Julie Adams filmography

Julie Adams (born Betty May Adams; October 17, 1926 – February 3, 2019) was an American actress, billed as Julia Adams in her early career. Known for her role in Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954) as well as numerous television guest roles. She starred in a number of films in the 1950s, including Bend of the River (1952), opposite James Stewart. Adams also had an extensive television career including roles as Paula Denning on the 1980s soap opera Capitol, and Eve Simpson on Murder, She Wrote.[1]

Feature films

Feature length films of Julie Adams
Year Title Role Notes Ref(s)
1949 Red, Hot and Blue Starlet Uncredited [2]
The Dalton Gang Polly Medford [3]
1950 Hostile Country Ann Green [4]
Marshal of Heldorado Ann as Betty Adams [4]
Crooked River Ann Hayden as Betty Adams [4]
Colorado Ranger Ann as Betty Adams [4]
West of the Brazos Ann Greene [4]
Fast on the Draw Ann [4]
For Heaven's Sake Joe's Mother Scenes deleted [5]
1951 Bright Victory Chris Paterson Credited as Julia Adams [6]
Hollywood Story Sally Rousseau / Amanda Rousseau Credited as Julia Adams [6]
1952 Finders Keepers Sue Kipps [5]
Bend of the River Laura Baile Credited as Julia Adams
With James Stewart
[7]
The Treasure of Lost Canyon Myra Wade Credited as Julia Adams [5]
Horizons West Lorna Hardin Credited as Julia Adams [6]
The Lawless Breed Rosie McCoy Credited as Julia Adams [6]
1953 The Mississippi Gambler Ann Conant Credited as Julia Adams [6]
The Man from the Alamo Beth Anders Credited as Julia Adams [6]
The Stand at Apache River Valerie Kendrick [5]
Wings of the Hawk Raquel Noriega Credited as Julia Adams [6]
1954 Creature from the Black Lagoon Kay Lawrence Credited as Julia Adams [6]
Francis Joins the WACS Captain Jane Parker With Donald O'Connor [5]
1955 Six Bridges to Cross Ellen Gallagher [6]
The Looters Sheryl Gregory [8]
One Desire Judith Watrous credited as Julia Adams [5]
1956 The Private War of Major Benson Dr. Kay Lambert [6]
Away All Boats Nadine MacDougall With Jeff Chandler [6]
1957 Four Girls in Town Kathy Conway [5]
Slaughter on Tenth Avenue Daisy 'Dee' Pauley [6]
Slim Carter Clover Doyle [5]
1958 Tarawa Beachhead Ruth Campbell [5]
1959 The Gunfight at Dodge City Pauline Howard [6]
1960 Raymie Helen [5]
1962 The Underwater City Monica Powers [6]
1965 Tickle Me Vera Radford [6]
1967 Valley of Mystery Joan Simon [9]
1971 The Last Movie Mrs. Anderson [6]
1974 McQ Elaine [6]
1975 The Wild McCullochs Hannah McCulloch [6]
Psychic Killer Dr. Laura Scott [6]
1976 The Killer Inside Me Mother [6]
1978 Goodbye, Franklin High Janice Armer [6]
The Runaways Mother
The Fifth Floor Nurse Hannelord [6]
1984 Champions Emma Hussey [9]
1988 Black Roses Mrs. Miller [6]
1990 Catchfire Martha [9]
2006 World Trade Center Allison's Grandmother [9]
2011 Carnage Secretary
2018 The Lucky Southern Star Grandma Short, last film role

Television films

Television films of Julie Adams
Date Title Role Ref(s)
1971 The Trackers Dora Paxton [5][10]
1973 Go Ask Alice Dorothy [11]
1976 Six Characters in Search of an Author The Mother [11][12]
1978 Greatest Heroes of the Bible The Queen [13]
1993 The Conviction of Kitty Dodds Margaret [11]

Recurring television roles

Recurring series roles of Julie Adams
Year(s) Series Role Episodes Ref(s)
1969-1970 General Hospital Denise Wilton [5][11][14]
1971–1972 The Jimmy Stewart Show Dorothy 24 episodes [15][11][16]
1981–1982 Code Red Ann Rorchek 19 episodes [17][11][18]
1982–1987 Capitol Paula Denning 3 episodes [11]
1987–1993 Murder, She Wrote Eve Simpson 10 episodes [19]

