Colorado-born leading lady Julie Bishop, who also acted under her birth
name of Jacqueline Wells and the stage name Diane Duval, started off as
a silent movie child actress, working with such legends as
Clara Bow and
Mary Pickford.
The daughter of a wealthy banker and oilman, she was raised in Texas
and, eventually Los Angeles, following her parents' divorce. She was
signed by Warner Bros in 1940 and played a dutiful sweethearts opposite
filmdom's top male stars, notably
Errol Flynn in
Northern Pursuit (1943),
Humphrey Bogart in
Action in the North Atlantic (1943),
John Wayne in both
Sands of Iwo Jima (1949) and
The High and the Mighty (1954),
and
Alan Ladd in
The Big Land (1957), her last
picture. But, for the most part, she was never given anything
challenging enough to become a top-flight star.
She also appeared on stage in "Hamlet" and "The Merchant of Venice". A
licensed private pilot, Julie painted still lifes and staged several
exhibitions in her post-career years. She died at age 87, on her
birthday.
The Big Land(1957)as Kate Johnson
The Bob Cummings Show(1955)as Sergeant Helen Brewster
Warner Brothers Presents(1955)
Headline Hunters(1955)as Laura Stewart
Cinderella Jones(1946)
You Came Along(1945)
Action in the North Atlantic(1943)
Back in the Saddle(1941)
The Bohemian Girl(1936)
Dateline: Disneyland(1955)as Self
The Magical World of Disney(1954)as Self
Cinemassacre's Monster Madness(2007)as Joan Alison
Universal Horror(1998)
The Republic Pictures Story(1991)as Mary (clip from Sands of Iwo Jima (1949))
The Laurel and Hardy Show(1986)as Arline (1986)
