Julia Arnall (21 November 1928 – 8 November 2018) was a German-born British-based actress.

Personal life

Born Julia Ilse Hendrike Irmgard von Stein Liebenstein zu Bachfeld in 1928 in

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, she spent her childhood in

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, where her father was an army officer. She attended drama school in Vienna. After the war ended she married Desmond Arnall, a British Army officer who had been posted to Berlin. In 1950, she came to Britain with her husband and her young son. In 1952, her second son was born. She started her life as a model before becoming an actress with

the Rank Organisation The Rank Organisation was a British entertainment conglomerate founded by industrialist J. Arthur Rank in April 1937. It quickly became the largest and most vertically integrated film company in the United Kingdom, owning production, distribut ...

. She appeared in bit parts in a few films before starring in the 1956 film ''

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''. After departing Rank, she continued acting, appearing in a few episodes of television shows, including ''

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'' and ''

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''. In 1956 she and Arnall divorced. In 1960 she married a film, television, and jazz critic, with whom she had a daughter.

Selected filmography

* ''

I Am a Camera ''I Am a Camera'' is a 1951 Broadway play by John Van Druten adapted from Christopher Isherwood's 1939 novel ''Goodbye to Berlin'', which is part of '' The Berlin Stories''. The title is a quotation taken from the novel's first page: "I am a cam ...

'' (1955) * ''

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'' (1955) * ''

Simon and Laura ''Simon and Laura'' is a 1955 British comedy film directed by Muriel Box and starring Peter Finch and Kay Kendall. Play Satirising the early days of BBC Television, ''Simon and Laura'' focuses on an argumentative theatrical couple called Simon a ...

'' (1955) * '' Man of the Moment'' (1955) * ''

'' (1956) * '' House of Secrets'' (1956) * '' The Man Without a Body'' (1957) * ''

Mark of the Phoenix ''Mark of the Phoenix'' is a 1958 British drama film directed by Maclean Rogers and starring Julia Arnall, Sheldon Lawrence and Anton Diffring. The screenplay concerns an American jewel thief who comes into possession of a newly developed meta ...

'' (1958) * ''

Model for Murder ''Model for Murder'' is a 1959 British crime film directed by Terry Bishop and starring Keith Andes, Hazel Court and Jean Aubrey. Plot American sailor David Martens, on shore leave in England, visits his brother Jack's grave. He meets fashion d ...

'' (1959) * '' Carry On Regardless'' (1961) * '' The Double Man'' (1967)

Television

* ''

Danger Man ''Danger Man'' (retitled ''Secret Agent'' in the United States for the revived series, and ''Destination Danger'' and ''John Drake'' in other overseas markets) is a British television series that was broadcast between 1960 and 1962, and again b ...

– Josetta'' (Series 1 Episode 3) (1960) as Josetta; (Series 1 Episode 38 – Dead Man Walks) as Natalie Smith * '' Ghost Squad – Broken Doll'' (Series 1 Episode 4) (1961) as Julie Peters * '' The Avengers – Intercrime'' (Series 2 Episode 15) (1963) as Hilda Stern * ''

– Locate and Destroy'' (Series 5 Episode 12) (1966) as Ingrid

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Arnall, Julia 1928 births 2018 deaths 20th-century British actresses Age controversies British film actresses British television actresses German actresses People from Munich