Judith Resnik (1949 - 1986)

Judith Resnik was born in 1949 to Sarah and Marvin, an optometrist, in Akron, Ohio. Both her parents were Jewish immigrants from Ukraine. A graduate of Firestone High School in 1966, she excelled in mathematics and played classical piano. While at Firestone she achieved a perfect SAT score, the only female to do so that […]

Judith Riedel Rawlins (1936 - 1974)

Actress. Born Judith Ellen Riedel, in Wisconsin, she began her career performing several roles with the Walt Disney Players Group. In the 1950s and 60s, she appeared on the television shows “The Rebel”, “Bat Masterson”, “Wanted Dead or Alive”, “Surfside 6” and “77 Sunset Strip”. She was also the wife of movie editor David Rawlins […]

Judy Canova (1913 - 1983)

Judy Canova Actress, Singer. For three decades Judy Canova was a unique persona in the movies and music, a musical comedienne, a yodeling country bumpkin with costumes to match. However, unknown to many she was a recording artist who made hundreds of recordings from the early ’30’s and continued into the end of the ’50’s. She […]

Judy Baker (1924 - 2000)

Country Music’s Hostess.

Judy Carne (1939 - 2015)

British Actress. Born Joyce Audrey Botterill, she will best be remembered as the original “Sock it to me” girl from the American comedy television show, ‘Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In’. She received training at the Pitt-Draffen Academy of Dance, before being accepted into the prestigious Bush-Davis Theatrical School for Girls in East Grinstead near London. In […]

Judy Garland (1922 - 1969)

Judy Garland Born Frances Ethel Gumm in Grand Rapids, Minnesota, Garland was the youngest child of Ethel Marion (née Milne; November 17, 1893 – January 5, 1953) and Francis Avent “Frank” Gumm (March 20, 1886 – November 17, 1935). Her parents were vaudevillians who settled in Grand Rapids to run a movie theatre that featured […]

Judy Holliday (1921 - 1965)

Judy Holliday was born Judith Tuvim (Hebrew: tovim means good, Yiddish: yomtoyvim means holidays, lit. “good days”) in New York City, she was the only child of Abe Tuvim and Helen (née Gollomb) Tuvim, who were both of Russian Jewish descent. Her father was the Executive Director of the Foundation for the Jewish National Fund […]

Judy Lewis (1935 - 2011)

Lewis was the biological daughter of actress Loretta Young and actor Clark Gable. She was conceived while her parents were working on the film The Call of the Wild. She was the only biological child that Gable had while he was still alive (his only son was born four months after his death), but he […]

Judy Martz (1943 - 2017)

Upon becoming governor, Judy Martz’ first legislative session resulted in the single largest increase in the education budget in Montana history, as well as tax cuts intended to stimulate the stagnant state economy. Martz was put under a statewide microscope in November 2001 when a 1999 real estate deal between the Martzes and ARCO was uncovered. […]

Judy Tyler (1932 - 1957)

Actress. Killed with second husband, Greg Lafayett, in an auto accident in Billy the Kid, Wyoming, three days after shooting was finished on ‘Jailhouse Rock’ with Elvis Presley. They had been married in May of the same year. First husband was Colin Romoff, from 1950-1956. Also appeared in ‘Bop Girl Goes Calypso’ and was Princess […]

Julanne Johnstone (1900 - 1988)

Actress. She was a dancer, when she made her screen debut in “Better Times” (1919). A popular performer, she appeared in “Miss Hobbs,” (1920) “Frickle Women” 1920), “The Thief of Bagdad” (1924), “Pleasure of The Rich” (1926), “Show of Shows” (1929), “Madam Satan” (1930) and “Bolero” (1934).She retired from films at age of 35 and […]

Jule Styne (1905 - 1994)

Jule Styne attended Chicago Musical College, but before then he had already attracted attention of another teenager, Mike Todd, later a successful film producer, who commissioned him to write a song for a musical act that he was creating. It was the first of over 1,500 published songs Styne composed in his career. In 1929, […]

Jules Barbey d’Aurevilly (1808 - 1889)

Writer, he was transferred in 1926 to St Sauveur, le vicomte’s cemetery, in Normandy.

Jules Berry (1883 - 1951)

Actor. Born Louis Marie Jules Paufichet in Poitiers, France, he was a veteran performer of both the theatre and feature films. In total he played in over 80 films from 1908 to 1951, such as “The Secret Lake” (1912), “Key to All” (1935), “The Road to Rio” (1937), “Room 13” (1940), “Dreams of Love” (1946) […]

Jules Breton (1827 - 1906)

Painter and poet. Born to a well-known family from Courrières, a small village in northern France.  His father was a landowner, though also worked as assistant judge and mayor, and managed the estate of the Duke of Duras. His mother died when Jules was just four years old, leaving him and his two brothers to […]

Jules Dalou (1838 - 1902)

Sculptor. Born in Paris to a working-class family of Huguenot background, he was raised in an atmosphere of being separate from religion and Republican socialism. He was the pupil of Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, who sponsored him for the Petite École (future École nationale supérieure des arts décoratifs), where he sympathized with Alphonse Legros and Fantin-Latour. In […]

