Born 1926 in Waterloo, Iowa, American actress Julie Adams had her first movie role in Red, Hot and Blue (1949), followed by a leading role in the Lippert western The Dalton Gang (1949).
Adams starred in a number of films in the 1950s, including Bend of the River (1952), opposite James Stewart; and Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954). On television, she was known for her roles as Paula Denning on the 1980s soap opera Capitol, and Eve Simpson on Murder, She Wrote.
In 1999, Adams received a Golden Boot award for her work in Westerns. She was inducted into the Arkansas Entertainers Hall of Fame in 2000. At CineCon in 2011, Adams was honored with a Film Career Achievement Award. In 2012, she won the Rondo Award for the Monster Kid Hall of Fame at the annual Wonderfest in Louisville, Kentucky.
Adams died in 2019, in Los Angeles, California, aged 92. Take a look at these gorgeous photos to see the beauty of young Julie Adams in the 1950s.
There's something very Jennifer Connolly about her. Just fantastic.
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