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Julie Frances Christie (born 14 April 1940) [1] is a British actress. An icon of the Swinging Sixties, Christie is the recipient of numerous accolades including an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe, and a Screen Actors Guild Award.
Julie Christie. Actress: Doctor Zhivago. Julie Christie, the British movie legend whom Al Pacino called "the most poetic of all actresses," was born in Chabua, Assam, India, on April 14, 1940, the daughter of a tea planter and his Welsh wife Rosemary, who was a painter.
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Feb 14, 2022 · February 14, 2022. Daily Herald/Mirrorpix/Getty Images. In the '60s, Julie Christie was one of the biggest stars of the moment. She won both an Oscar and a BAFTA award at the age of 25 for her leading role in 1965's Darling. That same year, she also starred in the massive hit Doctor Zhivago.
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Apr 23, 2024 · Julie Christie, British film actress renowned for a wide range of roles in English and American films of the 1960s and ’70s, as well as for her offbeat, free-spirited personality. Her notable films included Doctor Zhivago, Shampoo, Afterglow, and Away from Her.
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- 'McCabe and Mrs. Miller' (1971) The first of three movies starring Julie Christie and Warren Beatty, McCabe and Mrs. Miller is a classic revisionist Western, and one of Robert Altman's greatest works as a filmmaker.
- 'Don't Look Now' (1973) A bleak horror movie that also stars Donald Sutherland, Don't Look Now is about a grieving couple dealing with a horrific loss, with Sutherland playing the husband and Julie Christie playing the wife.
- 'Hamlet' (1996) There are plenty of movies out there that adapt Shakespeare's Hamlet, or at least take inspiration from it, though few can claim to be as massive as 1996's take on the play, directed by Kenneth Branagh.
- 'Doctor Zhivago' (1965) Darling may have won Julie Christie an Oscar, but 1965's Doctor Zhivago likely made her even more of a star, as it's one of the highest-grossing movies of all time when adjusted for inflation.
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Apr 14, 2021 · Anglophenia. British Icon of the Week: Julie Christie, the Elusive Actress Who Always Brings a Touch of Class. Posted by undefined Editors | April 14, 2021. Happy birthday, Julie Christie! The acclaimed actress is super-selective about her projects these days – her last film role came in Robert Redford 's 2012 political thriller The Company ...
Julie Frances Christie (born 14 April 1941) is a British actress. Born in British India to English parents, at the age of six Christie moved to England where she attended boarding school. In 1961, she began her acting career in a BBC television series, and the following year, she had her first major film role in a romantic comedy.
