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Born in Iowa, Betty May Adams grew up in Arkansas and made her acting debut in a third grade play, "Hansel and Gretel". When she grew up and decided to become an actress, she moved to California, where she worked three days a week as a secretary .
Has two sons: Steve Danton and Mitchell Danton.
In Italy, all her films were dubbed by either Dhia Cristiani , Renata Marini or Lydia Simoneschi.
Universal Pictures publicity in the 1950s claimed that her legs won an award as "the most perfectly symmetrical in the world" and that they were insured for $125,000.
Interviewed in Tom Weaver s book, "They Fought in the Creature Features" (McFarland & Co., 1995).
At age 19, she was crowned "Miss Little Rock" and then moved to Los Angeles, California to pursue her acting career.
At age 22, she legally changed her name from Betty May to Julie, when she was under contract with Universal Studios.
Began her career as a contract player for Universal Studios in 1949, where she first met Tony Curtis , Marsha Hunt and Piper Laurie.
Attended and graduated from Little Rock Central High School in Little Rock Arkansas.
When Adams was a young girl, she used to go to the cinema every Saturday, watching Westerns.
Has appeared with Rock Hudson in five films: Bright Victory , Bend of the River (1952) , Horizons West (1952) , The Lawless Breed and One Desire .
Friends with: Shirley Jones , Angela Lansbury , Charlotte Rae , James Drury , Doug McClure , Clint Walker , Pernell Roberts , Andy Griffith , Jack Kelly , Chuck Connors , Johnny Crawford , Marsha Hunt , Beverly Garland , Anne Jeffreys , Piper Laurie , Joan Leslie , James Stewart , Loretta Young , Rock Hudson , Rory Calhoun , Efrem Zimbalist Jr. , Robert Conrad , Barbara Stanwyck , Raymond Burr , Richard Anderson , Jack Klugman , Ted Knight , Nancy Dussault , Lorne Greene , Mike Connors , Tony Curtis , Norman Lloyd , William Conrad , Yvonne De Carlo and Robert Young.
Met her future husband Ray Danton on the set of The Looters .
Was honored with a Film Career Achievement Award at CineCon.
Worked as a part-time secretary before entering the motion picture industry.
Had moved to Blytheville, Arkansas, with her family, when she was a young girl.
Had to perform most of her own stunts in Creature from the Black Lagoon .
Had a joint birthday with Beverly Garland. They both guest-starred on the same episode of "Mannix" .
Won the Rondo Award for the Monster Kid Hall of Fame at the annual Wonderfest in Louisville, Kentucky.
After her last role Carnage , she retired from acting at age 84.
Her idol was Vivien Leigh.
Shares the same birthday with Marsha Hunt , who is nine years her senior.
Acting mentor and friends with Catherine Hickland.
As an unfamiliar actress, Catherine Hickland thanked her for Hicklands stardom to acting.
She is widely known as a social butterfly.
Has a pet cockatoo named "Merlin" who travels with her on location for the past 20 years.
Coached Julio Iglesias on first 2 English language albums, including: "To All the Girls Ive Loved Before" duet with Willie Nelson.
Dialect coach to Goran Visnjic "Luke Kovac" on ER. 171 episodes from 1999-2007.
No matter what you do, you can act your heart out, but people will,always say, "Oh, Julie Adams -,Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954) . ".
[on Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954) ] Oh, it was a real,shock when we saw the Creature. And you can see from the pictures in,the book that I look a little awestruck, kind of taken aback when I saw,it at first. I thought it was quite wonderful, extraordinary, and a,little scary which of course is exactly what it was supposed to be.
