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 Julie London recorded 32 albums during her career. Forced to give up band singing when her true age was discovered, she was primarily a torch singer. Her vocal range was described by "sultry" and "low-keyed". Her own favorite singers were Barbra Streisand and Roberta Flack.She was known in some circles as "The Liberty Girl" for helping establish Liberty Records, where she began singing in 1955, 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 most popular song, "Cry Me a River", was written by her former classmate/boyfriend Arthur Hamilton and produced by Bobby Troup. 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). (Her version of "Yummy Yummy Yummy" was featured on the HBO television series Six Feet Under (2001).) Billboard Magazine named her the most popular female vocalist for 1955, 1956 and 1957".
Bio:
Julie London recorded 32 albums during her career. Forced to give up band singing when her true age was discovered, she was primarily a torch singer. Her vocal range was described by "sultry" and "low-keyed". Her own favorite singers were Barbra Streisand and Roberta Flack.She was known in some circles as "The Liberty Girl" for helping establish Liberty Records, where she began singing in 1955, 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 most popular song, "Cry Me a River", was written by her former classmate/boyfriend Arthur Hamilton and produced by Bobby Troup. 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). (Her version of "Yummy Yummy Yummy" was featured on the HBO television series Six Feet Under (2001).) Billboard Magazine named her the most popular female vocalist for 1955, 1956 and 1957".
Tivia:
Met singer/songwriter and actor Bobby Troup just weeks after her divorce from Jack Webb. The two began a lifelong friendship and a real-life relationship, from 1954 until Troup's death in 1999. She remained cordial with Webb until his death in 1982. She was eight years Troup's junior.Her famous rendition of "Cry Me a River" was later used by ex-husband, actor and producer Jack Webb, for Pete Kelly's Blues (1955).Remained good friends with Randolph Mantooth during and after Emergency! (1972). He was also good friends to all of her children.Met a young, struggling and unfamiliar actor, Robert Fuller, in 1955, after his stint in the Army, when he stopped in for a beer, at her club in Los Angeles, California, where he watched her sang. They began a lifelong friendship, ending with her 2000 death. She worked with him in an episode of Laramie (1959), where she played the card dealer. Some 11 years later he would later co-star on Emergency! (1972), as her medical partner.She began smoking in 1942, aged 15 or 16, and continued until 1995, when she suffered a debilitating stroke. In her biography, "Go Slow", she noted that the years of smoking and drinking had taken their toll. She remained in ill health. She was the only Emergency! (1972) lead actor not to attend the cast reunion in Burbank, California, in 1998, due to her failing health. At the funeral of her second husband (and former Emergency! (1972) co-star), Bobby Troup, on 22 February 1999, her poor health prevented her from speaking. The last few years of her life were plagued by accidents and ill health. Even before her stroke, she had several accidents, resulting in her breaking her hips. She spent most of her time in a wheelchair. She died on October 18, 2000, aged 74, having directed that no funeral or memorial service be held.Attended the funeral of ex-husband and former boss Jack Webb in 1982.Before her second husband, Bobby Troup, became a successful solo artist and actor, he was a member of Tommy Dorsey's band, which, coincidentally, was fronted by London's friend, Frank Sinatra.Her agent legally changed her name to Julie London when she was only 17.Along with Veronica Lake, Rita Hayworth, and Lauren Bacall, she was reportedly one of the four key inspirations for the femme fatale character of Jessica Rabbit in Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988).When Emergency! (1972) was canceled at the end of its seventh season, when she was 52, she retired from both acting and singing.Before her future Emergency! (1972) co-stars, Bobby Troup, Ron Pinkard, Tim Donnelly and Randolph Mantooth would all land their own roles opposite London on the series, the four worked for her ex-husband Jack Webb.Began her television series Emergency! (1972) when she was 45.Singer Donny Osmond used to visit her house and was a hero to her