Television guest appearances

Television guest appearances of Julie Adams
Date Series Episode Role Ref(s)
April 1, 1949 Your Show Time "The Tenor" as Betty Adams [20]
November 3, 1955 Lux Video Theatre "Appointment for Love" [21]
February 20, 1956 Studio One "Circle of Guilt" [22]
January 10, 1957 Lux Video Theatre "Just Across the Street" [23]
June 13, 1957 Lux Video Theatre "Design for November" [24]
November 14, 1957 Climax! "Two Tests for Tuesday" Coleen [25]
January 19, 1958 The Loretta Young Show "The Hidden One" [26]
March 14, 1958 Zane Grey Theatre "Man of Fear" Julie Brand [27]
April 10, 1958 Matinee Theater "A Case of Fear" [28]
April 17, 1958 Playhouse 90 "The Dungeon" Janice Ohringer [29]
June 29, 1958 Alfred Hitchcock Presents "Little White Frock" Carol Longsworth [30]
October 2, 1958 Yancy Derringer "Return to New Orleans" Amanda Eaton [31]
November 15, 1958 Zane Grey Theatre "The Tall Shadow" Nora Jepson [32]
December 8, 1958 Goodyear Theatre "Points Beyond" Marion Ewell [33]
February 22, 1959 Maverick "The Brasada Spur" Wilma White [34]
February 24, 1959 Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond "Epilogue" Helen Archer [35]
March 6, 1959 77 Sunset Strip "The Fifth Stair" Margot Wendice [36]
May 1, 1959 The Adventures of Ellery Queen "The Curse of Aden" [37]
May 15, 1959 77 Sunset Strip "Canine Caper" Marie La Shelle [36]
October 10, 1959 The Man and the Challenge "Experiments in Terror" Linda Webb [38]
November 22, 1959 Alfred Hitchcock Presents "Dead Weight" Peg Valence [39]
December 6, 1959 The Alaskans "Doc Booker" Clara [40][41]
January 4, 1960 Cheyenne "Gold, Glory and Custer - Prelude" Irene Travers [42][43]
January 11, 1960 Cheyenne Gold, Glory and Custer - Requiem" Irene Travers [42][43]
January 24, 1960 Maverick "The White Widow" Belle Morgan [44]
February 8, 1960 Goodyear Theatre "Minister Accused" Betty Fordham [45]
March 4, 1960 77 Sunset Strip "Safari" Miriam Galbraith [46]
April 13, 1960 Hawaiian Eye "Murder, Anyone?" Sara Crane [47]
May 24, 1960 The Rifleman "Nora" Nora Sanford [48][49]
August 18, 1960 Markham "Crash in the Desert" Stacey Winters [50]
August 25, 1960 Wrangler "The Affair with Browning's Woman" Eve Browning [31][51]
October 22, 1960 Checkmate "Face in the Window" Janet Evans [52]
September 21, 1960 Tate "The Return of Jessica Jackson" Mary Hardin [53][54]
November 18, 1960 Michael Shayne "This is it, Michael Shayne" Beatrice Drake [55]
January 5, 1961 Outlaws "Return to New March" Juill Ramsur [56][57]
January 7, 1961 Bonanza "The Courtship" Helen Layton [58][59]
January 10, 1961 Alfred Hitchcock Presents "Summer Shade" Phyllis Kendall [60]
January 16, 1961 Surfside 6 "Facts on the Fire" Merilee Williams [61]
January 25, 1961 Hawaiian Eye "Robinson Koyoto" Gloria Matthews [62]
March 17, 1961 77 Sunset Strip "Open and Close in One" Norma Kellogg [63]
October 30, 1961 Surfside 6 "Laugh for the Lady" Julie Owens [61]
March 19, 1962 The Andy Griffith Show "The County Nurse" Mary Simpson [11]
March 20, 1962 The Dick Powell Show "330 Independence S.W." Robin [64]
April 19, 1962 Dr. Kildare "The Horn of Plenty" Ginny Nelson [65]
May 2, 1962 Checkmate "The Someday Man" Jean Damion [66]
March 16, 1963 The Gallant Men "A Taste of Peace" Captain Meg Thorpe [67]
April 4, 1963 Perry Mason "The Case of the Lover's Leap" Valerie Comstock [68]
October 17, 1963 Perry Mason "The Case of the Deadly Verdict" Janice Barton [69]
November 10, 1963 Arrest and Trial "Inquest into a Bleeding Heart" Eleanor Safford [70]
January 10, 1964 77 Sunset Strip "Alimony League" Anne Kenzie [71]
May 28, 1964 Kraft Suspense Theatre "The Robrioz Ring" Ellen Yarnell [72]
September 24, 1964 Perry Mason "The Case of the Missing Button" Janice Blake [73]
April 29, 1965 Kraft Suspense Theatre "Kill No More" Joanne Clay [74]
September 19, 1965 Perry Mason "The Case of the Fatal Fortune" Patricia L. Kean [75]
