I was going to ask if Newmar invested well on syndication checks or if Belushi blows his salary at the tracks, but you've answered the question about where her money comes from. Based on career incomes, Newmar should be in a seniors condo on Burton Way and Belushi should be just north of Santa Monica on Alpine.
My assumption was that she invested well. She's supposed to have a high IQ and be a successful business person.
Did a quick Google and found that some of my impressions were wrong, and some right. The family may have been comfortable, but probably not wealthy. Her IQ is good, but not outrageous. Anyway, here's what I found:
Born Julia Chalane Newmeyer, she is the daughter of an engineering professor and a former Ziegfeld girl. So maybe, she jokes, her vital statistics-a 38-23-38 figure and a 135 IQ-were genetic. Newmar, now 65, acts on occasion if the role amuses her, such as in the recently completed If...Dog...Rabbit, a film directed by Matthew Modine. But her priorities are her Los Angeles-based real-estate business and her 17-year-old son.
"How I think of myself is as a kind of producer, but I don't make films," she says. "I find people who are creative, and they become my tenants. I now have the finest cake-maker in all of Southern California, the finest interior designer. I have some of the best screenwriters and photographers living in my buildings. I have a wonderful restaurant. I've started art galleries. It satisfies my creative side, even though I'm behind the scenes."