children.She and Bobby Troup had both been good friends with Robert Fuller, for many years, before he co-starred with them on Emergency! (1972).Was longtime friends with James Darren. He co-starred opposite her second husband Bobby Troup in the movie The Gene Krupa Story (1959).London died on October 18, 2000, on what would have been her husband (Bobby Troup)'s 82nd birthday. She was cremated and shares a niche in a columbarium with Troup, at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Hollywood Hills. After their deaths, the couple's Encino home was sold for close to its last asking price of $1.9 million. The Colonial-style home was designed for London in 1959 by the late architect Paul Williams, who incorporated four 19th-century marble fireplaces into the design. London had purchased the fireplaces in France.She took the role of head nurse Dixie McCall on television's Emergency! (1972) after many of the jazz spots and lounges in which she had performed had closed due to changing public tastes in the 1970s.Her first 45 single, released in 1955, was "Cry Me a River", and it was included on her first album, "Julie Is My Name". More than three million copies of the album and single were sold.Mother of Stacy Webb, Lisa Webb (both children by Jack Webb), Kelly Troup, Reese Troup and Jody Troup (by Bobby Troup). Stepmother of Ronne Troup and Cynnie Troup. Both Kelly Troup and Ronne Troup made guest appearances on Emergency! (1972).Had appeared with Bobby Troup in episodes of three different series: Rawhide (1959), The Big Valley (1965) and Emergency! (1972).When she was getting a divorce from Jack Webb, she agreed, then went to court. The judge granted the divorce and approved the property settlement agreement, under which Webb had paid his wife $150,000 in cash, gave her $150,000 in securities of his production company, $21,000 a year for herself and for the couple's two children, Stacy and Lisa. Webb also agreed to take out a $150,000 insurance policy to guarantee alimony payments in case of his death. In addition, she got a new Cadillac, jewelry and furnishings. [26 November 1953].Before her retirement, she was a spokesperson for Rose Milk Skin Care Cream.Both of her husbands, Jack Webb and Bobby Troup, were co-owners of the Chinese restaurant China Trader in Toluca Lake, California, in the late 1960s/early 1970s. She would occasionally stop by, and when she did there were always numerous requests for her to sing, but she rarely did.On the Emergency! (1972) set, in the bloopers, she was known for her cussing.Her friend and devoted fan Larry Manetti guest-starred on one of the final episodes of Emergency! (1972).Suffered from stage fright when performing in front of large groups.Her most popular song, "Cry Me a River", was written by her former classmate/boyfriend Arthur Hamilton and produced by Bobby Troup.Awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 7000 Hollywood Blvd.Began singing at age 3, and was later raised in San Bernardino, California, where her parents sang on local radio.After meeting Bobby Troup, he persuaded her to take a job in a nightclub where she established the new musical career. This enabled her to resume her interrupted career in the movies.When she took on the role of Dixie McCall on Emergency! (1972), she knew absolutely nothing about nursing; her ex-husband, Jack Webb, the show's producer asked her to use a teleprompter to read the words along with studying medical terminology for her character.Graduated from Hollywood Professional School, the same high school that other performers (including Peggy Ryan and Tommy Rall) attended, in 1944.Was a huge fan of small, nightclub jazz music bands, unlike the big jazz bands of fellow singers Frank Sinatra, Peggy Lee and Mel Torm��.Acting mentor and friend of Emergency! (1972) co-star, Randolph Mantooth. He related once, in an interview, that he had never had a crush on her because she was more like a surrogate mother.