Julie London

Birth Name:

Julie Peck

Birth Place:

Santa Rosa, California, United States

Profession

Soundtrack, Actress, Music department

Sold more than three million copies of "Cry Me a River" and its associated album, "Julie Is Her Name․"
Was named one of the Top Female Vocalists of the Year in 1955, 1956, and 1957
Cry Me a River was her first recorded single, released in 1955, and it later appeared on her first album, "Julie Is Her Name․"
Was discovered by talent agent Sue Carol while working as an elevator operator in a department store
Made her screen acting debut in the film "Nabonga" in 1944
Quote: "(On her singing): "It's only a thimbleful of a voice, and I have to use it close to the microphone․ But it is a kind of oversmoked voice and it automatically sounds intimate․""
Best known as a jazz and pop singer and actress whose signature song was "Cry Me a River․"
Played Dixie McCall in the TV series "Emergency!" and Billie Ellis in the film "Man of the West․"

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