Julie Cobb

Julie Cobb (born 1947) is an American actress. She is the daughter of actor Lee J. Cobb.

Julie Cobb
Cobb in 1977
Born	1947[1] Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Education	Beverly Hills High School
Alma mater	San Francisco State College
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1968–present
Known for	Charles in Charge After the Fall
Spouses	Victor French ​ ​ (m. 1976; div. 1978)​ Christopher Morgan ​ ​ (m. 1978; div. 1985)​ James Cromwell ​ ​ (m. 1986; div. 2005)​
Children	1
Parents	Lee J. Cobb (father) Helen Beverley (mother)

Early life

Cobb was born in Los Angeles, California, to a Jewish family.^[2][3] Her parents were actor Lee J. Cobb and actress Helen Beverley.^[4] She went to Beverly Hills High School and attended San Francisco State College for two years. Before she became an actress, she was a receptionist, taught English in Mexico City, and for a few months worked as a Playboy bunny.^[1]

Career

Cobb's career, which lasted over 40 years, mostly consisted of guest appearances on television shows. Her first credited role was in an episode of Star Trek entitled "By Any Other Name", which was first broadcast on February 23, 1968. (She was the only female Redshirt to be killed in the original series.) She appeared on Gunsmoke (1974), Season 20, Ep 13, "The Colonel", as a daughter painfully reuniting with her father, a once proud military officer. The Colonel was portrayed by Julie Cobb's real life father, actor Lee J. Cobb. She appeared on The Brady Bunch (1971), Season 2, Ep 18, "Our Son The Man", as Greg Brady's high school love interest. She appeared in a first season episode of Little House on the Prairie. Cobb played the matriarch of the Pembroke family in the first season of the sitcom Charles in Charge and also appeared on the short-lived series The D.A.

Her film career has included roles in The Second Coming of Suzanne (1974), Just You and Me, Kid (1979), The Runnin' Kind (1989), Lisa (1990), Defending Your Life (1991) and Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde (1995). She also appeared in the TV movie versions of Salem's Lot (1979) and Brave New World (1980). As a stage actress, she won the L.A. Drama Critics Award for her role in a stage production of Arthur Miller's play After the Fall.^{[citation needed]}

Personal life

Cobb married actor James Cromwell on May 29, 1986; he filed for a divorce in 2005.^[5]

