Julie Bishop

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Julie Bishop
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Background information
Other name(s) Jacqueline Wells
Diane Duval
Born Aug 30, 1914
Born as Jacqueline Wells
Died Aug 30, 2001 - age  87
Height 5' 3" (1.6m)


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Julie Bishop (August 30, 1914 – August 30, 2001) was an American film and television actress. She appeared in over 80 films between 1923 and 1957.

Bishop was born Jacqueline Wells and used her birth name professionally through 1941. She also appeared on stage (and in one film) as Diane Duval. She settled on the name by which she is best remembered when offered a contract by Warner Bros. on the condition that she change her name, which was associated with her almost exclusively B-movie appearances through 1941 (amounting to nearly 50 films over 17 years). She choose the name because it matched the monograms on her luggage (she had for a time been married to Walter Booth Brooks III, a writer).

She made 16 films at Warners, including a supporting role in 1943's "Princess O'Rourke", supporting Olivia de Havilland and Robert Cummings. While filming, she met her second husband, Clarence Shoop, a pilot. She was Humphrey Bogart's leading lady in "Action in the North Atlantic" (1943), played Ira Gershwin's wife in the biopic "Rhapsody in Blue" (1945), and closed out her Warners years in 1946's "Cinderella Jones".

In 1949, Bishop played a down-on-her-luck wife and mother in "The Sands of Iwo Jima", opposite John Wayne (who received an Oscar nomination for his work in the film). She was among several former Wayne co-stars (including Laraine Day, Ann Doran, Jan Sterling, and Claire Trevor) who joined the actor in the 1954 aviation drama "The High and the Mighty".

Bishop had one daughter, actress Pamela Susan Shoop, and one son (also by Shoop), like his father a pilot.

Mini Biography from http://www.IMDB.com

written by Gary Brumburgh
Julie Bishop at the Internet Movie Database

Colorado-born leading lady Julie Bishop, who also acted under her birth name of Jacqueline Wells and the stage name Diane Duval, started off as a silent movie child actress, working with such legends as Clara Bow and Mary Pickford.

The daughter of a wealthy banker and oilman, she was raised in Texas and eventually Los Angeles following her parents' divorce. She was signed by Warner Bros in 1940 and played a dutiful sweethearts opposite filmdom's top male stars, notably Errol Flynn in "Northern Pursuit" (1943), Humphrey Bogart in "Action in the North Atlantic" (1943), John Wayne in both "Sands of Iwo Jima" (1949) and "The High and the Mighty" (1954), and Alan Ladd in "The Big Land" (1957), her last picture. But, for the most part, she was never given anything challenging enough to become a top-flight star.

She also appeared on stage in "Hamlet" and "The Merchant of Venice".

A licensed private pilot, Julie painted still lifes and staged several exhibitions in her post-career years. She died at age 87, on her birthday.

