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History:

The City Directories list the following residents: Donald C. and Helene Newmeyer, teacher LA City College (1939-1942).

3896 W. Clayton was the home of actress Julie Newmar in the 1940s and 1950s. Born Julia Charlene Newmeyer, Newmar is an American actress, dancer, and singer, known for a variety of stage, screen, and television roles as well as a writer, lingerie inventor, and real estate mogul. She won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for her role as Katrin Sveg in the 1958 Broadway production of The Marriage-Go-Round, and reprised the role in the 1961 film version. In the 1960s, she starred for two seasons as Catwoman in the television series Batman (1966–1967). Her other stage credits include the Ziegfeld Follies in 1956, and playing Lola in Damn Yankees! (1961) and Irma in Irma la Douce (1965) in regional productions.
Newmar grew up in Los Feliz and graduated from John Marshall High School. (Wikipedia, 2019; John Marshall High School Yearbook).

1940 Census:
3896 W. Clayton Avenue (Value $5,000): 1) Donald Newmeyer, owner and head of household; white married male 39 years of age; born in Ohio; 2) Helene Newmeyer, wife; white married female 39 years of age; born in Minnesota; 3) Julia Newmeyer, daughter; white female 6 years of age; born in California; in school; 4) Peter Bruce Newmeyer, son; white male 4 years of age; born in California; 5) Julia Jesmer, mother-in-law; white female widow 63 years of age; born in Minnesota.