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Portrait of Julie
Birth Place: Waterloo, Iowa, USA
Birth Name: Betty May Adams
Born: October 17, 1926
Died: February 3, 2019

After spending her formative years in Arkansas, Julie (Betty May) moved to California and started out as a part-time secretary. While working, she took acting lessons. Her hard work paid off when she was given her first part, a small role in Paramount's Red Hot and Blue (1949), which she followed up with a series of seven quickie westerns produced by Lippert and starring James Ellison and Russell Hayden. She billed herself under her real name of Betty Adams until she was signed by Universal in 1949; she then became Julia Adams, which was modified to Julie by the early 1950s.

Fans of the horror film Creature From the Black Lagoon tend to believe that Julie became a leading lady on the strength of her role in this film as the imperiled--and fetchingly underclad--heroine. In fact, she has been cast in many leading roles in other good films, notably Bend in the River, The Private War of Major Benson, Mississippi Gambler, Bright Victory and Slaughter on Tenth Avenue. Miss Adams feels fortunate to have had the opportunity to work with such wonderful co-stars as Jimmy Stewart, Tyrone Power, Arthur Kennedy, Rock Hudson, Charlton Heston, Elvis Presley, John Wayne, Glen Ford, and Van Heflin. If she had to pick a favorite leading man, it would be her co-star in Bend in the River, Jimmy Stewart. She just loved the job playing his wife on his TV show years later. "Going to work with Jimmy Stewart every day," she said, "Was my idea of heaven." She really feels blessed to have been able to work as an actress in such an interesting variety of roles and with such talented people. She has remained familiar to her fans from her numerous guest starring appearances on television.

Ray Danton
Julie's husband, Ray Danton
Ray Danton
Julie had a longterm
relationship with screenwriter
Ronald M. Cohen

Julie Adams was at one time married to actor/director Ray Danton (see picture at right). Adams and husband Ray Danton worked together a number of times in film and on television. In addition to being in the films The Looters (1955) and Tarawa Beachhead (1958), Adams and Danton guest starred on a January 1972 episode of Rod Serling's Night Gallery entitled The Miracle at Camafeo, and Ray Danton directed his wife in the 1975 horror flick Psychic Killer. Although the couple was married for many years, they divorced in 1981.

After her marriage to Ray Danton ended, Julie had a long-term relationship with screenwriter Ronald M. Cohen, who wrote excellent scripts for films like The Good Guys and the Bad Guys, Twilight's Last Gleaming, and the acclaimed telefilm Last Stand at Saber River, starring Tom Selleck. Julie Adams was still in demand throughout the 1980s on television, and in 1987 accepted a recurring role as Eve Simpson, the real estate lady on the CBS-TV series Murder, She Wrote.

Her most recognized portrayal, was that of Kay Lawrence in the famous sci-fi flick The Creature From the Black Lagoon in 1954.

You can order Julie's autobiography and short film in the store section of this website.

Actress - filmography

  1. The Lucky Southern Star (Short), 2018, Grandma
  2. Carnage, 2011, Secretary (voice)
  3. CHEZ UPSHAW, 2011 the role of Elise Summers.
  4. World Trade Center, 2006
  5. Conviction of Kitty Dodds, The (1993) (TV) .... Margaret
    ... aka Conviction: The Kitty Dodds Story (1993) (TV) (UK: video title)
  6. Catchfire (1990) .... Martha
    ... aka Backtrack (1991) (USA: TV title (director's cut))
           Rondo Award, 2012
      In 2012, Julie won the Rondo Award for the Monster Kid Hall of Fame at the annual Wonderfest in Louisville, Kentucky. [Click on the image for full size]