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".Had appeared on the front cover of TV Guide twice.She had 16 hobbies: cooking, spending time with family, singing, partying, traveling, knitting, dining, listening to music, reading, working on crossword puzzles, swimming, interior decorating, playing games, sports, golfing and gambling.Her idol when she was very young was Billie Holiday. Later, her favorite singers reportedly included Barbra Streisand and Roberta Flack.London's parents, Jack (died 1977) and Josephine (n��e Taylor) Peck (died 1976), were a song-and-dance team in vaudeville and radio, were married on November 14, 1925, in Stockton, California, one year before London's birth, after they relocated to Santa Rosa, California. They had a radio show on which their daughter would sometimes appear. When she was a little girl she spent her summers with her aunt Ethel and her family on picnics and vacations to the mountains above San Bernardino or at one of the beach towns along the California coast. In 1938, when she was only 11, her father, Jack Peck, an alcoholic, was arrested for reckless driving. Later, the Pecks ran a photography business in San Bernardino, California, until it went bankrupt in 1941, when Julie was 14. The family then moved to Hollywood.Would often sing at parties for familiar stars.Put her movie career on hold in 1951 to spend more time with her family.Was voted "The Most Exciting New Vocalist of 1956" in "Theme" Magazine's Annual International Jazz Popularity Poll. Steve Allen presented her with the award from the publishers of the magazine when she appeared on his show on January 20, 1957.Before she married Jack Webb, she needed her parents' permission as she was not yet of majority age.Before Randolph Mantooth and Kevin Tighe had co-starred in Emergency! (1972), opposite her, they were both lifelong fans of hers, growing up.Along with her ex-Emergency! (1972) co-star, Bobby Troup, London was also a member of American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers.Lived in Encino, California, from 1959 until her death in 2000.Best remembered by the public (as an actress) for her starring role as head nurse Dixie McCall on Emergency! (1972).Began her career as a contract player for Universal in 1945 and Warner Bros. in 1949.Before London's second husband (Bobby Troup)'s death in 1999, he had complained of breathing problems. Diagnosed with pneumonia, he was rushed to Sherman Oaks Hospital. After his death, Kevin Tighe (the couple's former Emergency! (1972) co-star) visited London regularly at her home until her own passing in 2000.Was a politically conservative libertarian. |
| Name: |
Julie London |
Type: |
Actress,Music Department,Soundtrack (IMDB) |
| Area: |
All World |
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IMDB |
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Business scope: |
Actress,Music Department,Soundtrack |
| Products for sale: |
Actress,Music Department,Soundtrack |
| Model rank: |
1239 |
| Last update: |
2024-07-01 04:36:13 |
| Height: |
5' 2' (1.57 m) |
| Biography: |
Julie London recorded 32 albums during her career. Forced to give up band singing when her true age was discovered, she was primarily a torch singer. Her vocal range was described by \"sultry\" and \"low-keyed\". Her own favorite singe |
| Trivia: |
Met singer/songwriter and actor Bobby Troup just weeks after her divorce from Jack Webb. The two began a lifelong friendship and a real-life relationship, from 1954 until Troup's death in 1999. She remained cordial with Webb until his death in 1982. She was eight years Troup's junior.Her famous rendition of "Cry Me a River" was later used by ex-husband, actor and producer Jack Webb, for Pete Kelly's Blues (1955).Remained good friends with Randolph Mantooth during and after Emergency! (1972). He was also good friends to all of her children.Met a young, struggling and unfamiliar actor, Robert Fuller, in 1955, after his stint in the Army, when he stopped in for a beer, at her club in Los Angeles, California, where he watched her sang. They began a lifelong friendship, ending with her 2000 death. She worked with him in an episode of Laramie (1959), where she played the card dealer. Some 11 years later he would later co-star on Emergency! (1972), as her medical partner.She began smoking in 1942, aged 15 or 16, and continued until 1995, when she suffered a debilitating stroke. In her biography, "Go Slow", she noted that the years of smoking and drinking had taken their toll. She remained in ill health. She was the only Emergency! (1972) lead actor not to attend the cast reunion in Burbank, California, in 1998, due to her failing health. At the funeral of her second husband (and former Emergency! (1972) co-star), Bobby Troup, on 22 February 1999, her poor health prevented her from speaking. The last few years of her life were plagued by accidents and ill health. Even before her stroke, she had several accidents, resulting in her breaking her hips. She spent most of her time in a wheelchair. She died on October 18, 2000, aged 74, having directed that no funeral or memorial