Julie Bishop

Colorado-born leading lady 'Julie Bishop' (qv), who also acted under her birth name of Jacqueline Wells and the stage name Diane Duval, started off as a silent movie child actress, working with such legends as 'Clara Bow' (qv) and 'Mary Pickford' (qv).The daughter of a wealthy banker and oilman, she was raised in Texas and, eventually Los Angeles, following her parents' divorce. She was signed by Warner Bros in 1940 and played a dutiful sweethearts opposite filmdom's top male stars, notably 'Errol Flynn' (qv) in _Northern Pursuit (1943)_ (qv), 'Humphrey Bogart' (qv) in _Action in the North Atlantic (1943)_ (qv), 'John Wayne' (qv) in both _Sands of Iwo Jima (1949)_ (qv) and _The High and the Mighty (1954)_ (qv), and 'Alan Ladd' (qv) in _The Big Land (1957)_ (qv), her last picture. But, for the most part, she was never given anything challenging enough to become a top-flight star.She also appeared on stage in "Hamlet" and "The Merchant of Venice". A licensed private pilot, Julie painted still lifes and staged several exhibitions in her post-career years. She died at age 87, on her birthday.::Gary Brumburgh / gr-home@pacbell.net