    ... aka Catchfire (1990) (Australia)
    ... aka Do It the Hard Way (1990)
  7. Black Roses (1988) .... Mrs. Miller
  8. Champions (1984) .... Emma Hussey
  9. "Capitol" (1982) TV Series .... Paula Denning (1983-1987)
  10. "Code Red" (1981) TV Series .... Ann Rorchek
  11. Code Red (1981) (TV) .... Ann Rorchek
  12. Goodbye, Franklin High (1978)
  13. "Greatest Heroes of the Bible" (1978) (mini) TV Series .... Queen
  14. Fifth Floor, The (1978) .... Nurse Hannelord
  15. Killer Inside Me, The (1976) .... Mother
  16. Six Characters in Search of an Author (1976) (TV) .... The mother
    ... aka Hollywood Television Theatre: Six Characters in Search of an Author (1976) (TV) (USA: series title)
  17. Psychic Killer (1975) .... Dr. Laura Scott
    ... aka Kirlian Effect, The (1975)
    ... aka Kirlian Force, The (1975)
  18. Wild McCullochs, The (1975) .... Hannah McCulloch
    ... aka McCullochs (1975)
  19. McQ (1974) .... Elaine Forrester
  20. Go Ask Alice (1973) (TV) .... Dorothy
  21. Trackers, The (1971) (TV) .... Dora Paxton
    ... aka No Trumpets, No Drums (1971) (TV)
  22. Last Movie, The (1971) .... Mrs. Anderson
    ... aka Chinchero (1971)
  23. "Jimmy Stewart Show, The" (1971) TV Series .... Martha Howard
  24. "General Hospital" (1963) TV Series .... Denise Wilton (1968)
  25. Valley of Mystery (1967) (TV) .... Joan Simon
    ... aka Stranded (1967) (TV)
  26. Tickle Me (1965) .... Vera Radford
  27. Gold, Glory and Custer (1962)
  28. Underwater City, The (1962) .... Dr. Monica Powers
  29. Raymie (1960) .... Helen
  30. Gunfight at Dodge City, The (1959) .... Pauline Howard
    ... aka Bat Masterson Story, The (1959) (USA)
  31. Tarawa Beachhead (1958) .... Ruth Nelson Campbell
  32. "Yancy Derringer" (1958) TV Series .... Amanda Eaton
  33. Slim Carter (1957) .... Clover Doyle
  34. Slaughter on Tenth Avenue (1957) .... Dee Pauley
  35. Four Girls in Town (1957) .... Kathy Conway
  36. Away All Boats (1956) .... Nadine MacDougall
  37. One Desire (1955) .... Judith Watrous
  38. Private War of Major Benson, The (1955) .... Dr. Kay Lambert
  39. Looters, The (1955) .... Sheryl Gregory
  40. Six Bridges to Cross (1955) .... Ellen Gallagher
  41. Francis Joins the WACS (1954) (as Julia Adams) .... Capt. Jane Parker
  42. Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954) (as Julia Adams) .... Kay
  43. Wings of the Hawk (1953) .... Raquel Noriega
  44. Stand at Apache River, The (1953) (as Julia Adams) .... Valerie Kendrick
  45. Man from the Alamo, The (1953) (as Julia Adams) .... Beth Anders
  46. Mississippi Gambler, The (1953) .... Ann Conant
  47. Lawless Breed, The (1953) (as Julia Adams) .... Rosie
  48. Horizons West (1952) (as Julia Adams) .... Lorna Hardin
  49. Treasure of Lost Canyon, The (1952) .... Myra Wade
  50. Bend of the River (1952) .... Laura BaileJulie and Jimmy Stewart
    ... aka Where the River Bends (1952) (UK)
  51. Finders Keepers (1951) (as Julia Adams) .... Sue Kipps
  52. Bright Victory (1951) (as Julia Adams) .... Chris Paterson
    ... aka Lights Out (1951) (UK)
  53. Hollywood Story (1951) (as Julia Adams) .... Sally Rousseau
  54. Fast on the Draw (1950) (as Betty Adams) .... Ann
    ... aka Sudden Death (1950) (USA: new title)
  55. West of the Brazos (1950) (as Betty Adams) .... Ann Greene
    ... aka Rangeland Empire (1950)
  56. Colorado Ranger (1950) (as Betty Adams) .... Ann Green
    ... aka Guns of Justice (1950)
  57. Crooked River (1950) (as Betty Adams) .... Ann Hayden
    ... aka Last Bullet, The (1950) (USA: TV title)
  58. Marshal of Heldorado (1950) (as Betty Adams) .... Ann
    ... aka Blazing Guns (1950)
  59. Hostile Country (1950) (as Betty Adams) .... Ann Green
    ... aka Outlaw Fury (1952) (USA: TV title)
    Julie in Psychic Killer

