Julie Christie: Biography

Julie Christie (born April 14, 1941) is a British actress, winner of an Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in the 1965 film, Darling.

 

Ms. Christie was born in Chabua, Assam, India to Rosemary Ramsden and Frank St. John Christie (an operator of an Indian-based tea plantation). She studied at the Central School of Speech and Drama before getting her big break in 1961 in a science fiction series on BBC television, entitled A for Andromeda. The full recordings have now been lost, although a section of material from the final episode, featuring Christie, does survive.

 

Her first major film role was opposite Tom Courtenay in Billy Liar (1963). She played Lara in Doctor Zhivago (1965) and Bathsheba in Far from the Madding Crowd (1967). Christie was a leading figure in the glamorous London of the 1960s, and continues to make movies including those in the French language with Sophie Marceau in 2001's Belphégor - Le fantôme du Louvre.

 

During the 1970s she moved to Hollywood and over several years had a high profile relationship with Warren Beatty though following the end of the relationship she returned to Europe. Her long-time partner is Guardian journalist Duncan Campbell who has prompted her return to Los Angeles, California as that is where he has been based, although she has never married and has made clear she has no plans to do so.

 

Filmography

The Secret Life of Words (2005)

Troy (2004) Thetis

Finding_Neverland (2004) Mrs. Emma du Maurier

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) Madam Rosmerta

I'm with Lucy (2002) Dori

Snapshots (2002) Narma

No Such Thing (2001) Dr Anna

Hermit of Amsterdam, The (2001)

Belphégor - Le fantôme du Louvre (2001) Glenda Spender

Miracle Maker, The (2000) Rachel

Afterglow (1997) Phyllis Mann

Dragonheart (1996) Queen Aislinn

Hamlet (1996) Gertrude

Railway Station Man, The (1992) Helen Cuffe

Fools of Fortune (1990) Mrs. Quinton

Dadah Is Death (Made for TV) (1988) Barbara Barlow

Yilmaz Guney: His Life, His Films (1987)

Power (1986) Ellen Freeman

Champagne amer (1986) Betty Rivière

Miss Mary (1986) Miss Mary

Separate Tables (Made for TV) (1983) Mrs. Shankland/Miss Railton-Bell

Gold Diggers, The (1983) Ruby

Return of the Soldier, The (1982) Kitty Baldry

Quarantièmes rugissants, Les (1982) Catherine Dantec

Heat and Dust (1982) Anne

Memoirs of a Survivor (1981) 'D'

Animals Film, The (1981)

Heaven Can Wait (1978) Betty Logan

Demon Seed (1977) Susan Harris

Nashville (1975)

Shampoo (1975) Jackie Shawn

Don't Look Now (1973) Laura Baxter

The Go-Between (1971) Marian - Lady Trimingham

McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971) Constance Miller

In Search of Gregory (1969) Catherine

Petulia (1968) Petulia Danner

Tonite Let's All Make Love in London (1967)

Far from the Madding Crowd (1967) Bathsheba Everdene

Fahrenheit 451 (1966) Clarisse McClellan/Linda Montag

Doctor Zhivago (1965) Lara Antipova

Young Cassidy (1965) Daisy Battles

Darling (1965) Diana Scott

Billy Liar (1963) Liz

Fast Lady, The (1962) Claire Chingford

Crooks Anonymous (1962) Babette LaVern

 

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