Biographies: Julie Parrish - Actor

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An American actress, born in Middlesboro, Kentucky, USA, as Ruby Joyce Wilbar. Her most important works include Days of Our Lives (1980), Mannix (1970-1972), Return to Peyton Place (1972-1974), and Paradise, Hawaiian Style (1966). Parrish was an American film, stage and television actress, and director. She was a beautiful and vibrant brunette who emerged in the 1960s. Born as the eldest of six siblings, she graduated from Tecumseh High School in 1959 and attended a modeling school in Toledo, Ohio. She won a national modeling contest, which was judged by Jerry Lewis. She played small roles in many works, such as It's Only Money (1962) and The Nutty Professor (1963). She appeared as a guest on TV series, until she played a small role in the movie Harlow (1965). She appeared in some films and many television series, worked in theater in Los Angeles, and won the Drama Critics Award for her performance in Arthur Miller's play After the Fall. She was a writer who wrote articles and reviews for many books. She earned a degree in chemical dependency counseling, and worked for 9 years as a full-time staff counselor at the Haven Hills Shelter for battered women and their children. Her last work was The Politics of Desire (1998), and she stopped working until she died in Los Angeles, California, USA on October 1, 2003 of ovarian cancer.

• 26 October 2021
• Christina Aziz