    Julie in Psychic Killer

  60. Dalton Gang, The (1949) (as Betty Adams) .... Polly Medford
    ... aka Outlaw Gang (1950) (USA: TV title)
  61. Red, Hot and Blue (1949) (uncredited) .... Starlet

Notable TV Guest Appearances

  1. Lost: Missing Pieces (TV Mini-Series), 2008, Amelia
  2. CSI: NY (TV Series)
    - Boo (2007) ... Betty Willens
  3. Cold Case (2006) playing Dottie Mills, October 29, 2006
  4. "Lost" (2006) Played Amelia on October 4, 2006
  5. Close To Home (2005) played the mother of the serial killer in the pilot episode
  6. Murder, She Wrote (1987-2000) TV Series (episodes The Sins of Castle Cove and Final Curtain)
  7. "Family Law" (1999) playing "Bonnie" in episode: "Second Chance" (episode # 1.21) 24 April 2000
  8. "Sliders" (1995) playing "Old Maggie Beckett" in episode: "Roads Taken" (episode # 4.21) 16 April 1999Slim Carter
  9. "Melrose Place" (1992) playing "Mrs. Damarr" in episode: "A Fist Full of Secrets" (episode # 7.22) 25 January 1999
  10. "Diagnosis Murder" (1993) playing "Edie Fallon" in episode: "Hard-Boiled Murder" (episode # 4.17) 13 February 1997
  11. If It's Thursday, It Must Be Beverly (1987 - 1993) She played Eve Simpson in episodes: 73, 84, 105, 121, 138, 155, 166, 172, 187, 193
  12. "Beverly Hills, 90210" (1990) playing "Grandma Beevis" in episode: "Twenty Years Ago Today" (episode # 4.8) 27 October 1993
  13. "Beverly Hills, 90210" (1990) playing "Grandma Beevis" in episode: "So Long, Farewell, Auf Wiedersehen, Goodbye" (episode # 4.1) 8 September 1993
  14. "Quincy" (1976) playing "Dr. Chris Winston" in episode: "Science for Sale" (episode # 8.7) 24 November 1982
  15. "Cagney & Lacey" (1982) playing "Helen Granger" in episode: "Better Than Equal" (episode # 1.6) 29 April 1982
  16. "Too Close for Comfort" (1980) playing "Sylvia Walker" in episode: "A Fine Romance" (episode # 1.11) 3 February 1981
  17. "Vega$" (1978) playing "Margaret Sorenson" in episode: "Murder by Mirrors" (episode # 3.11) 21 January 1981
  18. "Trapper John, M.D." (1979) playing "Lorrie Malcolm" in episode: "Hot Line" (episode # 1.22) 30 March 1980
  19. "Quincy" (1976) playing "Sharon Ross" in episode: "For the Benefit of My Patients" (episode # 5.10) 22 November 1979
  20. "Incredible Hulk, The" (1978) playing "Ellen" in episode: "Life and Death" (episode # 1.8) 12 May 1978
  21. "Police Woman" (1974/I) playing "Eleanor Simpson" in episode: "Murder with Pretty People" (episode # 4.17) 22 February 1978
  22. "Quincy" (1976) playing "Mrs. Daniels" in episode: "Main Man" (episode # 3.8) 11 November 1977
  23. "This Is the Life" (1952) in episode: "Man in the Middle" 25 May 1977
  24. "McMillan and Wife" (1971) playing "Dorothy Wininger" in episode: "Dark Sunrise" (episode # 6.2) 2 January 1977Looters
  25. "Medical Center" (1969) playing "Ellie Wilke" in episode: "The Stranger" (episode # 7.19) 9 February 1976
  26. "Cannon" (1971) playing "Sylvia Killian" in episode: "The Wedding March" (episode # 5.11) 19 November 1975
  27. "Ellery Queen" (1975) playing "Jennifer Packard" in episode: "The Adventure of Veronica's Veils" (episode # 1.9) 13 November 1975
