Julie Bishop (born Jacqueline Brown; August 30, 1914 â€" August 30,
2001), previously known as Jacqueline Wells, was an American film and
television actress. She appeared in more than 80 films between 1923
and 1957.Julie Bishop was born Jacqueline Brown in Denver, Colorado on
August 13, 1914. She used the family name Wells professionally through
1941, and also appeared on stage (and in one film) as Diane Duval. She
was a child actress, beginning her career in 1923, in either Children
of Jazz or Maytime (sources are contradictory).By 1932, she was
already a veteran film actress. Her earliest talkies were with the Hal
Roach studio, where she worked in short-subject comedies with Laurel
and Hardy, Charley Chase, and The Boy Friends. Then she began
freelancing, working in supporting roles at large studios and in
leading roles at small studios. Her ingenue role in the 1936 Laurel
and Hardy feature The Bohemian Girl won her a contract at Columbia
Pictures, where she starred in a succession of minor features, mostly
action fare. She left Columbia in 1939 and resumed her freelance
career.
2001), previously known as Jacqueline Wells, was an American film and
television actress. She appeared in more than 80 films between 1923
and 1957.Julie Bishop was born Jacqueline Brown in Denver, Colorado on
August 13, 1914. She used the family name Wells professionally through
1941, and also appeared on stage (and in one film) as Diane Duval. She
was a child actress, beginning her career in 1923, in either Children
of Jazz or Maytime (sources are contradictory).By 1932, she was
already a veteran film actress. Her earliest talkies were with the Hal
Roach studio, where she worked in short-subject comedies with Laurel
and Hardy, Charley Chase, and The Boy Friends. Then she began
freelancing, working in supporting roles at large studios and in
leading roles at small studios. Her ingenue role in the 1936 Laurel
and Hardy feature The Bohemian Girl won her a contract at Columbia
Pictures, where she starred in a succession of minor features, mostly
action fare. She left Columbia in 1939 and resumed her freelance
career.
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