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 .

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1925 – 2013

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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, . 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:

Berenice Sadie Brown: Look at your hair to begin with. Done had all your hair shaved off like a convict. You tie this ribbon around this head with no hair, it looks peculiar.
Frances 'Frankie' Addams: But I'm going to wash and try to stretch my hair tonight.


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.


Berenice Sadie Brown: [Frankie threatens her with a knife] Lay it down, Satan!
Frances 'Frankie' Addams: [throws the knife into the kitchen door] I'm the world's greatest knife thrower.


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Julie Harris Facts
Julie Harris is the most honored performer in Tony history with ten nominations and five victories. She won the award as Best Actress (Dramatic) for "I Am A Camera" (1952), "The Lark" (1956), "Forty Carats" (1969), and "The Last of Mrs. Lincoln" (1973); and as Best Actress (Play) for "The Belle of Amherst" (1977). Her five additional nominations were: for Best Actress (dramatic), "Marathon '33" (1964) and "The Au Pair Man" (1974); for Best Actress (musical), "Skyscraper" (1966); and for Best Actress (play), "Lucifer's Child" (1991), and "The Gin Game" (1997).

She and producer Robert Whitehead, were named two recipients of Special Tony Awards for Lifetime Achievement in the Theater, May 2002. It was her sixth Tony award.

Won a 2002 Special Tony Award (New York City) lifetime achievement award.

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