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11 unusual facts about Julie Christie


Andy Warhol's Bad

The opening screening in May 1977 attracted over 750 people, including Warren Beatty, Jack Nicholson, Julie Christie, and George Cukor.

Away from Her

The film stars Gordon Pinsent and Julie Christie as a couple whose marriage is tested when Christie's character begins to suffer from Alzheimer's and moves into a nursing home, where she loses virtually all memory of her husband and begins to develop a close relationship with another nursing home resident.

David Gladwell

In 1981, Gladwell directed the adaptation of the Doris Lessing novel Memoirs of a Survivor starring Julie Christie.

Faraway Hill

Other actors included Mel Brandt, Eve McVeagh, and Julie Christy (not to be confused with actress Julie Christie).

Flounders' Folly

It had changed hands several times and was owned for a time at least by the actress Julie Christie who had a house nearby for a few years.

Helena Kaut-Howson

Her vision and adventurous policy raised the profile of that theatre to an international league and attracted many major artists, including Anthony Hopkins and Julie Christie.

Lara's Theme

While working on the soundtrack for Doctor Zhivago, Maurice Jarre was asked by director David Lean to come up with a theme for the character of Lara, played by Julie Christie.

Lindsay Pulsipher

She was influenced by Julie Christie and Audrey Hepburn who showed her "a whole new world as far as acting goes".

Old Times

1985 Theatr Clwyd revival by Lindy Davies, at the Emlyn Williams Studio in May, transferred to Wyndham's Theatre, London, starring Leigh Lawson, Harriet Walter and Julie Christie; with a darkly imposing brick back-drop designed by Julian McGowan

The Killing of Angel Street

At one stage Julie Christie was cast but UAA, who were going to finance the film, did not come up with enough money.

The Roaring Forties

The Roaring Forties (French: Les quarantièmes rugissants) is a 1982 French drama film directed by Christian de Chalonge and starring Jacques Perrin, Julie Christie and Michel Serrault.


A Wall of Silence

Stantic had the idea for the film as early as 1986 after an experience of working with the British actress, Julie Christie on Miss Mary.

Glencolmcille

Films shot on location in Glencolmcille include The Railway Station Man, 1992, starring Julie Christie, Donald Sutherland and John Lynch.

Robert Watts

During the 1960s, Watts worked extensively as a production manager and location manager, including on Darling (1965) starring Julie Christie and Dirk Bogarde, the 1967 James Bond film You Only Live Twice and Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968).

The Return of the Soldier

The novel was made into a 1982 film starring Alan Bates as Baldry and co-starring Julie Christie, Ian Holm, Glenda Jackson, and Ann-Margret.