Julie Christie
Acting
Biography
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. In 1965, she became known to international audiences as the model "Diana Scott" in the film Darling. That same year she played the part of "Lara" in David Lean's Doctor Zhivago. A pop icon of the "swinging London" era of the 1960s, she has won the Academy Award, Golden Globe, BAFTA, and Screen Actors Guild Awards.
Born: April 14, 1940
Place of Birth: Chabua, Assam, India
Known For
The Animals Film
The film offers a comprehensive examination of the exploitation of animals in modern society.
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Year three at Hogwarts means new fun and challenges as Harry learns the delicate art of approaching a Hippogriff, transforming shape-shifting Boggarts into hilarity and even turning back time. But the term also brings danger: soul-sucking Dementors hover over the school, an ally of the accursed He-Who-Cannot-Be-Named lurks within the castle walls, and fearsome wizard Sirius Black escapes Azkaban. And Harry will confront them all.
A Decade Under the Influence
A documentary examining the decade of the 1970s as a turning point in American cinema. Some of today's best filmmakers interview the influential directors of that time.
François Truffaut: The Man Who Loved Cinema - Love & Death
A fascinating glimpse into Truffaut’s creative process and how his life informed his art, told from the perspectives of those who knew him best.
Doctor Zhivago
The life of a Russian physician and poet who, although married to another, falls in love with a political activist's wife and experiences hardship during World War I and then the October Revolution.
Mothers of the Revolution
On 5th September 1981, a group of women came together to change the world. These women marched from Wales to Berkshire to protest over nuclear weapons being kept at RAF Greenham Common. The Greenham Common Women’s Peace Camp that followed, challenged world leaders, altering the course of history and went on to inspire millions as the world’s first and biggest female-only demonstration, preceded only by the suffragettes.
The Saint
Simon Templar is The Saint, a handsome, sophisticated, debonair, modern-day Robin Hood who recovers ill-gotten wealth and redistributes it to those in need.
Finding Neverland
During a writing slump, playwright J.M. Barrie meets a widow and her four children, all young boys—who soon become an important part of Barrie’s life and the inspiration that lead him to create his masterpiece. Peter Pan.
Hamlet
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, returns home to find his father murdered and his mother now marrying the murderer... his uncle. Meanwhile, war is brewing.
Nashville
The intersecting stories of twenty-four characters—from country star to wannabe to reporter to waitress—connect to the music business in Nashville, Tennessee.
Filmography
as Self
as Narrator
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as Mimi Lurie
as Valerie's Grandmother
as Aunt Elizabeth
as Isabelle
as Fiona
as Inge
as Narrator (voice)
as Mrs. Emma du Maurier
as Madam Rosmerta
as Thetis
as Narrator (voice)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Self
as Dori
as Dr. Anna
as Narma
as Glenda Spencer
as Rachel (voice)
as Phyllis Hart
as Gertrude
as Queen Aislinn
as Ruth Balmer
as Self (archive footage)
as Helen Cuffe
as Mrs Quinton
as Barbara Barlow
as Narrator
as Charlotte Deutz
as Mary Mulligan
as Ellen Freeman
as Betty Rivière
as Kitty Baldry
as Mrs. Shankland / Miss Railton-Bell
as Anne
as Ruby
as Catherine Dantec
as Narrator (voice)
as 'D'
as Betty Logan
as Susan Harris
as Julie Christie
as Jackie Shawn
as Laura Baxter
as Constance Miller
as Lady Marian Trimingham
as Catherine Morelli
as Petulia Danner
as Herself
as Bathsheba Everdene
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Clarisse / Linda Montag
as Self (archive footage)
as Self
as Lara Antipova
as Diana Scott
as Daisy Battles
as Liz
as Claire Chingford
as Judith Northwade
as Self
as Babette La Vern
as Christine Jones
as Andromeda
as Self
as Narrator