service be held.Attended the funeral of ex-husband and former boss Jack Webb in 1982.Before her second husband, Bobby Troup, became a successful solo artist and actor, he was a member of Tommy Dorsey's band, which, coincidentally, was fronted by London's friend, Frank Sinatra.Her agent legally changed her name to Julie London when she was only 17.Along with Veronica Lake, Rita Hayworth, and Lauren Bacall, she was reportedly one of the four key inspirations for the femme fatale character of Jessica Rabbit in Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988).When Emergency! (1972) was canceled at the end of its seventh season, when she was 52, she retired from both acting and singing.Before her future Emergency! (1972) co-stars, Bobby Troup, Ron Pinkard, Tim Donnelly and Randolph Mantooth would all land their own roles opposite London on the series, the four worked for her ex-husband Jack Webb.Began her television series Emergency! (1972) when she was 45.Singer Donny Osmond used to visit her house and was a hero to her children.She and Bobby Troup had both been good friends with Robert Fuller, for many years, before he co-starred with them on Emergency! (1972).Was longtime friends with James Darren. He co-starred opposite her second husband Bobby Troup in the movie The Gene Krupa Story (1959).London died on October 18, 2000, on what would have been her husband (Bobby Troup)'s 82nd birthday. She was cremated and shares a niche in a columbarium with Troup, at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Hollywood Hills. After their deaths, the couple's Encino home was sold for close to its last asking price of $1.9 million. The Colonial-style home was designed for London in 1959 by the late architect Paul Williams, who incorporated four 19th-century marble fireplaces into the design. London had purchased the fireplaces in France.She took the role of head nurse Dixie McCall on television's Emergency! (1972) after many of the jazz spots and lounges in which she had performed had closed due to changing public tastes in the 1970s.Her first 45 single, released in 1955, was "Cry Me a River", and it was included on her first album, "Julie Is My Name". More than three million copies of the album and single were sold.Mother of Stacy Webb, Lisa Webb (both children by Jack Webb), Kelly Troup, Reese Troup and Jody Troup (by Bobby Troup). Stepmother of Ronne Troup and Cynnie Troup. Both Kelly Troup and Ronne Troup made guest appearances on Emergency! (1972).Had appeared with Bobby Troup in episodes of three different series: Rawhide (1959), The Big Valley (1965) and Emergency! (1972).When she was getting a divorce from Jack Webb, she agreed, then went to court. The judge granted the divorce and approved the property settlement agreement, under which Webb had paid his wife $150,000 in cash, gave her $150,000 in securities of his production company, $21,000 a year for herself and for the couple's two children, Stacy and Lisa. Webb also agreed to take out a $150,000 insurance policy to guarantee alimony payments in case of his death. In addition, she got a new Cadillac, jewelry and furnishings. [26 November 1953].Before her retirement, she was a spokesperson for Rose Milk Skin Care Cream.Both of her husbands, Jack Webb and Bobby Troup, were co-owners of the Chinese restaurant China Trader in Toluca Lake, California, in the late 1960s/early 1970s. She would occasionally stop by, and when she did there were always numerous requests for her to sing, but she rarely did.On the Emergency! (1972) set, in the bloopers, she was known for her cussing.Her friend and devoted fan Larry Manetti guest-starred on one of the final episodes of Emergency! (1972).Suffered from stage fright when performing in front of large groups.Her most popular song, "Cry Me a River", was written by her former classmate/boyfriend Arthur Hamilton and produced by Bobby Troup.Awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 7000 Hollywood Blvd.Began singing at age 3, and was later raised in San Bernardino, California, where her parents sang on local radio.After meeting Bobby Troup, he persuaded her to take a job in a nightclub where she established the new musical career. This enabled her to resume her interrupted career in the movies.When she took on the role of Dixie McCall on Emergency! (1972), she knew absolutely nothing about nursing; her ex-husband, Jack Webb, the show's producer asked her to use a teleprompter to read the words along with studying medical terminology for her character.Graduated from Hollywood Professional School, the same high school that other performers (including Peggy Ryan and Tommy Rall) attended, in 1944.Was a huge fan of small, nightclub jazz music bands, unlike the big jazz bands of fellow singers Frank Sinatra, Peggy Lee and Mel Torm��.Acting mentor and friend of Emergency! (1972) co-star, Randolph Mantooth. He related once, in an interview, that he had never had a crush on her because she was more like a surrogate mother.