Julie Wilson

Julie Wilson was an American singer and actress known as the queen of cabaret. Born in Omaha, Nebraska, her first Broadway show was the 1946 revue Three to Make Ready, and from 1951 she spent four years in London starring in a West End production of Kiss Me, Kate while appearing in South Pacific and Bells Are Ringing and studying at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts. Her later Broadway credits included The Pajama Game (1954), Jimmy (1969), Park (1970) and Legs Diamond (1988), which brought a Tony Award nomination for best featured actress in a musical. She toured in vehicles such as Show Boat and Follies. On screen, she contributed vocals to the soundtrack of This Could Be the Night (1957) with Ray Anthony and his Orchestra and played the singer Ivy Corlane in it, and she appeared as Rosebud in The Strange One (1957). Her television work included regular roles on the soap opera The Secret Storm.