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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 10th @ 5:30 PM PT
JULIE ADAMS
MITCH DANTON
Host: JOHN SEMPER JR.
We were sad to learn that Julie Adams passed away Sunday, February 3rd, in Los Angeles, at the age of 92. Julie and her son, Mitch Danton, appeared in a two part interview in 2014 on Experience Talks with host John Semper Jr. Part One will air on 90.7 KPFK on February 10th, and both parts of the interview will be posted together on our Experience Talks website next week.
Julie Adams with her son, Mitchell Danton, and the biography they co-wrote.
Fans of the horror film Creature from the Black Lagoon tend to believe that JULIE ADAMS became a leading lady on the strength of her role in it as the imperiled — and fetchingly underclad — heroine. In fact, she was cast in many leading film roles, notably in Bend in the River, The Private War of Major Benson, Mississippi Gambler, Bright Victory, and Slaughter on Tenth Avenue, among others.
Inspired by the book: a new 20-minute film.
She worked opposite Jimmy Stewart, Tyrone Power, Arthur Kennedy, Rock Hudson, Charlton Heston, Elvis Presley, John Wayne, Glen Ford, and Van Heflin. She also made guest appearances in over one hundred television shows, from The Andy Griffith Show to Marcus Welby, M.D. to, more recently, Lost and Cold Case. If you were a fan of Murder, She Wrote, you would have seen her often as real estate agent Eve Simpson.
Julie and her son, Mitchell Danton, wrote her autobiography entitled, Lucky Southern Star: Reflections from the Black Lagoon, and Mitch subsequently produced a 20-minute film that Julie starred in with Jessica Taylor. Learn more about Julie Adams’ extensive career at her website.
Host John Semper Jr. with Julie Adams
Julie and Mitch talk with host John Semper Jr. in this, Part One of a two-part interview. Both parts of the interview will be posted on our Experience Talks website next week.
