Julie Harris

From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Julia Ann Harris December 2 1925 August 24 2013 was an American actress Renowned for her classical and contemporary stage work she received five Tony Awards for Best Actress in a Play Harris debuted on Broadway in 1945 against the wishes of her mother who wanted her to be a society debutante Harris was acclaimed for her performance as an isolated 12yearold girl in the 1950 play The Member of the Wedding a role she reprised in the 1952 film of the same name for which she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress In 1951 her range was demonstrated as Sally Bowles in the original production of I Am a Camera for which she won her first Tony award She subsequently appeared in the 1955 film version Harris gave acclaimed performances in films including The Haunting 1963 and Reflections in a Golden Eye 1967 in which she played opposite Marlon Brando A method actor she won Tony awards for The Lark 1956 Forty Carats 1969 The Last of Mrs Lincoln 1973 and The Belle of Amherst 1977 She was also a Grammy Award winner and a three time Emmy Award winner Harris was inducted into the American Theatre Hall of Fame in 1979 received the National Medal of Arts in 19941 and the 2002 Special Lifetime Achievement Tony Award Description above from the Wikipedia article Julie Harris licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia