Julie Wilson

Julie Wilson

Born: October 21, 1924
Died: April 5, 2015
in Omaha, Nebraska, USA
Julie May Wilson was an American singer and actress "widely regarded as the queen of cabaret". She was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical in 1989 for her performance in Legs Diamond.

She made her Broadway stage debut in the 1946 revue Three to Make Ready. In 1951, she moved to London to star in the West End production of Kiss Me, Kate and remained there for four years, appearing in shows such as South Pacific and Bells Are Ringing while studying at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts. She returned to New York to replace Joan Diener in Kismet. Additional Broadway credits include The Pajama Game, Jimmy, Park, and Legs Diamond, for which she received a Tony Award nomination as Best Featured Actress in a Musical. She also toured in Show Boat, Panama Hattie, Silk Stockings, Follies, Company, and A Little Night Music.

In 1957, Wilson sang with Ray Anthony and his Orchestra, contributing vocals to a number of songs in the soundtrack to the film This Could Be The Night. Wilson also had an acting role in the film, as singer Ivy Corlane. The same year she appeared as Rosebud in The Strange One, opposite Ben Gazzara. Wilson's television credits include regular roles on the American daytime soap opera The Secret Storm. She also appeared in a Hallmark Hall of Fame telecast of Kiss Me, Kate and numerous episodes of The Ed Sullivan Show.

Movies for Julie Wilson...

Alison's Birthday
Title: Alison's Birthday
Character: Maureen Tate
Released: May 1, 1981
Type: Movie
During a Ouija board session with her teenaged friends, 16-year-old Alison gets a message from beyond the grave not to go home for her birthday three years later.
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The World Premiere of 'Finian's Rainbow'
Title: The World Premiere of 'Finian's Rainbow'
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 1968
Type: Movie
This documentary has interviews with actors and the director as they arrive for the 1968 New York world premiere of "Finian's Rainbow."
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Title: The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Character: Self
Released: October 1, 1962
Type: TV
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson is a talk show hosted by Johnny Carson under The Tonight Show franchise from 1962 to 1992. It originally aired during late-night. For its first ten years, Carson's Tonight Show was based in New York City with occasional trips to Burbank, California; in May 1972, the show moved permanently to Burbank, California. In 2002, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson was ranked #12 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time.
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Some Like It Cool
Title: Some Like It Cool
Character: Jill
Released: October 1, 1961
Type: Movie
Tame comedy in which Julie converts her stuffy husband Roger and his equally prudish parents to the joys of nudism.
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Kiss Me, Kate
Title: Kiss Me, Kate
Character: Lois Lane / Bianca
Released: November 20, 1958
Type: Movie
Abridged version of the classic Cole Porter musical as broadcast live on the Hallmark Hall of Fame series on NBC
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Title: Art Ford's Greenwich Village Party
Character: Self
Released: September 13, 1957
Type: TV
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This Could Be the Night
Title: This Could Be the Night
Character: Ivy Corlane
Released: May 14, 1957
Type: Movie
To earn extra money, a prim schoolteacher takes a second job as secretary to the uncouth owner of a boisterous nightclub.
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The Strange One
Title: The Strange One
Character: Rosebud
Released: April 12, 1957
Type: Movie
A military school student develops a destructive power over his fellow cadets.
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The Bachelor
Title: The Bachelor
Character: Leslie
Released: July 15, 1956
Type: Movie
A bachelor account executive with an advertising agency thinks he has the perfect set-up with three girlfriends. And then there is Marion his devoted secretary who worships him and will do anything for him.
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Title: The Ed Sullivan Show
Character: Self
Released: June 20, 1948
Type: TV
The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June 20, 1948 to Sunday June 6, 1971, and was hosted by New York entertainment columnist Ed Sullivan. It was replaced in September 1971 by the CBS Sunday Night Movie, which ran only one season and was eventually replaced by other shows. In 2002, The Ed Sullivan Show was ranked #15 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time.