#18 Julie Adams

Probably a pretty familiar face, Julie Adams has been at it since 1949 (with her last appearance coming in 2011). She’s got almost 150 credits to her name, including sci-fi, lots of Westerns, TV, and soaps. She was an Elvis girl, a romantic interest of Sheriff Andy Taylor, and – probably most memorably – the damsel in distress in The Creature from the Black Lagoon. Almost 90, she is still very active on the appearance circuit. She sounds like a really lovely lady.

Embarrassing Real Name:  Betty May Adams

Embarrassing Real Birthplace:  Waterloo, IA

Cheesy Pageant Titles

• Miss Melon Patch
• Miss Little Rock

Embarrassing Movies

• Francis Joins the WACS (Francis is a mule)
• Slaughter on Tenth Avenue
• The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
• Psychic Killer
• The Creature from the Black Lagoon

Embarrassing Taglines

• Five desperate men ... and a girl who didn't care ... trapped on a mountain of gale-lashed rock!
• Screeching lead!  Outlaw fury!
• LAWLESS RUTHLESS DEFIANCE!
• First it drives you mad, then it kills and kills and kills!

And a Happy New Year to you!

Shortest Marriage:  2 years

Unlikely Spouses & Boyfriends

• Ted Williams
• Rock Hudson

Interesting Tidbits

• Grew up in Arkansas
• Had her legs insured for $125,000 by Lloyds of London
• Played the only Perry Mason client to be convicted
• Won the Golden Boot Award (for her work in Westerns [not soccer])
• Won a Rondo Award (for her work in horror movies)
• Is in the Arkansas Entertainers Hall of Fame
• It’s such a common name, Google gives me a nurse, an educator, a real estate agent, a couple of lawyers, a marketing manager, a pair of doctors, an opera singer, a hair stylist, a state senator, and two professors … as well as our lovely actress

Where can I learn more?

• The Lucky Southern Star: Reflections from The Black Lagoon (her autobio)
• Personal site
• Interview
• Interview 2
• IMDb
• Alchetron
• Wikipedia
• Brian’s Drive-In Theater
• Elvis’s Women
• Pix

Julie and friend

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