Julie Newmar rejected pressure to institutionalize son with Down syndrome
Julie Newmar, the 183-centimeter-tall actress who defined 1960s Hollywood glamour and played the iconic television villain Catwoman, spent decades redefining disability advocacy after welcoming her only son, John Jewell Nuccio, according to interviews with The Guardian and related biographical archives. Born in August 1981 when Newmar was 48, John was diagnosed with Down syndrome shortly … Read more