catwoman, it's evident that it's not Kitt. No credit is given on the actress in this scene. (But, hey, if anyone can shed some light on this, let me know! Perhaps we can solve this mystery?)
Michelle Pfeiffer in Batman Returns (1992)
In a role that everyone wanted (just ask Sean Young), Pfeiffer purred her way to Catwoman immortality as a somewhat frantic Selina Kyle, who is presumably murdered after discovering a plot by her boss to steal Gotham's power supply. Not a villain, but not a hero (as we see in the clip below), Pfeiffer's Catwoman was just a slightly darker version of Michael Keaton's Batman. After this fairly dark and twisted Batman film, the series would be revamped with a new Batman (Val Kilmer) and a new director (Joel Schumacher).
Halle Berry in Catwoman (2004)
What a disaster. The idea of a Catwoman film was toyed around a bit with Michelle Pfeiffer, but she eventually left the project after it languished in development hell. Honestly, they should have just left it there. Pretty much discarding everything about Catwoman to come before (she now had magical powers!), this was basically a stand-alone film (except for an odd brief cameo of Pfeiffer as Catwoman in a photo) that had nothing to do with any other incarnation. Berry won a Razzie for her performance. At least she was a good sport, picking up her award in person -- not as hard to do when you've also won an Oscar three years before.
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I am not sure this was the best choice, to put it delicately. I think there were much better choices available, not that Christopher necessarily had all the choices, but there were many more to choose from than the one he ultimately made.
Some people are comparing it to his choice of Heath Ledger as the Joker; however, there are miles between Heath and Anne.
Anne Hathaway has big puppy-dog eyes and a wide, friendly face. She's gorgeous, but catlike? I woulda said even Amanda Seyfried was cattier.
The unknow actress is Yvonne Craig. However, she did not play cat woman. Her character is Bat Girl, Police Chief Gordon's daughter. I enjoyed the article.
Craig did play Batgirl. But watch the clip again, Catwoman is sitting in a chair alongside The Joker, The Penguin and The Riddler.
Anne Hathaway needs to be fired. Now.
that is what they said about Heath, but they didn't know
Anne was the one I didn't want picked for sure, but if Nolan sees something in her then I'll reserve judgment (unlike I did with Heath before I knew)
That actually sounds worth it. I can't offer her a prime role, but hey, how about a Worther's Original in exchange?
Anne Hathaway needs to be fired. Now.
that is what they said about Heath, but they didn't know
Anne was the one I didn't want picked for sure, but if Nolan sees something in her then I'll reserve judgment (unlike I did with Heath before I knew)
love me some halle berry.
i fell in lov with hallt berry