Synopsis: Thrust Into Television

Many movie character actresses found steady work and arguably more exposure with the advent of television. 

JULIE ADAMS (1926-2019)

Julie Adams, born Betty Adams, moved to Hollywood to start an acting career at the age of twenty, using her given name until 1949. She was very busy on the big screen for a little more than a decade with numerous Westerns to her credit throughout the 1950s. Pale in comparison to her four decades in television, however.

She co-starred in films opposite some of Hollywood's top leading men, including James Stewart, Rock Hudson, Tyrone Power, Glenn Ford, Charlton Heston, and Joel McCrea. In the middle of all these famous actors was Ricou Browning and Ben Chapman, both playing the Creature from the Black Lagoon whether underwater or on terra ferma, respectively. The 1954 science fiction film was a popular offering for mid-century audiences and brought notority to Adams.

Her television roles are too numerous to mention, here. A few notable guest-starring roles were for The Andy Griffith Show, in another attempt to find a love interest for the sheriff of Mayberry, five episodes of 77 Sunset Strip, three roles for Alfred Hitchcock Presents, and four episodes of Perry Mason as she sailed into the 1960s. Adams starred opposite Hollywood royalty for twenty-four episodes of The Jimmy Stewart Show, and two episodes of The Doris Day Show. She guest-starred on many popular shows of the 1970s and 1980s including, Code Red, with nineteen episodes and ten episodes of Murder, She Wrote, before winding down here career in the early 2000s.