Julie Wilson obit

Tony Nominee Julie Wilson Passes Away at 90

 

 She was not on the list.

BroadwayWorld has just learned that stage, screen, and cabaret star Julie Wilson passed away yesterday, April 5, from complications from two recent stokes. She was 90 years old.

Wilson's friend Ann Hampton Callaway writes on Facebook:

    When I came to NY to pursue my dreams, Julie was one of the first people who welcomed, encouraged and inspired me. I loved her contrasts- she was pure glamour when she stepped on a stage and sang great songs with wry wisdom and humor and when she was done, she'd put on her Reboks and fold her gown in a shopping bag and call it a night. She may have left Omaha but Omaha never left her. Always down to earth, she balanced to perfect proportion, lady and broad, and a conversation with her always involved much laughter. I know of almost no other singer who was as generous to other singers as Julie, attending shows of so many of us starting out through the years and always with such love and enthusiasm. Singer, actress, mother and shining light, you will be dearly missed by all of us lucky enough to know you, Julie. They don't make them like you anymore.

Wilson made her Broadway stage debut in the 1946 revue Three to Make Ready. In 1951, she moved to London to star in the West End production of Kiss Me, Kate and remained there for four years, appearing in shows such as South Pacific and Bells Are Ringing while studying at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts. She returned to New York to replace Joan Diener in Kismet. Additional Broadway credits include The Pajama Game (1954), Jimmy (1969), Park (1970), and Legs Diamond (1988), for which she received a Tony Award nomination as Best Featured Actress in a Musical. She also toured in Show Boat, Panama Hattie, Silk Stockings, Follies, Company, and A Little Night Music.

In 1957, Wilson sang with Ray Anthony and his Orchestra, contributing vocals to a number of songs in the soundtrack to the film This Could Be The Night. Wilson also had an acting role in the film, as singer Ivy Corlane.

Wilson's television credits include regular roles on the American daytime soap opera The Secret Storm. She also appeared in a Hallmark Hall of Fame telecast of Kiss Me, Kate and numerous episodes of The Ed Sullivan Show.

Actress (16 credits)

 2008 Vote and Die: Liszt for President

Woman on street

 1997 Rough Riders (TV Mini Series)

Mrs. Fish

- Episode #1.2 (1997) ... Mrs. Fish

- Episode #1.1 (1997) ... Mrs. Fish

 1991 Monsters (TV Series)

Cassandra

- A Face for Radio (1991) ... Cassandra

 1984 The New Mike Hammer (TV Series)

Anchorperson

- The Deadly Prey (1984) ... Anchorperson

 1981 Alison's Birthday

Maureen Tate

 1977 You'll Never Miss It

Mrs. Baker

 1960-1962 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV Series)

Singer

- Episode #15.39 (1962) ... Singer

- Red Buttons, Georgia Gibbs, Rowan & Martin, Rod Lauren, Senor Wences, Julie Wilson, Elliott Reid, Brascia & Tybee (1960) ... Singer

- Episode #13.33 (1960) ... Singer

 1961 Some Like It Cool

Jill

 1959 The Phil Silvers Show (TV Series)

Monica Malamar

- Bilko's Hollywood Romance (1959) ... Monica Malamar

 1958 Kiss Me, Kate (TV Movie)

Lois Lane (Bianca)

 1957 Kraft Theatre (TV Series)

- Come to Me (1957)

 1957 Suspicion (TV Series)

- Diary for Death (1957)

 1957 This Could Be the Night

Ivy Corlane

 1957 The Strange One

Rosebud

 1956 Sunday Spectacular: The Bachelor (TV Movie)

Leslie

 1954 The Secret Storm (TV Series)

Brooke Lawrence (1966)