![]() Avg.User Rating: Rate this person: Actor Born: April 14, 1940 in Chukua, Assam, India Biography:One of the most luminous actresses to grace the British screen, as well as those of the rest of the world, "Julie Christie" is known for both her onscreen magnetism, which has not faded as she has grown older, and her offscreen reclusiveness. The daughter of an India-based British tea planter, she was born in Chukua, Assam, India, on April 14, 1941, and grew up on her father's tea plantation. Educated in England and on the Continent, she planned to become an artist or a linguist before she altered her life's goals by enrolling in the Central School of Speech Training in London. In 1957, she first stepped on-stage as a paid professional with the Frinton Repertory of Essex.
Celebrated less for her stage work than for her continuing role in a popular British TV serial, A for Andromeda, Christie made her film debut in a small role in "Crooks Anonymous" (1963). After a rather charming ingénue stint in... Full Biography
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