  28. "Marcus Welby, M.D." (1969) playing "Lee Morgan" in episode: "An End and a Beginning" (episode # 7.7) 21 October 1975
  29. "Mobile One" (1975) in episode: "The Pawn" (episode # 1.2) 19 September 1975
  30. "Streets of San Francisco, The" (1972) playing "Judith" in episode: "Labyrinth" (episode # 3.22) 21 August 1975
  31. "Caribe" (1975) in episode: "The Plastic Connection" (episode # 1.1) 17 February 1975
  32. "Kolchak: The Night Stalker" (1974) playing "Mrs. Avery Walker" in episode: "Mr. R.I.N.G." (episode # 1.12) 10 January 1975
  33. "Lucas Tanner" (1974) playing "Mrs. Walker" (episode # 1.1) 11 September 1974
  34. "Mannix" (1967) playing "Edie Reynolds" in episode: "Little Girl Lost" (episode # 7.4) 7 October 1973
  35. "Search" (1972) in episode: "The Clayton Lewis Document" 14 February 1973
  36. "Mod Squad, The" (1968) in episode: "Scion of Death" (episode # 5.20) 8 February 1973
  37. "Cannon" (1971) playing "Mrs. Lucas" in episode: "Child of Fear" (episode # 2.9) 15 November 1972
  38. "Doris Day Show, The" (1968) in episode: "The Press Secretary" 2 October 1972
  39. "Night Gallery" (1970) playing "Gay Melcor" in episode: "The Miracle at Camafeo" (episode # 2.49) 19 January 1972
  40. "Young Lawyers, The" (1970) playing "Alice Graham" in episode: "And the Walls Came Tumbling Down" (episode # 1.20) 24 February 1971
  41. "Bold Ones: The New Doctors, The" (1969) playing "Lynn Craig" in episode: "An Absence of Loneliness" (episode # 2.7) 24 January 1971
  42. "Dan August" (1970) playing "Patricia Fairley" in episode: "Epitaph for a Swinger" (episode # 1.7) 18 November 1970Major Benson
  43. "Bold Ones: The New Doctors, The" (1969) playing "Lynn Craig" in episode: "Killer on the Loose" (episode # 2.2) 11 October 1970
  44. "F.B.I., The" (1965) playing "Denise Kriton" in episode: "Blood Tie" (episode # 5.9) 9 November 1969
  45. "Doris Day Show, The" (1968) in episode: "Married for a Day" 27 October 1969
  46. "Marcus Welby, M.D." (1969) playing "Claire" in episode: "Don't Ignore the Miracles" (episode # 1.3) 7 October 1969
  47. "My Friend Tony" (1969) in episode: "Voices" (episode # 1.1) 1969
  48. "Outsider, The" (1968) playing "Laura Carlvic" in episode: "One Long-Stemmed American Beauty" (episode # 1.9) 20 November 1968
  49. "Ironside" (1967) playing "Norma Howard" in episode: "I, the People" (episode # 2.7) 31 October 1968
  50. "Mod Squad, The" (1968) playing "Samantha Semple" in episode: "You Can't Tell the Players Without a Programmer" (episode # 1.5) 29 October 1968
  51. "Big Valley, The" (1965) playing "Janet Masters" in episode: "The Emperor of Rice" (episode # 3.21) 12 February 1968
  52. "Mannix" (1967) in episode: "Then the Drink Takes the Man" (episode # 1.14) 30 December 1967
  53. "Girl from U.N.C.L.E., The" (1966) in episode: "High and Deadly Affair" 1967
  54. "Big Valley, The" (1965) playing "Edna Wesley" in episode: "Target" (episode # 2.7) 31 October 1966
  55. "Virginian, The" (1962) playing "Marian Clay" in episode: "No Drums, No Trumpets" (episode # 4.28) 6 April 1966
  56. "Burke's Law" (1963) playing "Carla Cabrell" in episode: "Deadlier Than the Male" (episode # 3.10) 17 November 1965
