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Julie Cobb

Julie Cobb

American actress


Julie Cobb is an American actress. She is the daughter of actor Lee J. Cobb.

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Early life

Cobb was born in Los Angeles, California, to a Jewish family.[1][2] Her parents were actor Lee J. Cobb and actress Helen Beverley.[3] She went to Beverly Hills High School and attended San Francisco State College for two years. Before she became an actress, she was a receptionist, taught English in Mexico City, and for a few months worked as a Playboy bunny.[4]

Career

Cobb's career, which lasted over forty years, mostly consisted of guest appearances on television shows. Her first credited role was in an episode of Star Trek entitled "By Any Other Name", which was first broadcast on February 23, 1968. (She was the only female Redshirt to be killed in the original series.) She appeared on Gunsmoke (1974), Season 20, Ep 13, "The Colonel", as a daughter painfully reuniting with her father, a once proud military officer. The Colonel was portrayed by Julie Cobb's real life father, actor Lee J. Cobb. She appeared on The Brady Bunch (1971), Season 2, Ep 18, "Our Son The Man", as Greg Brady's high school love interest. She appeared in a first season episode of Little House on the Prairie. Cobb played the matriarch of the Pembroke family in the first season of the sitcom Charles in Charge and also appeared on the short-lived series The D.A.

Her film career has included roles in The Second Coming of Suzanne (1974), Just You and Me, Kid (1979), The Runnin' Kind (1989), Lisa (1990), Defending Your Life (1991) and Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde (1995). She also appeared in the TV movie versions of Salem's Lot (1979) and Brave New World (1980). As a stage actress, she won the L.A. Drama Critics Award for her role in a stage production of Arthur Miller's play After the Fall.[citation needed]

Personal life

Cobb married actor James Cromwell on May 29, 1986; he filed for a divorce in 2005.[5]

Filmography


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References

  1. Vernon Scott (January 4, 1976). "Bicentennial a 'very special event" for actor Lee J. Cobb". The Pittsburgh Press. Retrieved March 24, 2009.
  2. Dewey, Donald (February 18, 2014). Lee J. Cobb: Characters of an Actor. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-0-8108-8772-5.
  3. Simonson, Robert (July 26, 2011). "Helen Beverley, Yiddish Theatre Actress, Dies at 94". Playbill.com. Archived from the original on October 21, 2012. Retrieved August 9, 2011.
  4. Kleiner, Dick (December 24, 1971). "Follows Dad's Footsteps". The Town Talk. Louisiana, Alexandria. p. 42. Retrieved April 1, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  5. "James Cromwell files for divorce". People. Associated Press. January 14, 2005. Archived from the original on September 22, 2018. Retrieved September 14, 2022.

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