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    Address 7000 Hollywood Blvd.

    Ceremony date 02/08/1960

About
Julie London
Born:
1926-09-26,
Santa Rosa,
California,
USA
Education:
Hollywood Professional School, CA
Ethnicity:
Caucasian
Death Date:
-0001-11-30
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Julie London

Julie London was an American singer, game show panelist and prolific character actress of stage, film and television. Best known for her smoky, sensual voice, she was at her singing career’s peak in the 1950s. Her acting career lasted more than 35 years, concluding with the female lead role of nurse Dixie McCall on the television series Emergency!, co-starring her best friend Robert Fuller and her real-life husband Bobby Troup.

Born Gayle Peck in Santa Rosa, California, she was the daughter of Jack and Josephine Peck, who were a vaudeville song-and-dance team. When she was 14, the family moved to Los Angeles. Shortly after that, she began appearing in movies. She graduated from the Hollywood Professional School in 1945.

In July 1947 she married actor Jack Webb. Her widely regarded beauty and poise contrasted strongly with his pedestrian appearance and streetwise acting technique. This unlikely pairing arose from their mutual love for jazz. They had two daughters: Stacy and Lisa Webb. London and Webb divorced in November 1954. Daughter Stacy Webb was killed in a traffic accident in 1996.

In 1954, having become somewhat reclusive after her divorce from Webb, she met jazz composer and musician Bobby Troup at a club on La Brea Avenue in Los Angeles. They married on December 31, 1959, and remained married until his death in February 1999. They had one daughter, Kelly Troup, who died in March 2002, and twin sons, Jody and Reese Troup.

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