  57. "Twelve O'Clock High" (1964) playing "Lt. Betty Russo" in episode: "Big Brother" (episode # 2.5) 11 October 1965
  58. "Perry Mason" (1957) playing "Patricia L. Kean" in episode: "The Case of the Fatal Fortune" (episode # 9.2) 19 September 1965
  59. "Kraft Suspense Theatre" (1963) playing "Joanne Clay" in episode: "Kill No More" (episode # 2.23) 29 April 1965
  60. "Perry Mason" (1957) playing "Janice Blake" in episode: "The Case of the Missing Button" (episode # 8.1) 24 September 1964
  61. "Kraft Suspense Theatre" (1963) playing "Ellen Yarnell" in episode: "The Robrioz Ring" (episode # 1.27) 28 May 1964
  62. "77 Sunset Strip" (1958/I) playing "Anne Kenzie" in episode: "Alimony League" (episode # 6.16) 10 January 1964
  63. "Arrest and Trial" (1963) playing "Eleanor" in episode: "Inquest Into a Bleeding Heart" (episode # 1.9) 10 November 1963
  64. "Perry Mason" (1957) playing "Janice Barton" in episode: "The Case of the Deadly Verdict" (episode # 7.4) 17 October 1963
  65. "Perry Mason" (1957) playing "Valerie Comstock" in episode: "The Case of the Lover's Leap" (episode # 6.23) 4 April 1963
  66. "Gallant Men, The" (1962) playing "Capt. Meg Thorpe" in episode: "A Taste of Peace" (episode # 1.24) 16 March 1963
  67. "Checkmate" (1960) playing "Jean Damion" in episode: "The Someday Man" (episode # 2.29) 2 May 1962
  68. "Dr. Kildare" (1961) playing "Ginny Nelson" in episode: "The Horn of Plenty" (episode # 1.28) 19 April 1962
  69. "Dick Powell Show, The" (1961) in episode: "330 Independence SW" (episode # 1.25) 20 March 1962
  70. "Andy Griffith Show, The" (1960) playing "Mary Simpson" in episode: "The County Nurse" (episode # 2.24) 19 March 1962
  71. "Surfside 6" (1960) playing "Julie Owens" in episode: "Laugh for the lady" (episode # 2.7) 30 October 1961
  72. "Outlaws" (1960) playing "Juill Ramsur" in episode: "Return to New March" (episode # 1.26) 22 June 1961
  73. "77 Sunset Strip" (1958/I) playing "Norma Kellogg" in episode: "Open and Close in One" (episode # 3.27) 19 March 1961
  74. "Hawaiian Eye" (1959) playing "Gloria Matthews" in episode: "Robinson Koyoto" (episode # 2.20) 25 January 1961
  75. "Surfside 6" (1960) playing "Merilee Williams" in episode: "Facts on the Fire" (episode # 1.16) 16 January 1961
  76. "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" (1955) playing "Phyllis Kendall" in episode: "Summer Shade" (episode # 6.15) 10 January 1961
  77. "Bonanza" (1959) playing "Helen Layton" in episode: "The Courtship" (episode # 2.16) 7 January 1961
  78. "Michael Shayne" (1960) playing "Bea" in episode: "This Is It, Michael Shayne" (episode # 1.8) 25 November 1960
  79. "Checkmate" (1960) playing "Janet Evans" in episode: "Face in the Window" (episode # 1.5) 22 October 1960
  80. "Tate" (1960) in episode: "The Mary Hardin Story" (episode # 1.13) 21 September 1960
  81. "Wrangler" (1960) playing "Eve Browning" in episode: "The Affair with Browning's Woman" (episode # 1.4) 25 August 1960
  82. "Markham" (1959) in episode: "Crash in the Desert" 18 August 1960
  83. "Rifleman, The" (1958) playing "Nora Sanford" in episode: "Nora" (episode # 2.35) 24 May 1960
