American actress (born 1925)

Julie Harris

Julia Ann Harris was an American actress. Renowned for her classical and contemporary roles, she earned numerous accolades including a record five Tony Awards for Best Lead Actress in a Play, as well as three Primetime Emmy Awards and a Grammy Award, in addition to nominations for an Academy Award and a BAFTA Award. She was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame in 1979, received the National Medal of Arts in 1994, the Special Lifetime Achievement Tony Award in 2002, and the Kennedy Center Honor in 2005.

Born

1925

December 2

Died

2013

Era

1920s

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Julie, in brief

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Key dates

1925 Born
2013 Died

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1244 Pope Innocent IV arrives at Lyon for the First Council of Lyon.
1409 The University of Leipzig opens.
1697 St Paul's Cathedral, rebuilt to the design of Sir Christopher Wren following the Great Fire of London, is consecrated.
1763 Dedication of the Touro Synagogue, in Newport, Rhode Island, the first synagogue in what will become the United States.

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The world in 1925

When Julie arrived

april 10 The Russian city of Tsaritsyn is renamed Stalingrad to honor the Soviet leader Joseph Stalin, Soviet Communist Party General Secretary, who had guided the defense of Tsaritsyn during the Russian Civil War in 1920.
april 16 During the Communist St Nedelya Church assault in Sofia, Bulgaria, 150 are killed and 500 are wounded.
april 17 The Communist Party of Korea (CPK) was founded in Japanese-ruled Korea (Chōsen) in Keijō (now Seoul) by Kim Yong-bom and Pak Hon-yong.
april 19 Colo-Colo, the most successful and popular soccer football team in the South American nation of Chile, was founded at the El Llano Stadium in San Miguel, Santiago, by footballer David Arellano and some of his teammates who had also left the Deportes Magallanes club.

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Same-day contemporaries

Also born on December 2

Adolph Green 1914–2002 American playwright and composer (died 2002) Deacon White 1847–1939 American baseball player and manager (died 1939) Harry Burleigh 1866– American singer-songwriter (died 1949) John Barbirolli 1899–1970 English cellist and conductor (died 1970) Lucy Liu 1968– American actress and producer Masafumi Gotoh 1976– Japanese singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer Peter Moylan 1978– Australian baseball player Renee Montgomery 1986– American basketball player and executive Rewi Alley 1897–1987 New Zealand writer and political activist (died 1987)

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Same-year contemporaries

Also born in 1925

Albert Bandura 1925– Canadian-American psychologist and academic (died 2021) Alexander Shulgin 1925–2014 American pharmacologist and chemist (died 2014) Allan Blakeney 1925–2011 Canadian scholar and politician, tenth Premier of Saskatchewan (born 1925) Arkady Ostashev 1925–1998 Soviet/Russian scientist and engineer (born 1925) Art McNally 1925– American football referee (died 2023) Carlos Castaneda 1925–1998 Peruvian-American anthropologist and author (born 1925) Carmine Infantino 1925–2013 American illustrator (born 1925) Chuck Bednarik 1925–2015 American lieutenant and football player (born 1925) Dominick Dunne 1925–2009 American journalist and novelist (born 1925)

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