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".Had appeared on the front cover of TV Guide twice.She had 16 hobbies: cooking, spending time with family, singing, partying, traveling, knitting, dining, listening to music, reading, working on crossword puzzles, swimming, interior decorating, playing games, sports, golfing and gambling.Her idol when she was very young was Billie Holiday. Later, her favorite singers reportedly included Barbra Streisand and Roberta Flack.London's parents, Jack (died 1977) and Josephine (n��e Taylor) Peck (died 1976), were a song-and-dance team in vaudeville and radio, were married on November 14, 1925, in Stockton, California, one year before London's birth, after they relocated to Santa Rosa, California. They had a radio show on which their daughter would sometimes appear. When she was a little girl she spent her summers with her aunt Ethel and her family on picnics and vacations to the mountains above San Bernardino or at one of the beach towns along the California coast. In 1938, when she was only 11, her father, Jack Peck, an alcoholic, was arrested for reckless driving. Later, the Pecks ran a photography business in San Bernardino, California, until it went bankrupt in 1941, when Julie was 14. The family then moved to Hollywood.Would often sing at parties for familiar stars.Put her movie career on hold in 1951 to spend more time with her family.Was voted "The Most Exciting New Vocalist of 1956" in "Theme" Magazine's Annual International Jazz Popularity Poll. Steve Allen presented her with the award from the publishers of the magazine when she appeared on his show on January 20, 1957.Before she married Jack Webb, she needed her parents' permission as she was not yet of majority age.Before Randolph Mantooth and Kevin Tighe had co-starred in Emergency! (1972), opposite her, they were both lifelong fans of hers, growing up.Along with her ex-Emergency! (1972) co-star, Bobby Troup, London was also a member of American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers.Lived in Encino, California, from 1959 until her death in 2000.Best remembered by the public (as an actress) for her starring role as head nurse Dixie McCall on Emergency! (1972).Began her career as a contract player for Universal in 1945 and Warner Bros. in 1949.Before London's second husband (Bobby Troup)'s death in 1999, he had complained of breathing problems. Diagnosed with pneumonia, he was rushed to Sherman Oaks Hospital. After his death, Kevin Tighe (the couple's former Emergency! (1972) co-star) visited London regularly at her home until her own passing in 2000.Was a politically conservative libertarian. |
| Trademarks: |
Frequently played characters with a sexy, seductive personality
Her youthful appearance.
Husky resonant voice.
Sandy blonde hair
Languid demeanor |
| Quotes: |
I'm the world's worst. I dislike women in large groups, and as individuals.
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Women should be women, who wants them to be asexual? Not your old buddy.
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[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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[In 1963]: We're opposite types. Marilyn [Monroe] was the sex symbol... I'm strictly the housewife-mother type.
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[In 1961]: Just as long as they buy the records, I don't care why they buy 'em, we spent more time on the covers than the music. |
| Job title: |
Actress,Music Department,Soundtrack |
| Others works: |
(1950s) Was a nightclub performer, as well as a singer.
CD: "The Very Best of Julie London" (Capitol) (2-disc set)
(1981) Her last recording was a very moving, whispery rendition of the classic song "My Funny Valentine" on the soundt |
| Spouse: |
Bobby Troup (December 31, 1959 - February 7, 1999) (his death, 3 children)Jack Webb (July 16, 1947 - December 2, 1954) (divorced, 2 children) |
| Children: |
Ronne TroupKelly TroupCynnie Troup |
| Parents: |
Jack Peck
Josephine Peck |
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