Julie Adams
For generations of moviegoers, the name Julie Adams conjured up an arresting black-and-white image of the actress swimming gracefully through the murky waters of the Amazon - actually, Wakulla Springs in Florida - while the Gill-Man, the scaly man-fish monster in "Creature from the Black Lagoon" (1954), glided below her, captivated by her presence in his environment. The film, one of the greatest titles in science fiction history, came to encapsulate Adams' career, though she had been an in-demand actress, most notably in Westerns, since the late 1940s. Despite its popularity, "Creature" did little for her film career, but she became one of the most recognizable faces on television, providing poised, highly professional guest turns on series from the early 1960s through the first decade of the 21st century. If she bore any ill will towards her "Creature" typecasting, Adams did not show it, as the title of her 2011 autobiography, The Lucky Southern Star: Reflections from the Black Lagoon, clearly illustrated. If never a household name, Julie Adams enjoyed both exceptional career longevity and the lasting fame afforded to a cult icon. Julie Adams died February 3, 2019 in Los Angeles at the age of 92.
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Julie Adams
Filmography
Movies
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70% |
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Along for the Ride | Unknown (Character) | - | 2016 |
71% |
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Carnage | La secrétaire (Voice) | $2.5M | 2011 |
40% |
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Backtrack | Martha (Character) | - | 1989 |
No Score Yet |
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Black Roses | Mrs. Miller (Character) | - | 1988 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Code Red | Ann Rorchek (Character) | - | 1981 |
No Score Yet |
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The Fifth Floor | Nurse Hannelord (Character) | - | 1980 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Goodbye Franklin High | Janice Armer (Character) | - | 1978 |
40% |
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The Killer Inside Me | Mother (Character) | - | 1976 |
No Score Yet |
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Psychic Killer | Dr. Laura Scott (Character) | - | 1975 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Wild McCullochs | Hannah McCulloch (Character) | - | 1975 |
40% |
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McQ | Elaine (Character) | - | 1974 |
No Score Yet |
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Go Ask Alice | Dorothy (Character) | - | 1973 |
50% |
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The Last Movie | Mrs. Anderson (Character) | - | 1971 |
No Score Yet |
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The Trackers | Dora Paxton (Character) | - | 1971 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Kill No More | Joanne Clay (Character) | - | 1966 |
No Score Yet |
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Tickle Me | Vera Radford (Character) | - | 1965 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Underwater City | Dr. Monica Powers (Character) | - | 1962 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Raymie | Helen (Character) | - | 1960 |
No Score Yet |
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The Gunfight at Dodge City | Pauline Howard (Character) | - | 1959 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Tarawa Beachhead | Ruth Nelson Campbell (Character) | - | 1958 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Slim Carter | Clover Doyle (Character) | - | 1957 |
No Score Yet |
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Slaughter on Tenth Avenue | Daisy "Dee" Pauley (Character) | - | 1957 |
No Score Yet |
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Away All Boats | Nadine MacDougall (Character) | - | 1956 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Four Girls in Town | Kathy Conway (Character) | - | 1956 |
No Score Yet |
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The Private War of Major Benson | Dr. Kay Lambert (Character) | - | 1955 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | One Desire | Judith Watrous (Character) | - | 1955 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Looters | Sheryl Gregory (Character) | - | 1955 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Six Bridges to Cross | Ellen Gallagher (Character) | - | 1955 |
80% |
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Creature From the Black Lagoon | Kay Lawrence (Character) | - | 1954 |
No Score Yet |
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Francis Joins the WACS | Capt. Jane Parker (Character) | - | 1954 |
100% |
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The Man From the Alamo | Beth Anders (Character) | - | 1953 |
No Score Yet |
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The Lawless Breed | Rosie McCoy (Character) | - | 1953 |
No Score Yet |
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The Mississippi Gambler | Ann Conant (Character) | - | 1953 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Wings of the Hawk | Raquel Noriega (Character) | - | 1953 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Stand at Apache River | Valerie Kendrick (Character) | - | 1953 |
No Score Yet |
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Horizons West | Lorna Hardin (Character) | - | 1952 |
100% |
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Bend of the River | Laura Baile (Character) | - | 1952 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Treasure of Lost Canyon | Myra Wade (Character) | - | 1952 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Finders Keepers | Sue Kipps (Character) | - | 1952 |
No Score Yet |
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Hollywood Story |
Sally Rousseau/ |
- | 1951 |
100% |
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Bright Victory | Chris Paterson (Character) | - | 1951 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hostile Country | Ann Green (Character) | - | 1950 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Fast on the Draw | Ann (Character) | - | 1950 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Dalton Gang | Polly Medford (Character) | - | 1949 |
TV
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No Score Yet | 82% | CSI: New York | Betty Willens (Guest Star) | 2007 |
No Score Yet | 95% | Cold Case | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2006 |
86% | 89% | Lost | Amelia (Guest Star) | 2006 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Family Law | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2000 |
No Score Yet | 75% | Sliders | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1999 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Melrose Place | Mrs. Damarr (Guest Star) | 1999 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Diagnosis Murder | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1997 |
No Score Yet | 89% | Murder, She Wrote | Eve Simpson (Guest Star) | 1987-1993 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Code Red | Ann Rorchek (Character) | 1981-1982 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Trapper John, M.D. | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1980 |
No Score Yet | 74% | Incredible Hulk | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1978 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Police Woman | Eleanor Simpson (Guest Star) | 1978 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | McMillan and Wife | Dorothy Wininger (Guest Star) | 1977 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Cannon | Meg Lucas (Guest Star) | 1972 1975 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Streets of San Francisco | Judith (Guest Star) | 1975 |
100% | 84% | Kolchak: The Night Stalker | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1975 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mannix | Liza Carter (Guest Star) | 1967 1973 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mod Squad | Samantha Semple (Guest Star) | 1968 1973 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Jimmy Stewart Show | Martha Howard (Character) | 1971-1972 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dan August | Patricia Fairley (Guest Star) | 1970 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Marcus Welby, M.D. | Claire Berwick (Guest Star) | 1969 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Big Valley | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1966 1968 |
10% | No Score Yet | The Girl From U.N.C.L.E. | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1967 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | 12 O'Clock High | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1965 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Perry Mason | Patricia L. Kean (Guest Star) | 1963-1965 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | 77 Sunset Strip | Marie La Shelle (Guest Star) | 1959-1961 1964 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Gallant Men | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1963 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dr. Kildare | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1962 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dick Powell Theatre | Robin (Character) | 1962 |
No Score Yet | 88% | The Andy Griffith Show | Mary Simpson (Guest Star) | 1962 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Surfside 6 | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1961 |
No Score Yet | 87% | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Peg Valence (Character) | 1958-1959 1961 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bonanza | Helen Layton (Guest Star) | 1961 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Rifleman | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1960 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Cheyenne | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1960 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | One Step Beyond | Unknown (Character) | 1959 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Zane Grey Theatre | Unknown (Character) | 1958 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Climax! | Unknown (Character) | 1957 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Studio One | Anne (Character) | 1956 |