Jules Dassin (1911 - 2008)

Dassin was born in Middletown, Connecticut, one of eight children of Berthe Vogel and Samuel Dassin, a barber. His family was Russian Jewish. Dassin grew up in Harlem and went to Morris High School in the Bronx. He joined the Communist Party USA in the 1930s and left it after the Hitler–Stalin Pact in 1939. […]

Jules Furthman (1888 - 1966)

Jules Furthman (March 5, 1888 – September 22, 1966) was a magazine and newspaper writer before working as a screenwriter. Born in Chicago, Illinois, he was the brother of writer Charles Furthman. During World War I Jules wrote under the name “Stephen Fox” as he thought Furthman sounded too German. He wrote screenplays for a number […]

Jules Roth (1900 - 1998)

General Manager and President Emeritus of Hollywood Memorial Cemetery, now Hollywood Forever. He drove the cemetery into bankruptcy.  Family links:  Parents:  Jules Frederick Roth (1862 – 1923)  Ella Kent Hine Roth (1868 – 1917)

Jules Semon “J.S.” Bache (1861 - 1944)

Businessman. He began his career as a cashier in Leopold Cahn and Company in 1880. He later he headed the firm and changed the banking firm name to J.S. Bache and Company.  Family links:  Parents:  Elizabeth Van Praag Bache (1833 – 1913)  Siblings:  Henrietta Bache Kayser (1850 – 1943)*  Sarah Bache Thurnauer (1853 – 1884)* […]

Jules Semon “J.S.” Bache (1861 - 1944)

Businessman. He began his career as a cashier in Leopold Cahn and Company in 1880. He later he headed the firm and changed the banking firm name to J.S. Bache and Company.  Family links:  Parents:  Elizabeth Van Praag Bache (1833 – 1913)  Siblings:  Henrietta Bache Kayser (1850 – 1943)*  Sarah Bache Thurnauer (1853 – 1884)* […]

Jules Verne (1828 - 1905)

Jules Gabriel Verne (/dʒuːlz/ /vɜːrn/; French: [ʒyl vɛʁn]; 8 February 1828 – 24 March 1905) was a French novelist, poet, and playwright. Jules Verne was born to bourgeois parents in the seaport of Nantes, where he was trained to follow in his father’s footsteps as a lawyer, but quit the profession early in life to […]

Jules White (1900 - 1985)

In 1933, Jules White was appointed head of Columbia Pictures’ short-subject division, which became the most prolific comedy factory in Hollywood. In a time when theaters were playing more double-feature programs, fewer short comedies were being made; by the mid-1930s the three major comedy producers — Hal Roach, Educational Pictures and Universal Pictures — scaled […]

Jules-Antoine Castagnary (1830 - 1888)

Politician, Art Critic. In 1874 he coined the term ‘Impressionism’. His bust is by Rodin. (bio by: David Conway)

Julia Boenisch (1962 - 2004)

Journalist, Author. Born Julia Schramm she began her journalism career with Sport Informations Dienst (one of Germany’s largest sports news agencies) and for the daily newspaper “die Welt.” Moved to a position as chief reporter for “Bild der Frau” (German weekly magazine for women) and later was a long-time columnist for the weekly newspaper “Welt […]

Julia Caba Alba (1902 - 1988)

Acclaimed Spanish Screen and Stage Character Actress. She pertain to a long dinasty of actors. She make her debut on stage at the age of twelve in “La Duquesa.” In 1946, she appeared in her first film “El Crimen de la Calle Bordadores.” She also appeared in “Novio a la Vista” (1953), “Los Ladrones Somos […]

Julia Caesar (1885 - 1971)

Swedish actress. She started her career as a popular revue-actress. She acted in more than 100 films, and very often played gruff women with a big heart. She also got a hit on the Swedish charts with the song “United States of Amerika”.  (bio by: Peter Robsahm)

Julia Dean (1878 - 1952)

Actress. Her film career began in the silent era and transitioned well to the “talkies.” Appeared in Jacque Tourneur’s 1944 thriller “Experiment Perilous.” Played the role of ‘Mrs. Peabody’ in the unusual film-noir “Nightmare Alley” (1947), with Tyrone Power. She was married to stage and silent screen actor Orme Caldara. (bio by: A.J. Marik)  Family […]

Julia Faye (1893 - 1966)

Julia Faye was born Julia Faye Covell at her grandmother’s home near Richmond, Virginia. Her father was French. She had lived in St. Louis, Missouri prior to coming to Hollywood in 1916, to visit friends. She visited one of the film studios and was introduced to Christy Cabanne. The two reminisced about St. Louis and discovered […]

Julia Gardiner Tyler (1820 - 1889)

Julia Gardiner Tyler was born in 1820 on Gardiner’s Island off the eastern tip of Long Island, New York, one of the largest privately owned islands in the United States. She was the daughter of David Gardiner, a prominent landowner and New York State Senator from 1824 to 1828, and his wife Juliana née McLachlan. […]