Julie Bishop (actress)

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Julie Bishop or Jaqueline Wells (born August 30, 1914 in Denver , Colorado as Jacqueline Brown , † August 30, 2001 in Mendocino , California ) was an American actress . Between 1923 and 1957 she played in a total of 84 films.

life and career

Jacqueline Brown was born the daughter of a wealthy banker and oil trader. After her parents divorced, she moved to Hollywood, where she was in front of the camera alongside Gloria Swanson in the movie Bluebeard's Eight Wife as a child at the age of nine . It was followed by other appearances on the side of silent film stars such as Clara Bow and Mary Pickford . For the film business she gave herself the stage name Jaqueline Wells , which she changed again to Julie Bishop in 1941. In contrast to many other child stars, Bishop made the leap into the adult profession. She played the leading female role alongside Buster Crabbe in the adventure film Tarzan the Fearless (1933) and alongside WC Fields in Tillie and Gus (1933). In 1934 she was selected as a particularly promising young star among the WAMPAS Baby Stars , in the same year she also had a larger role in the horror film The Black Cat with Boris Karloff , Bela Lugosi and David Manners . In 1936 Bishop played the title role in the Laurel and Hardy film Das Mädel aus dem Böhmerwald , where she grows up as the daughter of the comedian duo and also sings some songs. As early as 1932, with Any Old Port! shot a short film with Laurel and Hardy.

Julie Bishop played mostly female lead roles in B-films at smaller film studios. From 1940 she was under contract with Warner Bros. , where she received some of the best roles of her career, such as the wife of Humphrey Bogart in Lloyd Bacon's war film Deployment in the North Atlantic (1943) and as the lover of Errol Flynn in Bloody Snow (1943), another war film directed by Raoul Walsh . In the music film Rhapsody in Blue in 1945, Bishop portrayed the wife of the main character George Gershwin . Nevertheless, Bishop was mainly seen as an actress in westerns and war films, for example in You Were Our Comrade and It Always Comes Day , always at the side of John Wayne . In the 1950s, Bishop turned mainly to the new medium of television and, among other things, played the leading role of a secretary in love in the series My Hero . In 1957, Bishop played her final role in the western Rulers of Wide Land alongside Alan Ladd .

Julie Bishop was married three times. First in first marriage from 1936 to 1939 with the millionaire Walter Booth Brooks III., This marriage was divorced. From 1944 until his death in 1968 she was then married to Major Clarence A. Shoop, Vice President of Howard Hughes' airline . She was married to William F. Bergin from 1968 until her death in 2001. From her second marriage, Julie Bishop had two children, including actress Pamela Susan Shoop . Julie Bishop, who was also a painter and pilot, was involved as a philanthropist, for example she was president of the Achievement Rewards for College Scientists, which offers scholarships for good students in science. Julie Bishop died of pneumonia in 2001 on her 87th birthday.

Filmography (selection)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Obituary in the Los Angeles Times: Julie Bishop, 87; Actress Was in 84 Movies
  2. ^ Obituary for Julie Bishop at the Telegraph
  3. ^ Obituary in the Los Angeles Times: Julie Bishop, 87; Actress Was in 84 Movies
personal data
SURNAME Bishop, Julie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wells, Jacqueline (stage name); Brown, Jacqueline (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION US-american actress
DATE OF BIRTH August 30, 1914
PLACE OF BIRTH Denver , Colorado , United States
DATE OF DEATH August 30, 2001
Place of death Mendocino , California , United States