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Filmography

  • "The Big Land" (1957) .... Kate Johnson
... aka "Stampeded" (UK)
  • "Ethel Barrymore Theater" (1 episode, 1956)
- "The Victim" (1956) TV episode
  • "The Bob Cummings Show" (1 episode, 1956)
... aka "Love That Bob" (USA: rerun title)
- "The Sergeant Wore Skirts" (1956) TV episode
- "Survival" (1956) TV episode
  • "Headline Hunters" (1955) .... Laura Stewart
  • "The High and the Mighty" (1954) .... Lillian Pardee
  • "Sabre Jet" (1953) .... Mrs. Marge Hale
  • "My Hero" .... Julie Marshall (16 episodes, 1952-1953)
- "Surprise Party" (1953) TV episode
- "The Duel" (1953) TV episode
- "Cinderella's Revenge" (1953) TV episode
- "Beauty Queen" (1953) TV episode .... Julie Marshall
- "Salt Water Daffy" (1953) TV episode
(11 more)
  • "Westward the Women" (1951) .... Laurie Smith
  • "Secrets of Beauty" (1951) .... Ruth Waldron
... aka "Why Men Leave Home" (USA)
  • "Sands of Iwo Jima" (1949) .... Mary
  • "The Threa"t (1949) .... Ann Williams
  • "Deputy Marshal" (1949) .... Claire Benton
  • "High Tide" (1947) .... Julie Vaughn
  • "Last of the Redmen" (1947) .... Cora Munro
... aka "Last of the Redskins" (UK)
  • "Strange Conquest" (1946) .... Virginia Sommers
  • "Murder in the Music Hall" (1946) .... Diane
... aka "Midnight Melody" (USA: reissue title)
  • "Cinderella Jones" (1946) .... Camille
  • "Idea Girl" (1946) .... Pat O'Rourke
  • "Rhapsody in Blue" (1945) .... Lee Gershwin
  • "You Came Along" (1945) .... Mrs. Taylor aka Joyce Heath
  • "Northern Pursuit" (1943) .... Laura McBain
  • "Princess O'Rourke" (1943) (uncredited) .... Stewardess
  • "Action in the North Atlantic" (1943) .... Pearl
  • "The Hard Way" (1943) (uncredited) .... Chorine
  • "The Hidden Hand" (1942) .... Rita Channing
  • "Busses Roar" (1942) .... Reba Richards
... "aka Buses Roar" (USA: review title)
  • "Escape from Crime" (1942) .... Molly O'Hara
  • "I Was Framed" (1942) .... Ruth Marshall (Scott)
  • "Lady Gangster" (1942) .... Myrtle Reed
  • "Wild Bill Hickok Rides" (1942) .... Violet, Chorus Girl
  • "Steel Against the Sky" (1941) .... Myrtle 'Myrt'
  • "International Squadron" (1941) .... Mary Wyatt
  • "The Nurse's Secret" (1941) .... Florence Lentz
  • "Back in the Saddle" (1941) (as Jacqueline Wells) .... Taffy
  • "Her First Romance" (1940) (as Jacqueline Wells) .... Eileen Strong
... aka "The Right Man" (USA: reissue title)
  • "Young Bill Hickok" (1940) (as Jacqueline Wells) .... Louise Mason
  • "The Ranger and the Lady" (1940) (as Jacqueline Wells) .... Jane Tabor
  • "Girl in 313" (1940) (as Jacqueline Wells) .... Lorna Hobart
  • "My Son Is Guilty" (1939) (as Jacqueline Wells) .... Julia Allen
... aka "Crime's End" (UK)
  • "The Amazing Mr. Williams" (1939) (uncredited) .... Face of 7th Victim in Newspaper Photo
  • "Torture Ship" (1939) (as Jacqueline Wells) .... Joan Martel
  • "The Kansas Terrors" (1939) (as Jacqueline Wells) .... Maria del Montez
  • "Behind Prison Gates" (1939) (as Jacqueline Wells) .... Sheila Murray (as Jacqueline Wells)
  • "My Son Is a Criminal" (1939) (as Jacqueline Wells) .... Myrna Kingsley
  • "Little Adventuress" (1938) (as Jacqueline Wells) .... Helen Gould
  • "Spring Madness" (1938) (as Jacqueline Wells) .... Mady Platt
  • "Flight to Fame" (1938) (as Jacqueline Wells) .... Barbara Fisk
  • "Highway Patrol" (1938) (as Jacqueline Wells) .... Jane Brady
  • "The Main Event" (1938) (as Jacqueline Wells) .... Helen Phillips
  • "Flight Into Nowhere" (1938) (as Jacqueline Wells) .... Joan Hammond