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1968	Star Trek	Yeoman Thompson	"By Any Other Name"
1970	Love, American Style	Valerie	segment "Love and the Pen Pals"
1970	Bracken's World	Girl in Club
1971	Alias Smith and Jones	young girl
1971	The Brady Bunch	The Girl
1971	The D.A.	Katy Benson, Katy, Public Defender Katherine Benson	6 ep.
1972	Sarge	Milly
1973	Cannon	Amy Gladstone
1973	The Waltons	Sue Cooper
1974	The Death Squad	Sharon	TV movie
1974	Dirty Sally	Melinda
1974	The Second Coming of Suzanne	Stewardess	Film
1973–1974	Gunsmoke	Anne Ludley, Minnie Nolen	2 ep.
1974	Petrocelli	Millie Conway
1975	Little House on the Prairie	Trudy Coulter
1975	Marcus Welby, M.D.	Steffie Rhodes
1975	Medical Story
1976	State Fair	Karen	TV movie
1976	The Quest	Lucy Braxton
1977	The Fantastic Journey	Andrea
1977	A Year at the Top	Trish
1977	Rosetti and Ryan	Kelly
1978	Confessions of the D.A. Man	Katy Benson	TV movie
1978	CHiPs	Juliet
1978	Fantasy Island	Florence Stouton
1978	Steel Cowboy	Gloria	TV movie
1978	The Incredible Hulk	Jill Norton
1979	Kaz
1979	Just You and Me, Kid	Dr. Nancy Faulkner	Film
1979	Lou Grant	Barbara Benedict
1979	Salem's Lot	Bonnie Sawyer	TV miniseries 2 ep.
1980	Hart to Hart	Scottie McClain
1980	Brave New World	Linda Lysenko	TV movie
1980	To Find My Son	Connie Marx	TV movie
1981	Ladies' Man	Sheila Thackeray
1981	Riker	Janis
1981	Ramblin' Man	Nancy
1982	Knots Landing
1982	Insight	Laurie
1983	Uncommon Valor	Karen Merritt
1983	The Mississippi
1983	Tucker's Witch	Natalie Gorman
1984–1985	Charles in Charge	Jill Pembroke	22 episodes
1985	MacGruder and Loud	Olivia
1985	T. J. Hooker	Martha Kenter
1986	St. Elsewhere	Mrs. Moynihan
1986	MacGyver	Susan Cooper
1986	Matlock	Janice Pearson
1987	Family Ties	Maureen Keaton	2 ep.
1987	Designing Women	Janet Shackleford	2 ep.
1987	Starman	Joanna Daniels Kendall
1987	Baby Girl Scott	Robin	TV movie
1987	Newhart	Leah Myers
1987	Jake and the Fatman	Ellen Gregg
1988	Our House	Charlotte
1985–1988	Magnum P.I.	Magnum's Cousin Karen, Karen	3 eps.
1987–1989	Growing Pains	Grace Thornton, Gracie Thornton, Mrs.Dufelder	4 eps.
1989	Heartbeat	Beverly
1989	Duet	Annette
1989	The Robert Guillaume Show	Lisa
1989	The Runnin' Kind	Aunt Barbara	Film
1989	Lisa	Mrs. Marks	Film
1989	Doogie Howser M.D.	Lauren Aaron
1990	Life Goes On	Marina Maxwell
1991	Defending Your Life	Tram Guide	Film
1991	Wildest Dreams		TV movie
1992	Reasonable Doubts	Barbara Lake
1993	Civil Wars	Jo Ann Reiman
1993	Brooklyn Bridge	Alice, Aunt Alice	2 eps.
1994	Home Improvement	Francine
1994	Beverly Hills, 90210	Group Leader
1992–1995	Hearts Afire	Diandra	2 eps.
1995	Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde	DuBois' Psychiatrist	Film
1995	Partners	Mrs. Blumenthal
1995	Land's End	Leigh Breck
1995	Present Tense, Past Perfect		TV movie
1995	New York Daze
1996	Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman	Sally Reynolds
1996	Chicago Hope	Joanna-Sutton's ex #1
1997	Moloney	Dr. Jenny Russell
1998	Silk Stalkings	Victoria Bradford
1999	Family Law	Marilyn Reston
2002	ER	Dr. Felicia Kind
2002	Days of Our Lives	Carol Burns
2002–2004	Judging Amy	Attorney Denise Thebault, Mrs. Grandson's Attorney	2 eps.
2007	The Happiest Day of His Life	Ms. Jacob's	Film
2007	The Circuit
2010	Jelly	Marie Woods	Film
2015	Almost Midnight	Grandma	Short
2017–2018	Whatta Lark	Diane Revere	5 eps.
2020	Teenage Bounty Hunters	Mother

References

1. Kleiner, Dick (December 24, 1971). "Follows Dad's Footsteps". The Town Talk. Alexandria, Louisiana. p. 42. Retrieved April 1, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
2. Vernon Scott (January 4, 1976). "Bicentennial a 'very special event" for actor Lee J. Cobb". The Pittsburgh Press. Retrieved March 24, 2009.
3. Dewey, Donald (February 18, 2014). Lee J. Cobb: Characters of an Actor. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-0-8108-8772-5.
4. Simonson, Robert (July 26, 2011). "Helen Beverley, Yiddish Theatre Actress, Dies at 94". Playbill.com. Archived from the original on October 21, 2012. Retrieved August 9, 2011.
5. "James Cromwell files for divorce". People. Associated Press. January 14, 2005. Archived from the original on September 22, 2018. Retrieved September 14, 2022.

External links

• Julie Cobb at IMDb
• Julie Cobb at AllMovie