Julie Christie
Julie Frances Christie (born
14 April 1940) is a English
Academy Award-winning film actress.
Christie was born on
14 April 1940 in
Assam,
India, then part of the
British Empire, one of two children of Rosemary Ramsden and Frank St. John Christie, who ran a tea plantation. She studied at a convent in India (from which she was expelled) and later 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 the sixth episode, the final third of the seventh and short sections from the first and second do survive and are commercially available on Region 2 DVD.
Her first major film roles were opposite
Tom Courtenay in
Billy Liar in 1963 and
Laurence Harvey in
Darling (1965), for which she won an Academy Award for
Best Actress. She also played Lara Antipova in
Doctor Zhivago (1965), Bathsheba in
Far from the Madding Crowd (1967) and the lead character, Petulia Danner (opposite
George C. Scott) in
Petulia (1968).
In the '70's Christie starred in such films as
Robert Altman's
McCabe and Mrs Miller (1971),
The Go-Between (again co-starring
Alan Bates, 1971),
Don't Look Now (1973),
Shampoo (1975),
Demon Seed (1977), and
Heaven Can Wait (1978).
In the 1970s she moved to
Hollywood where she had a high-profile (1967-1974) relationship with actor
Warren Beatty, though following the end of the relationship she returned to Europe.
Christie has never married and has made it clear she has no plans to ever do so. Her long-time partner (since 1979) is
The Guardian journalist
Duncan Campbell, who prompted her reluctant return to
Los Angeles, California, as that is where he has been based.
Five-foot two inch Christie was a leading figure in the glamorous
London of the 1960s, and since the 1970's has been politically active and involved in environmental causes. She continues to make movies, including those in the
French language, such as 2001's
Belphégor - Le fantôme du Louvre opposite
Sophie Marceau.
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 RosmertaI'm with Lucy (2002) Dori
Snapshots (2002) Narma
No Such Thing (2001) Dr Anna
The Hermit of Amsterdam (2001)
Belphégor - Le fantôme du Louvre (2001) Glenda Spender
The Miracle Maker (2000) Rachel
Afterglow (1997) Phyllis Mann
Dragonheart (1996) Queen Aislinn
Hamlet (1996) Gertrude
The Railway Station Man (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
The Gold Diggers (1983, by
Sally Potter) Ruby
The Return of the Soldier (1982) Kitty Baldry
Les quarantièmes rugissants (1982) Catherine Dantec
Heat and Dust (1982) Anne
Memoirs of a Survivor (1981) 'D'
The Animals Film (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
The Fast Lady (1962) Claire Chingford
Crooks, Anonymous (1962) Babette LaVern
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