Julie Frances Cobb is an American actress. She is the daughter of actor Lee J. Cobb.

Early life

Cobb was born in Los Angeles, California, to a Jewish family. Her parents were actor Lee J. Cobb and actress Helen Beverley. She went to Beverly Hills High School and attended San Francisco State College for two years. Before she became an actress, she was a receptionist, taught English in Mexico City, and for a few months worked as a Playboy bunny.

Career

Cobb's career, which lasted over forty years, mostly consisted of guest appearances on television shows. Her first credited role was in an episode of ''

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", which was first broadcast on February 23, 1968. (She was the only female Redshirt to be killed in the original series.) She appeared on ''

Gunsmoke ''Gunsmoke'' is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman Macdonnell and writer John Meston. It centers on Dodge City, Kansas, in the 1870s, during the settlement of the American West. The central character ...

'' (1974), Season 20, Ep 13, "The Colonel", as the painfully reunited daughter of a once proud military officer. The Colonel was portrayed by Julie Cobb's real life father, actor Lee J. Cobb. She appeared on '' The Brady Bunch'' (1971), Season 2, Ep 18, "Our Son The Man", as Greg Brady's high school interest. She also played the matriarch of the Pembroke family on the first season of the sitcom ''

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'', and also appeared on the short-lived series '' The D.A.''. Her film career has included roles in ''

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'' (1974), ''

Just You and Me, Kid ''Just You and Me, Kid'' is a 1979 American comedy film starring George Burns, Brooke Shields, Lorraine Gary, Ray Bolger, Leon Ames, Carl Ballantine, Keye Luke and Burl Ives. It was directed by Leonard B. Stern and was released in July 1979 by ...

'' (1979), '' The Runnin' Kind'' (1989), '' Lisa'' (1990), '' Defending Your Life'' (1991) and ''

Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde ''Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde'' is a 1995 science fiction comedy film directed by David Price, based on Robert Louis Stevenson's 1886 horror novella ''Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde''. It stars Sean Young, Tim Daly, and Lysette Anthony. The st ...

'' (1995). She also appeared in the TV movie versions of ''

Salem's Lot ''Salem's Lot'' is a 1975 horror novel by American author Stephen King. It was his second published novel. The story involves a writer named Ben Mears who returns to the town of Jerusalem's Lot (or 'Salem's Lot for short) in Maine, where he ...

'' (1979) and '' Brave New World'' (1980). As a stage actress, she won the L.A. Drama Critics Award for her role in a stage production of Arthur Miller's play '' After the Fall''.

Personal life

Cobb married actor

James Cromwell James Oliver Cromwell (born January 27, 1940) is an American actor and activist. Some of his best-known films include ''Babe'' (1995), '' Star Trek: First Contact'' (1996), ''L.A. Confidential'' (1997), '' The Green Mile'' (1999), ''The Queen'' ...

on May 29, 1986; he filed for a divorce in 2005.

Filmography

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Cobb, Julie Living people American film actresses American stage actresses American television actresses Actresses from Los Angeles Jewish American actresses American people of Russian-Jewish descent 20th-century American actresses 21st-century American actresses 21st-century American Jews Year of birth missing (living people)