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Julie Adams

Highest Rated: 100% Bend of the River (1952)

Lowest Rated: 40% The Killer Inside Me (1976)

Birthday: Oct 17, 1926

Birthplace: Waterloo, Iowa, USA

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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Highest rated movies

100% 79% Bend of the River
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100% 82% Bright Victory
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100% 65% The Man From the Alamo
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80% 74% Creature From the Black Lagoon
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71% 66% Carnage Watchlist
70% 64% Along for the Ride
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50% 52% The Last Movie
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40% 25% The Killer Inside Me
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40% 56% McQ
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40% 25% Backtrack Watchlist

Filmography

Movies

Credit
70% 64% Along for the Ride Unknown (Character) - 2016
71% 66% Carnage La secrétaire (Voice) $2.5M 2011
40% 25% Backtrack Martha (Character) - 1989
No Score Yet 47% Black Roses Mrs. Miller (Character) - 1988
No Score Yet No Score Yet Code Red Ann Rorchek (Character) - 1981
No Score Yet 30% The Fifth Floor Nurse Hannelord (Character) - 1980
No Score Yet No Score Yet Goodbye Franklin High Janice Armer (Character) - 1978
40% 25% The Killer Inside Me Mother (Character) - 1976
No Score Yet 25% Psychic Killer Dr. Laura Scott (Character) - 1975
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Wild McCullochs Hannah McCulloch (Character) - 1975
40% 56% McQ Elaine (Character) - 1974
No Score Yet 52% Go Ask Alice Dorothy (Character) - 1973
50% 52% The Last Movie Mrs. Anderson (Character) - 1971
No Score Yet 44% The Trackers Dora Paxton (Character) - 1971
No Score Yet No Score Yet Kill No More Joanne Clay (Character) - 1966
No Score Yet 59% 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 21% 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 43% Slaughter on Tenth Avenue Daisy "Dee" Pauley (Character) - 1957
No Score Yet 58% Away All Boats Nadine MacDougall (Character) - 1956
No Score Yet No Score Yet Four Girls in Town Kathy Conway (Character) - 1956
No Score Yet 40% 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% 74% Creature From the Black Lagoon Kay Lawrence (Character) - 1954
No Score Yet 40% Francis Joins the WACS Capt. Jane Parker (Character) - 1954
100% 65% The Man From the Alamo Beth Anders (Character) - 1953
No Score Yet 67% The Lawless Breed Rosie McCoy (Character) - 1953
No Score Yet 71% 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 40% Horizons West Lorna Hardin (Character) - 1952
100% 79% 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 44% Hollywood Story Sally Rousseau/Amanda Rousseau (Character) - 1951
100% 82% 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