Biography for
Julie London

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Date of Birth

26 September 1926, Santa Rosa, California, USA

Date of Death

18 October 2000, Encino, California, USA (after a stroke)

Birth Name

Julie Peck

Nickname

The Liberty Girl

Mini Biography

Julie London was an actress & sultry singer who starred in a number of movies in the 1940s & '50s before beginning a popular singing career, but is probably best remembered for her role as Nurse Dixie McCall on Emergency! (1972) (TV) in the '70s. Known for her wonderful sex appeal throughout her career, even well up into her late 40s, she had a career most people can only dream of.

Julie started out by playing small parts in the early 1940s and quickly became a leading actress and G.I. pin-up girl. In 1947, she married actor Jack Webb prior to his fame in "Dragnet" (1951), and went into semi-retirement, doing few films and even taking a break between 1951 - 1955. After she and Jack divorced in the mid-'50s, she became a jazz/pop singer, managed and groomed by jazz musician/actor Bobby Troup who became her second husband in 1959 and later, partner on the small screen. Ironically, when former hubby Jack Webb became the producer of Emergency! (1972) (TV), he hired not only Julie but her then-husband, Bobby, and they starred together in her most recognizable role. Many people also remember Julie and Bobby's appearances together in the '70s on the TV game show featuring Hollywood married couples, "Tattletales" (1974) with host Bert Convy.

She was most popular as a singer was in the late '50s, when she set aside her full-time film career to concentrate on her singing career. Over 40 albums were released, and her vocal style was endeared by many core fans. Her last recording was an excellent cover of the classic tune "My Funny Valentine" on the soundtrack to the Burt Reynolds neo-noir detective flick Sharky's Machine (1981).

After suffering a stroke in 1995, her health began to deteriorate. In 1999, husband Bobby died, and her own passing followed later in October 2000. She left a legacy of a satisfying screen career and a lot of wonderful music that will live forever. Julie had two daughters children with Jack Webb and a daughter and twin sons with Bobby Troup.

IMDb Mini Biography By: Anonymous

Spouse

Bobby Troup	(31 December 1959 - 7 February 1999) (his death) 3 children
Jack Webb	(19 July 1947 - November 1953) (divorced) 2 children

Trivia

Hired for ex-husband Jack Webb's "Emergency!" (1972) with new husband Bobby Troup. They played a staff doctor (Troup) and a nurse (London) in a hospital emergency room.

Children with Jack Webb: daughters Stacy and Lisa. Children with Bobby Troup: daughter Kelly Troup and twin sons Jody and Reese. Daughter Stacy Webb died in an auto accident in 1996.

Recorded 32 albums during her career.

Moved to Los Angeles at 14 with her vaudeville song-and-dance team parents.

Known in some circles as "The Liberty Girl" for helping establish Liberty Records as a successful label, her many hit albums on that label include "Julie Is Her Name", "Calendar Girl" with some borderline erotic (for the time) cover photography by Gene Lester, "About the Blues", "Your Number, Please", "Send For Me", "Love Letters", "The End of the World", "In Person at the Americana", "The Wonderful World of Julie London" and the provocatively titled "Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast".

Her four most-sought-after and successful albums are "About the Blues (1957), "Feeling Good" (1965), "Easy Does It" (1968), and "Yummy, Yummy, Yummy" (1969).

Is portrayed by Julie Simone in Bettie Page: Dark Angel (2004)

Personal Quotes

[on her singing voice] It's only a thimbleful of a voice, and I have to use it close to the microphone. But it is a kind of over-smoked voice, and it automatically sounds intimate.

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