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'' 1920, a role for which she is uncredited. This film is her most readily available film today. Hurley's film debut occurred in ''Corporal Truman's War Story'' when she was 63 years old. She worked for many of the early film studios i.e.: Biograph,

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, Champion and Solax. On Broadway, she portrayed Mrs. Coberg in ''Blossom Time''. As with most people born in the Victorian era, Hurley probably enjoyed a theatrical career acting in provinces or regional theatre and touring before making her first film in 1909. She continued with films until 1926. She died June 4, 1927 of chronic myocarditis and nephritis.Vazzana, Eugene M. ..p.258

Filmography

*''The Grandmother'' (1909) as Mrs. Julia Hurley (short) *''Grandmother'' (1910) as Mrs Hurley (short) *''Grandma'' (1911) as Mrs. Hurley (short) *''The Helping Hand'' (1912) as Mrs. Hurley (short) *''Bedelia's 'At Home' '' (1912) (short) *''Tempted But True'' (1912) as Mrs. Hurley (short) *''Mother'' (1912) (short) *''Sisters'' (1912) (short) *''The Cuckoo Clock'' (1912) as Mrs. Hurley (short) *''Guy Mannering'' (1912) as Mrs. Hurley (short) *''Two Lives'' (1913) (short) *''Blood and Water'' (1913) *''A Child's Intuition'' (1913) as Mrs. Hurley (short) *''Il trovatore'' (1914) *''

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The Price He Paid ''The Price He Paid'' is a 1914 American silent melodrama film, directed by Lawrence McGill. It stars Philip Hahn, Gertrude Shipman, and Julia Hurley (actress), Julia Hurley, and was released on December 7, 1914. The film is inspired by the Ella ...

'' (1914) *''The Reformation of Peter and Paul'' (1915) (short) *'' The Melting Pot'' (1915) *'' Her Great Match'' (1915) *''

The Little Gypsy ''The Little Gypsy'' is a lost 1915 silent film drama directed by Oscar Apfel and starring Dorothy Bernard. It was produced by William Fox and released through Fox Film Corporation. Cast *Dorothy Bernard - Babbie * Thurlow Bergen - Gavin *Raymon ...

'' (1915) *''The Ventures of Marguerite'' (1915) (Serial, Ch. #6) *''The Woman Pays'' (1915) *''

Gold and the Woman ''Gold and the Woman'' is a 1916 American silent film, silent drama film directed by James Vincent and starring Theda Bara. The film is now considered to be lost film, lost. Plot Dugald Chandos, an early English settler in America, tries to b ...

'' (1916) *''

The Bondman ''The Bondman'' is a later Jacobean era stage play, a tragicomedy written by Philip Massinger, first published in 1624. The play has been called "the finest of the more serious tragicomedies" of Massinger. Performance and publication ''The Bo ...

'' (1916) *''The Unborn'' (1916) *''Perils of Our Girl Reporters'' (1916) *''The Secret of the Storm Country'' (1917) *''

Little Women ''Little Women'' is a coming-of-age novel written by American novelist Louisa May Alcott (1832–1888). Alcott wrote the book, originally published in two volumes in 1868 and 1869, at the request of her publisher. The story follows the lives ...

'' (1918) *''The Beloved Imposter'' (1918) as Mrs. Hurley * '' The Gold Cure'' (1919) *''Beware!'' (1919) *''Mothers of Men'' (1920) *''

Easy to Get ''Easy to Get'' is a lost 1920 American silent comedy film starring Marguerite Clark and Harrison Ford. It was produced by Famous Players-Lasky and released through Paramount Pictures. ''Easy to Get'' was filmed at Loon Lake, Adirondack Mountai ...

'' (1920) *'' The Cost'' (1920) *''

'' (1920) as Hyde's Old Landlady (uncredited) *'' Guilty of Love'' (1920) *''A Woman's Man'' (1920) *''

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'' (1920) *'' Enchantment'' (1921) *''

Jane Eyre ''Jane Eyre'' ( ; originally published as ''Jane Eyre: An Autobiography'') is a novel by the English writer Charlotte Brontë. It was published under her pen name "Currer Bell" on 19 October 1847 by Smith, Elder & Co. of London. The first ...

'' (1921) *''

Bride's Play ''The Bride's Play'' is a 1922 American silent romance film produced by William Randolph Hearst as a starring vehicle for Marion Davies. It was directed by George Terwilliger and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It is an extant film that is pr ...

'' (1922) *''

Argentine Love ''Argentine Love'' is a 1924 American silent romantic drama film directed by Allan Dwan and based on a short story by Vicente Blasco Ibanez that stars Bebe Daniels. In the film, the legal guardians of an Argentine woman arrange her marriage to ...

'' (1924) *''

The Little French Girl ''The Little French Girl'' is a 1925 American silent drama film directed by Herbert Brenon and written by John Russell and Anne Douglas Sedgwick from a 1924 novel by Sedgwick. The film stars Mary Brian, Maurice de Canonge, Paul Doucet, Maude Tu ...

'' (1925) *''

The Making of O'Malley ''The Making of O'Malley'' is a 1925 American silent drama film directed by Lambert Hillyer and written by Eugene Clifford. The film stars Milton Sills, Dorothy Mackaill, Helen Rowland, Warner Richmond, Thomas Carrigan and Julia Hurley. The fi ...

'' (1925) *''

Married ? ''Married ?'' is a 1926 American silent comedy film directed by George Terwilliger and starring Owen Moore and Constance Bennett. It was distributed by small silent studio Renown Pictures. Plot As described in a film magazine review, Dennis Sh ...

'' (1926)

References

External links

* * * as a young actress in 1869 playing Po-Ca-Hon-Tas
Portrait of Julia Hurley
(NY Public Library, Billy Rose collection)
Hurley with John Barrymore ; Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde, 1920
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hurley, Julia Actresses from New York City American stage actresses American silent film actresses People from Greenwich Village 1848 births 1927 deaths 20th-century American actresses