Julie Adams

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Julie Adams (born Betty May Adams on October 17, 1926 in Waterloo , Iowa , † February 3, 2019 in Los Angeles , California ) was an American actress . In some actor lists she appears as Julia Adams or Betty Adams . She started her career in western films .

Life

In 1949 the young actress began working for Universal Studios . Here she first used her real name, Betty Adams. Only then did she become Julia and finally Julie Adams . In the 1950s she played a variety of film roles, often as a female lead, although mostly only in smaller film productions. She became known as Kay Lawrence in the horror classic The Horror of the Amazon (1954). She was also seen as a partner of James Stewart in Anthony Mann's Western Mutiny on the Snake River (1952).

Adams later made numerous guest appearances on TV series such as Yancy Derringer , Murder Is Her Hobby , Cold Case - No Victim Is Ever Forgotten , Big Valley and Lost . She worked as an actress well into old age and last appeared in the short film The Lucky Southern Star in 2018.

Julie Adams was married to Ray Danton from 1954 to 1981 and had two sons. Before that, she was married to the screenwriter Leonard B. Stern from 1951 until the divorce in 1953 . Julie Adams died in February 2019 at the age of 92.

Filmography

Feature films

  • 1949: Red, Hot and Blue
  • 1949: The Marshal of Santa Fe (The Dalton Gang)
  • 1950: Tough men from the Wild West (Hostile Country)
  • 1950: Marshal of Heldorado
  • 1950: Bandit Hunter (Crooked River)
  • 1950: Colorado Ranger
  • 1950: West of the Brazos
  • 1950: Fast on the Draw
  • 1950: For Heaven's Sake
  • 1951: Murder in Hollywood (Hollywood Story)
  • 1951: Victory over the Dark (Bright Victory)
  • 1952: Finders Keepers
  • 1952: Mutiny at the Bend of the River
  • 1952: The Treasure of Lost Canyon
  • 1952: Curse of the Lost (Horizons West)
  • 1953: Dangerous Blood (The Lawless Breed)
  • 1953: The World Is His (The Mississippi Gambler)
  • 1953: The Man from the Alamo
  • 1953: The Last Rebel (Wings of the Hawk)
  • 1953: The Stand at Apache River
  • 1954: Creature from the Black Lagoon (Creature from the Black Lagoon)
  • 1954: Francis Joins the WACS
  • 1955: His Last Chance (Six Bridges to Cross)
  • 1955: Looters on Pikes Peak (The Looters)
  • 1955: And if it weren't for love ... (One Desire)
  • 1955: The Private War of Major Benson
  • 1956: Away All Boats
  • 1957: For Whom the Stars Shine (Four Girls in Town)
  • 1957: Three Steps from Hell (Slaughter on Tenth Avenue)
  • 1957: Slim Carter
  • 1958: Tarawa bridgehead (Tarawa Beachhead)
  • 1959: The Gunfight at Dodge City
  • 1960: Raymie
  • 1962: The Underwater City
  • 1965: Cowboy Melody (Tickle Me)
  • 1967: Valley of Secrets ( Valley of Mystery , TV movie)
  • 1971: The Last Movie
  • 1971: The Tracker ( The Tracker , TV movie)
  • 1973: Go Ask Alice (TV movie)
  • 1974: McQ strikes (McQ)
  • 1975: The Wild McCullochs
  • 1975: Psychic Killer
  • 1976: The Killer Inside Me
  • 1976: Six Characters in Search of an Author (TV movie)
  • 1978: Goodbye, Franklin High
  • 1978: The Fifth Floor
  • 1984: his greatest victory (champions)
  • 1988: Freakshow (Black Roses)
  • 1990: Catchfire (backtrack)
  • 1993: The Conviction of Kitty Dodds (TV movie)
  • 2006: World Trade Center
  • 2011: The God of Slaughter ( Carnage , voice)
  • 2018: The Lucky Southern Star (short film)

TV series (selection)

Web links

Commons : Julie Adams  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Julie Adams, Damsel in Distress in 'Creature From the Black Lagoon,' Dies at 92.Retrieved February 4, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Entry at filmreference.com
personal data
SURNAME Adams, Julie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Adams, Betty May (maiden name); Adams, Julia; Adams, Betty
BRIEF DESCRIPTION US-american actress
DATE OF BIRTH October 17, 1926
PLACE OF BIRTH Waterloo , Iowa , United States
DATE OF DEATH 3rd February 2019
Place of death Los Angeles , California