Catwoman in other media Catwoman in other media Catwoman is a fictional character first appearing in "Batman" #1. After her debut she would appear in many forms of media appearing in the "Batman" TV series and its film adaption, "Batman Returns", the critically acclaimed "", the critically panned "Catwoman", the hit film "The Dark Knight Rises" and the popular "" series just to name a few. She has been portrayed by Julie Newmar, Lee Meriwether, Eartha Kitt, Michelle Pfeiffer, Halle Berry, Anne Hathaway and Camren Bicondova and has been voiced by Adrienne Barbeau, Grey DeLisle, and numerous others. Catwoman in the 1966 live action
Catwoman television series "Gotham". Catwoman was ranked 11th on IGN's "Top 100 Comic Book Villains of All Time" list, and 51st on "Wizard" magazine's "100 Greatest Villains of All Time" list. Conversely, she was ranked 20th on IGN's "Top 100 Comic Book Heroes of All Time" list. Batman co-creator Bob Kane was a great movie fan and his love for film provided the impetus for several Batman characters, among them, Catwoman. She was partially inspired by 1930s film star Jean Harlow who at Kane's then-early and, "impressionable age ... seemed to personify feminine pulchritude at its most sensuous." Kane and Finger