Julie Harris Overview:

Actress, Julie Harris, was born Julie Anne Harris on Dec 2, 1925 in Grosse Pointe Park, MI. Harris died at the age of 87 on Aug 24, 2013 in West Chatham, MA .

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Julie Harris was noted for roles which plumb emotional depths. She has given a number of anguished performances in some powerful films, and won a Tony Award on Broadway, but has never become a box-office star. She received an Academy Award nomination for The Member of the Wedding.

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HONORS and AWARDS:

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Julie Harris was nominated for two Academy Awards, winning one for Best Costume Design for Darling in 1965.

Academy Awards

YearAwardFilm nameRoleResult
1952Best ActressThe Member of the Wedding (1952)Frankie AddamsNominated
1965Best Costume DesignDarling (1965)N/AWon
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Harris was inducted into the Theater Hall of Fame .

Julie Harris BlogHub Articles:

Julie Harris wants to be “The Member of the Wedding”

By Stephen Reginald on Aug 20, 2023 From Classic Movie Man

Julie Harris wants to be “The Member of the Wedding” The Member of the Wedding (1952) is an American film drama directed by Fred Zinneman and starring Ethel Waters, Julie Harris, and Brandon De Wilde. The film is based on the novel of the same name by Carson McCullers (1946). The ci... Read full article


Julie Harris 1925 – 2013

By Marisa on Aug 25, 2013 From The Timothy Carey Experience

Instead of the usual Sunday Quote of the Week, I’ve chosen to mark the passing of one of the most honored and gifted performers of the Broadway stage, films and television, Julie Harris. She passed away yesterday at the age of 87, reportedly from congestive heart failure. She and Timothy appea... Read full article


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Julie Harris Quotes:

Alison Langdon: Alcoholics, paresis, senility. My God. What a choice crew.


Abra: But you must give him some sign, Mr. Trask, some sign that you love him... or he'll never be a man. All his life he'll feel guilty and alone unless you release him.


Frances 'Frankie' Addams: We'll just walk up to people and know them right away. We'll be walking down a dark road, and see a lighted house and knock on the door, and strangers will rush to meet us and say, "Come in! Come in!" We'll know decorated aviators and New York people and movie stars. And we'll have thousands and thousands of friends. We'll belong to so many clubs that we can't even keep track of them all. We'll be members of the WHOLE WORLD!


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Julie Harris Facts
Fell backstage in Stamford, Connecticut, USA, requiring surgery to drain fluid from her head. [3 April 1999]

First directed by Tony Abatemarco in Lucifer's Child (1995) (TV) on Broadway, for which she received a Tony nomination.

Friends with 'Charles Nelson Reilly (I)', Michele Lee, Steven Hill, Shelley Winters, Jason Robards, Ruby Dee, Marlon Brando and James Dean.

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