October 11, 1965 Twelve O'Clock High "Big Brother" Lieutenant Betty Russo [76]
November 17, 1965 Amos Burke, Secret Agent "Deadlier than the Male" Carla Cabral [77]
November 18, 1965 The Long, Hot Summer "Bitter Harvest" Leona Mills [78]
April 6, 1966 The Virginian "No Drums, No Trumpets" Marian Clay [79][80]
October 31, 1966 The Big Valley "Target" Janet Masters [81][82]
April 4, 1967 The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. "The High and the Deadly Affair Julia Douglas [83]
December 30, 1967 Mannix "Then the Drink Takes the Man" Liza [84]
February 8, 1968 The Mod Squad "Scion of Death" Nancy Ryan [85]
February 12, 1968 The Big Valley "The Emperor of Rice" Edna Wesley [86][87]
October 29, 1968 The Mod Squad "You Can't Tell the Players Without a Programmer" Samantha Semple [88]
October 31, 1968 Ironside "I, the People" Norma Howard [89]
November 20, 1968 The Outsider "One Long-Stemmed American Beauty" Laura Carlvic [85]
January 19, 1969 My Friend Tony "Voices" Karen Kent Walker [90]
October 7, 1969 Marcus Welby, M.D. "Don't Ignore the Miracles" Claire Berwick [91]
November 9, 1969 The F.B.I. "Blood Tie" Denise Kriton [92]
October 11, 1970 The Bold Ones: The New Doctors "Killer on the Loose" Lynn Craig [93]
November 18, 1970 Dan August "Epitaph for a Swinger" Patricia Fairley [94]
January 24, 1971 The Bold Ones: The New Doctors "An Absence of Loneliness" Lynn Craig [95]
February 24, 1971 The Young Lawyers "And the Walls Came Tumbling Down" Alice Graham [96]
January 19, 1972 Night Gallery "The Miracle at Camafeo" Gay Melcor [97]
November 15, 1972 Cannon "Child of Fear" Meg Lucas [98]
February 14, 1973 Search "The Clayton Lewis Document" Jeanette Lewis [99]
October 7, 1973 Mannix "Little Girl Lost" Edie Reynolds [100]
September 11, 1974 Lucas Tanner "A Matter of Love" Mrs. Walker [101]
January 20, 1975 Kolchak: The Night Stalker "Mr. R.I.N.G." Mrs. Avery Walker [102]
February 17, 1975 Caribe "The Plastic Connection" Mrs. Bladell [103]
February 27, 1975 The Streets of San Francisco "Labyrinth" Judith [104]
October 21, 1975 Marcus Welby, M.D. "An End and a Beginning" Lee Morgan [105]
September 19, 1975 Mobile One "The Pawn" Alma Marvin [106]
November 13, 1975 Ellery Queen "The Adventure of Veronica's Veils" Jennifer Packard [107]
November 19, 1975 Cannon "The Wedding March" Sylvia Killian [108]
February 9, 1976 Medical Center "The Stranger" Ellie Wolfe [109]
January 2, 1977 McMillan & Wife "Dark Sunrise" Dorothy Wininger [110]
November 11, 1977 Quincy, M.E. "Main Man" Mrs. Daniels [111]
1977 This Is the Life
February 22, 1978 Police Woman "Murder with Pretty People" Eleanor Simpson [95]
May 12, 1978 The Incredible Hulk "Life and Death" Ellen [112]
January 10, 1980 Quincy, M.E. "Honor Thy Elders" Sharon Ross [113]
March 30, 1980 Trapper John, M.D. "Hot Line" Lorrie Malcolm
January 21, 1981 Vega$ "Murder by Mirrors" Margaret Sorenson [114]
February 3, 1981 Too Close for Comfort "A Fine Romance" Sylvia Walker
August 9, 1982 Cagney & Lacey "Better than Equal" Helen Granger [115]
November 24, 1982 Quincy, M.E. "Science for Sale" Dr. Chris Winston [116]
November 24, 1984 Too Close for Comfort "Divorce Chicago Style" Sylvia Walker
September 8, 1993 Beverly Hills, 90210 "So Long, Farewell, Auf Wiedersehen, Goodbye" Arlene Beevis [11]
October 27, 1993 Beverly Hills, 90210 "Twenty Years Ago Today" Arlene Beevis [11]
February 13, 1997 Diagnosis: Murder "Hard-Boiled Murder" Edie Reynolds Fallon
January 25, 1999 Melrose Place "A Fist Full of Secrets" Mrs. Damarr
April 16, 1999 Sliders "Roads Taken" Old Maggie Beckett
April 24, 2000 Family Law "Second Chance" Bonnie
October 4, 2006 Lost "A Tale of Two Cities" Amelia [117]
October 29, 2006 Cold Case "Static" Dottie Mills
October 31, 2007 CSI: NY "Boo" Betty Willens
January 21, 2008 Lost: Missing Pieces "The Envelope" Amelia

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