  • "When G-Men Step In" (1938) (as Jacqueline Wells) .... Marjory Drake
  • "Little Miss Roughneck" (1938) (as Jacqueline Wells) .... Mary LaRue
  • "Paid to Dance" (1937) (as Jacqueline Wells) .... Joan Bradley
... aka "Hard to Hold" (USA: new title)
  • "She Married an Artist" (1937) (as Jacqueline Wells) .... Betty Dennis
  • "Counsel for Crime" (1937) (as Jacqueline Wells) .... Ann McIntyre
  • "Girls Can Play" (1937) (as Jacqueline Wells) .... Ann Casey
  • "The Frame-Up" (1937) (as Jacqueline Wells) .... Betty Lindale
  • "The Bohemian Girl" (1936) (as Jacqueline Wells) .... Arline as an adult
  • "Night Cargo" (1936) (as Jacqueline Wells) .... Claire Martineau, alias Marty
  • "Coronado" (1935) (as Jacqueline Wells) .... Barbara Forrest
  • "Square Shooter" (1935) (as Jacqueline Wells) .... Sally Wayne
  • "Happy Landing" (1934) (as Jacqueline Wells) .... Janet Curtis
... aka "Air Patrol" (UK)
  • "Kiss and Make-Up" (1934) (as Jacqueline Wells) .... Salon client
  • "The Loudspeaker" (1934) (as Jacqueline Wells) .... Janet Melrose
... aka "The Radio Star" (UK)
  • "The Black Cat" (1934) (as Jacqueline Wells) .... Joan Alison
... aka "The House of Doom" (UK)
... aka "The Vanishing Body" (USA: reissue title)
  • "Alice in Wonderland" (1933) (scenes deleted) .... Alice's Sister
  • "Tillie and Gus" (1933) (as Jacqueline Wells) .... Mary Sheridan
  • "Tarzan the Fearless" (1933) (as Jaqueline Wells) .... Mary Brooks
  • "Clancy of the Mounted" (1933) (as Jacqueline Wells) .... Ann Laurie
  • "Lights Out" (1932) (as Jacqueline Wells)
  • "Heroes of the West" (1932) (as Diane Duval) .... Ann Blaine
  • "In Walked Charley" (1932) (as Jacqueline Wells) .... Jackie
  • "You're Telling Me" (1932) (as Jacqueline Wells) .... Jacquie
... aka "The Boy Friends": You're Telling Me (USA: series title)
  • "The Knockout" (1932) (as Jacqueline Wells) .... Jacquie
... aka "The Boy Friends: The Knockout" (USA: series title)
  • "Any Old Port!" (1932) (as Jacqueline Wells) .... Bride
  • "Scareheads" (1931) (as Jacqueline Wells)
  • "Skip the Maloo!" (1931) (as Jacqueline Wells) .... Miss Benson
  • "The Family Upstairs" (1926) (as Jaqueline Wells) .... Annabelle Heller
  • "The Bar-C Mystery" (1926) (as Jacqueline Wells)
  • "Classified" (1925) (as Jacqueline Wells) .... Jeanette
  • "The Home Maker" (1925) (as Jacqueline Wells) .... Helen
  • "The Golden Bed" (1925) (uncredited) .... Flora, as a child
  • "Captain Blood" (1924) (as Jacqueline Wells)
  • "Good Bad Boy" (1924) (uncredited) .... Child
  • "Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall" (1924) (as Jacqueline Wells) .... Child Extra
  • "Maytime" (1923) (as Jacqueline Wells)
  • "Bluebeard's Eighth Wife" (1923) (as Jacqueline Wells)
  • "Children of Jazz" (1923) (as Jacqueline Wells)

Spouse(s)

  • William F. Bergin (1968 - 30 August 2001) (her death)
  • Clarence A. Shoop (July 1944 - 1968) (his death) 2 children
  • Walter Booth Brooks III (1936 - 1939) (divorced)

Trivia

  • Mother-in-Law of ex-Jesuit priest Terrance Sweeney, who was technical advisor for the miniseries, "The Thorn Birds".
  • Mother of actress Pamela Susan Shoop
  • Painter.
  • Her third husband, Dr. William Bergin, is a retired Los Angeles surgeon.
  • Her second husband, Clarence Shoop, was Vice-President of Hughes Aircraft at the time of his death in 1968.
  • Her son, Steve Shoop, is a physician.
  • WAMPAS Baby of 1934

External links

Julie Bishop at the Internet Movie Database

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