Julia Dean (May 13, 1878 – October 17, 1952) was a stage and film actress who began her career in the 1890s.site offered to most colleges and universities for free
Biography Julia Dean was born to Albert Clay Dean and Susan Jane Morton in St. Paul, Minnesota, in 1878. She had a sister Eloise and a brother. She made her Broadway debut December 1, 1902 in The Altars of Friendship. She toured with Joseph Jefferson and James Neill. In 1907 she appeared with Maclyn Arbuckle in The Round-Up. She worked for producers William A. Brady and David Belasco.The Oxford Companion To American Theatre page 191, 2nd edition by Gerald Bordman 1992; by The Oxford University Press In 1914-1915 she had significant success portraying Margaret Harding, a battered woman who kills her husband to protect her young son, in George Broadhurst's The Law of the Land at Broadway's 48th Street Theatre.
She began making silent pictures in 1915 and continued until 1919. She then devoted her career to the stage until 1944 when she returned to films in The Curse of the Cat People. She continued to appear in film noir classics like Nightmare Alley lending her support in many uncredited roles. She died in Hollywood in 1952.Great Stars of the American Stage, Daniel Blum c. 1952 (profile #60)
Family She was married to Frank Slocum ( Orme Caldara; 1875–1925) from 1906 to 1913.New York Times "Divorce for Julia Dean; Actress's Decree Made Final in Westchester Court" (May 17, 1913) She was the niece of 19th-century actress Julia Dean.
Filmography
Silent How Molly Made Good (1915) (* herself; cameo appearance, with her sister Eloise) - Herself Judge Not; or The Woman of Mona Diggings (1915) - Molly Hanlon Matrimony (1915, Short) - Diana Rossmore The Ransom (1916) - Janet Osborne Rasputin, the Black Monk (1917) - Mme. Vasta, Lady in waiting Ruling Passions (1918) - Eveline Roland A Society Exile (1919) - Lady Doris Furnival An Honorable Cad (1919, Short)
Sound The Curse of the Cat People (1944) - Mrs. Julia Farren Experiment Perilous (1944) - Deria Do You Love Me (1946) - Mrs. Allen (uncredited) O.S.S. (1946) - Madame Prideaux Out of the Blue (1947) - Miss Ritchie Magic Town (1947) - Mrs. Wilton Nightmare Alley (1947) - Addie Peabody (uncredited) The Emperor Waltz (1948) - Archduchess Stephanie Easy Living (1949) - Mrs. Belle Ryan Girls' School (1950) - Emily Matthews People Will Talk (1951) - Old Lady (uncredited) Elopement (1951) - Mrs. Simpson (uncredited) At Sword's Point (1952) - Madame D'Artagnan (uncredited) You for Me (1952) - Aunt Clara Chadwick (uncredited)
References
External links
Julia Dean gallery NY Public Library Julia Dean portraits University of Washington; Sayre collection