Julie Harris
Julia Ann "Julie" Harris (born December 2, 1925 in Grosse Pointe Park , Wayne County , Michigan ; † August 24, 2013 in West Chatham , Massachusetts ) was an American actress .
Life
As the daughter of a banker, Julie Harris learned her trade at the renowned Yale Drama School. Harris was the first woman to receive a scholarship for this school (the second was her future fellow actor and friend, Joan Van Ark ). They also visited the Actors Studio and belonged to the generation of actors who by Lee Strasberg , the Method Acting learned.
After completing her acting training with flying colors, it wasn't particularly difficult for Julie Harris to get engagements - she was known in professional circles as extremely talented, flexible and energetic. In addition, she interpreted her role profiles, regardless of whether they were major or minor roles, subtly and always with “depth”. The Broadway became aware of the petite actress - and so she made her debut here in 1945 as a 19-year-old in the play It's A Gift ( The House in Montevideo ) by Curt Goetz .
Seven years later she made her screen debut in the film The Member of the Wedding (German title " Das Mädchen Frankie "), a role she had already played shortly before on Broadway . Here the 27-year-old personified a 12-year-old girl. The 50s meant a boost to her career, as she was cast in 1955 as the main role in Jenseits von Eden by director Elia Kazan alongside James Dean - and world-famous for her role as the sensitive "Abra".
Further movies with cult status followed and strengthened her reputation as a versatile and versatile actress of the "big" cinema of the 1950s, 60s and 70s. This is how she appeared in the films The Fist in the Face , Until the Blood Freezes , Reflection in the Golden Eye next to Marlon Brando and Elizabeth Taylor , Bulls - How long do you want to live? , The Refuge or Journey of the Damned alongside Maria Schell and Oskar Werner with.
On television, Harris could be seen in series such as Columbo , White House, Back Entrance , Under the California Sun and in various television films.
Despite all film and television roles, Julie Harris remained true to her passion as a theater actress and appeared on Broadway again and again . Here you could admire her as Joan of Arc or as a singer in the musical Skyscraper .
After a long period of acting abstinence caused by a stroke in 2001, Julie Harris first appeared again in 2006 in the film The Way Back Home . In 2008 she played in "The Golden Boys". After suffering a second stroke in 2010, she retired from acting.
family
Julie Harris was married three times - to Walter Carroll, Manning Gurian and to Jay Julian. All three marriages were divorced, and the second marriage resulted in a son.
Filmography (selection)
- 1952: Das Mädchen Frankie (The Member of the Wedding)
- 1955: I Am a Camera
- 1955: East of Eden (East of Eden)
- 1956: The Good Fairy (TV movie)
- 1957: The Lark (TV movie)
- 1957: The Truth About Women
- 1958: Little Moon of Alban (TV movie)
- 1958: Johnny Belinda (TV movie)
- 1958: Sally's Irish Rogue
- 1961: The Power and the Glory (TV movie)
- 1961: Victoria Regina (TV movie)
- 1962: The Fist in the Face (Requiem for a Heavyweight)
- 1963: Pygmalion (TV movie)
- 1963: Until the Blood Freezes (The Haunting)
- 1964: Hamlet
- 1964: Little Moon of Alban II (TV movie)
- 1965: The Holy Terror (TV movie)
- 1966: A Case for Harper (Harper)
- 1966: Big Boy, now you're going to be a man! (You're a Big Boy Now)
- 1967: Anastasia (TV movie)
- 1967: Reflections in a Golden Eye (Reflections in a Golden Eye)
- 1967–1968: Tarzan (TV series, four episodes)
- 1968: Bonanza The Dream of Happiness (TV series)
- 1968: cops - how long do you want to live? (The Split)
- 1970: House on Greenapple Road (TV movie)
- 1970: The People Next Door
- 1970: How Awful About Allan (TV movie)
- 1972: Under Suspicion of Murder ( Home for the Holidays , TV movie)
- 1973: Thicker Than Water (TV series)
- 1973: Columbo : Wine is thicker than blood (Any Old Port in a Storm)
- 1975: The Hiding Place
- 1975: The Family Holvak (TV series)
- 1976: The Belle of Amherst (TV movie)
- 1976: Voyage of the Damned (Voyage of the Damned)
- 1976: The Last of Mrs. Lincoln (TV movie)
- 1978: Stubby Pringle's Christmas (TV movie)
- 1979: White House, back entrance ( Backstairs at the White House , miniseries)
- 1979: The Bell Jar
- 1979: The Gift (TV movie)
- 1980–1987: Under the California Sun ( Knots Landing , TV series, 165 episodes)
- 1983: Brontë
- 1985: The Killer Academy (Crimewave)
- 1986: The Robots Are Coming ( Annihilator , TV movie)
- 1988: King of Her Heart ( The Woman He Loved , Movie made for TV)
- 1988: Gorillas in the Mist
- 1988: Too Good to Be True (movie made for TV)
- 1988: The Christmas Wife (TV movie)
- 1989: Single Women Married Men (TV movie)
- 1990: The American Civil War ( The Civil War , documentary series, nine episodes)
- 1992: Housesitter - Lies have beautiful legs (HouseSitter)
- 1993: School trip without return ( They've Taken Our Children: The Chowchilla Kidnapping , TV movie)
- 1993: Stark - The Dark Half (The Dark Half)
- 1993: When Love Kills: The Seduction of John Hearn (Movie made for TV)
- 1994: Scarlett (miniseries, four episodes)
- 1994: A Christmas (TV movie)
- 1995: Lucifer's Child (TV movie)
- 1995: Secrets (TV movie)
- 1996: Acts of Love - In the Clutches of Sensuality (Carried Away)
- 1996: The Christmas Tree (TV movie)
- 1997: Little Lies Among Friends (Bad Manners)
- 1997: Ellen Foster - A child struggles for happiness ( Ellen Foster , TV movie)
- 1998: Passage per il paradiso
- 1999: Love Is Strange (TV movie)
- 1999: The First of May
- 2006: The Way Back Home
- 2008: The Golden Boys
- 2009: The Lightkeepers
Awards
Julie Harris has received numerous awards and acting awards throughout her career. Her participation in the film Das Mädchen Frankie helped her to be nominated for the Best Actress category at the 1953 Academy Awards .
Harris received the Tony Award five times , the highest honor for a stage actor. She also holds the record for the most Tony Award nominations (10).
Tony Awards
- 1952: I Am A Camera
- 1956: The Lark
- 1969: Forty Carats
- 1973: The Last of Mrs. Lincoln
- 1977: The Belle of Amherst
Harris received the Emmy Award three times and was nominated for a total of eleven times.
Emmy Awards
- 1959: Hallmark Hall of Fame
- 1962: Victoria Regina
- 2000: Not for Ourselves Alone: The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Susan B. Anthony
In addition, she received the Sarah Siddons Award in 1966 for her work in the Chicago theater. In 1994 she was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award by the National Endowment for the Arts . In 2005 Harris received the Kennedy Prize .
Web links
- Julie Harris in theInternet Movie Database(English)
- Julie Harris in nndb (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Julie Harris, Broadway star, dies at 87 in: The Big Story , accessed August 25, 2013
- ^ RIP Julie Harris in Deadline , accessed August 25, 2013
- ↑ Lifetime Honors ( Memento of the original from July 21, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at nea.org, accessed August 25, 2013
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Harris, Julie |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Harris, Julia Ann |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | US-american actress |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 2, 1925 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Grosse Pointe Park , Wayne County , Michigan |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 24, 2013 |
| Place of death | West Chatham , Massachusetts |