  84. "Hawaiian Eye" (1959) playing "Sarah Crane" in episode: "Murder, Anyone?" (episode # 1.28) 13 April 1960
  85. "77 Sunset Strip" (1958/I) playing "Miriam Galbraith" in episode: "Safari" (episode # 2.22) 4 March 1960
  86. "Alcoa Theatre" (1957) playing "Betty Fordham" in episode: "Minister Accused" (episode # 3.10) 8 February 1960
  87. "Maverick" (1957) playing "Wilma White" in episode: "The White Widow" (episode # 3.19) 24 January 1960
  88. "Cheyenne" (1955) playing "Irene Travers" in episode: "Gold, Glory and Custer - Requiem" (episode # 4.8) 11 January 1960
  89. "Cheyenne" (1955) playing "Irene Travers" in episode: "Gold, Glory and Custer - Prelude" (episode # 4.7) 4 January 1960
  90. "Alaskans, The" (1959) playing "Clara" in episode: "Doc Booker" (episode # 1.10) 6 December 1959
  91. "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" (1955) playing "Peg Valence" in episode: "Dead Weight" (episode # 5.9) 22 November 1959
  92. "77 Sunset Strip" (1958/I) playing "Marie La Shelle" in episode: "The Canine Caper" (episode # 1.32) 15 May 1959
  93. "77 Sunset Strip" (1958/I) playing "Margo Wendice" in episode: "The Fifth Stair" (episode # 1.22) 6 March 1959
  94. "Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond" (1959) playing "Helen Archer" in episode: "Epilogue" (episode # 1.6) 24 February 1959
  95. "Maverick" (1957) playing "Belle Morgan" in episode: "Brasada Spur" (episode # 2.22) 22 February 1959
  96. "Frontier Justice" (1958) playing "Julie Brand" in episode: "Man of Fear" (episode # 2.16) 1959
  97. "Man and the Challenge, The" (1959) playing "Linda Webb" in episode: "Experiments in Terror" (episode # 1.5) 1959
  98. "Letter to Loretta" (1953) playing "Milly" in episode: "Strange Money" (episode # 6.11) 14 December 1958
  99. "Goodyear Theatre" (1957) playing "Marion Ewell" in episode: "Points Beyond" (episode # 2.5) 8 December 1958
  100. "Zane Grey Theater" (1956) playing "Nora Jepson" in episode: "The Tall Shadow" (episode # 3.7) 20 November 1958
  101. "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" (1955) playing "Carol Longsworth" in episode: "Little White Frock" (episode # 3.39) 29 June 1958
  102. "Playhouse 90" (1956) playing "Janice Ohringer" in episode: "The Dungeon" (episode # 2.32) 17 April 1958
  103. "Zane Grey Theater" (1956) playing "Julie Brand" in episode: "Man of Fear" (episode # 2.22) 14 March 1958
  104. "Letter to Loretta" (1953) playing "Paula McGill" (as Julia Adams) in episode: "The Hidden One" (episode # 5.12) 19 January 1958
  105. "Climax!" (1954) playing "Coleen" in episode: "Two Tests for Tuesday" (episode # 4.6) 14 November 1957
  106. "Lux Video Theatre" (1950) in episode: "Design for November" (episode # 7.37) 13 June 1957
  107. "Lux Video Theatre" (1950) in episode: "Just Across the Street" (episode # 7.16) 10 January 1957
  108. "Studio One" (1948) playing "Anne" in episode: "Circle of Guilt" (episode # 8.23) 20 February 1956
  109. "Lux Video Theatre" (1950) in episode: "Appointment for Love" (episode # 6.6) 3 November 1955
  110. "Your Show Time" (1949) (as Betty Adams) in episode: "The Tenor" (episode # 1.11) 1 April 1949
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