Julie Garfield won the 1971 Theater World and the Variety Drama Critics Awards for her performance as Sonya in the Roundabout Theater Production of Chekhov's "Uncle Vanya".
One of three children of the actor
John Garfield and Roberta Seidman Garfield, she was six years old when her father died of heart disease, aged only 39. She appeared on Broadway with
Zero Mostel in "The Merchant", in
Neil Simon's "The Good Doctor", in "Death of a Salesman" (directed by and starring
George C. Scott), and in "Poor Murderer" (by Pavel Kohout, directed by Herbert Berghof). She was praised by Richard Eder for her performance as Vassilissa in
Liviu Ciulei production of "The Lower Depths" at Arena Stage, and by Frank Rich for her work In Eduardo Machado's "Broken Eggs". She has appeared in all of Machado's plays at the Ensemble Studio Theater. She played Ranevskaya in the Actors' Studio production of Chekhov's "The Cherry Orchard" (directed by Frank Cosaro and Bryna Wortman). She has appeared in such off-Broadway productions as "The Chekhov Sketchbook" (directed by Tony Giordano), "Me and Molly" (directed by Ed Cohn), "Second Avenue (directed by Steven Sachs), among others.
Her film work included
The Little Death (1996),
Stanley & Iris (1990),
The Front (1976),
The Hospital (1971), and
John and Mary (1969). Her television work includes appearances in
Michael Hayes (1997),
The Pretender (1996),
Profiler (1996),
L.A. Law (1986),
Kojak (1973), and
Forever (1996).
Garfield is also a portrait painter and is studying at the New York Studio School.