Julie Christie Trivia
Favorite filmmaker is Rainer Werner Fassbinder.
She is a fan of actress Meryl Streep.
Christie and Liza Minnelli are the only actresses to have won the Best Actress Oscar for portraying a character who undergoes an abortion.
Her idol is Marlon Brando.
Ranked #5 in Hello Magazine's 25 British Beauties.
Dated photographer Terry O'Neill, musician Brian Eno, director Jim McBride, record producer Lou Adler and actor Ryan O'Neal.
Ranked #29 in Mr. Skin's Top 100 Celebrity Nude Scenes.
Has worked with director-screenwriter and actress Sarah Polley three times: co-starring with Polley in No Such Thing (2001) and the Goya Award-winning The Secret Life of Words (2005), and taking the lead in Polley's first feature film as a director, Away from Her (2006). Polley is one of the many co-workers impressed by not only Christie's talent, but her intelligence and independence. After appearing with her in No Such Thing (2001), Polley -- who lost her mom when she was 11 years old -- said that Julie had become one of her surrogate mothers.
Favorite cigarette brand is Craven A.
Attended Brighton Technical College for a year.
As of 2016 she is the 9th earliest living recipient of a Best Actress Oscar nomination, tied with Samantha Eggar and behind only Olivia de Havilland, Leslie Caron, Carroll Baker, Joanne Woodward, Shirley MacLaine, Doris Day, a tied Piper Laurie and Sophia Loren, and Julie Andrews. She was nominated (and won) for "Darling" (1965).
Release of the book, "Julie Christie: The Biography" by Tim Ewbank. (2009)
Lives in East London with her husband, the journalist Duncan Campbell. (March 2008)
Her romance with Terence Stamp has been said to have inspired The Kinks "Waterloo Sunset", hence the line "Terry met Julie" in the song. However in a 2004 interview, lead singer Ray Davies, who penned the song, denied this, saying: "No, Terry and Julie were real people. I couldn't write for stars." Stamp later turned down the role of Guy Montag in Fahrenheit 451 (1966) because of his complicated emotions over co-starring with Christie, backing out of the role on the pretext of Julie receiving top billing. Oskar Werner subsequently played Montag. A year later, Stamp had overcome his insecurities and agreed to co-star with Christie in "Far from the Madding Crowd" (1967).
Release of the book, "Julie Christie" by Anthony Hayward. (2000)
She turned down the roles that went to Glenn Close in "Cookie's Fortune" (1999), Diane Keaton in "Town & Countr"y (2001) and Maggie Smith in "The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel" (2011).
Inspired the song "Julie Christie" on the Better Than Chocolate (1999) soundtrack.
Has played the mother of two Defense Against the Dark Arts professors from the "Harry Potter" series. In "Hamlet" (1996), she plays the mother of Kenneth Branagh, who went on to play "Gilderoy Lockhart". In DragonHeart (1996), she plays mother to David Thewlis, who plays "Remus Lupin". Christie herself also appears in the third film, with Thewlis.
Chosen by Empire magazine as one of the 100 Sexiest Stars in film history (#26). (1995)
Joined 160 people to sign an advertisement which ran in The Times (London) urging the legalization of marijuana. (1992)
Release of the book, "Julie Christie" by Michael Feeney Callan. (1984)
Originally signed for the role of the Senator's wife in "American Gigolo" (1980) when Richard Gere was signed to the project, but quit when Gere was ditched in favor of John Travolta. Travolta later dropped out and Gere was hired for the film, but Christie was not offered the role that was eventually played by Lauren Hutton. Ironically, a rumor in the 1970s held that Christie and Hutton were lovers. Christie and Gere would eventually appear together in Sidney Lumet's "Power" (1986).
She lived with investigative journalist Duncan Campbell from 1979 before their wedding in 2008.
Member of the jury at the Berlin International Film Festival in 1979.
Her mentor, director John Schlesinger, envisioned a cast of Al Pacino, Julie Christie and Laurence Olivier for "Marathon Man" (1976). Pacino has said that the only actress he had ever wanted to work with was Christie, who he claimed was "the most poetic of actresses." Producer Robert Evans, who disparaged the vertically-challenged Pacino as "The Midget" when Francis Ford Coppola wanted him for "The Godfather" (1972) and had thought of firing him during the early shooting of the now-classic film, vetoed Pacino for the lead, insisted on the casting of the even-shorter Dustin Hoffman instead! On her part, Christie -- who was notoriously finicky about accepting parts, even in prestigious, sure-fire material -- turned down the female lead, which was then taken by Marthe Keller (who, ironically, became Pacino's lover after co-starring with him in "Bobby Deerfield" (1977). Of his dream cast, Schlesinger only got Olivier, who was nominated for a "Best Supporting Actor' Oscar. Pacino has yet to co-star with Christie.
Said to have been the inspiration for the character "Julie Baker" in François Truffaut's Day for Night (1973).
Became very close with director Robert Altman while filming "McCabe & Mrs. Miller" (1971). (Ironically, her lover and co-star Warren Beatty did not get along with Altman, primarily due to his use of overlapping dialog.) She later appeared as herself in Altman's 1975 classic "Nashville" (1975) and received an Oscar nomination starring in the Altman-produced "Afterglow" (1997), directed by Altman protégé Alan Rudolph. The two remained very close until Altman's death in 2006.
Was once fashion designer Christian Lacroix's muse; he designed the pink chiffon gown with matching slippers that she wore to the 1971 Academy Awards, and continued to outfit her throughout her career.
Turned down roles in "Rosemary's Baby" (1968), "Two for the Road" (1967), "American Gigolo" (1980), "Chinatown" (1974), "The Godfather" (1972) and a re-make of the Greta Garbo classic "Camille" (1936).
Appeared with Alan Bates in 4 films: "Far from the Madding Crowd" (1967), "The Go-Between" (1971), "The Return of the Soldier" (1982) and "Separate Tables" (1983).
Variety Club of Great Britain film Actress Award for 1965 for her performance in Darling (1965).
Her performance as Diana Scott in "Darling" (1965) is ranked #75 on Premiere Magazine's 100 Greatest Performances of All Time.
Is one of 12 actresses to have won a Best Actress Oscar for playing a character who is pregnant at some point during the film, hers being for "Darling" (1965). The others are Helen Hayes for "The Lullaby" (1931), Luise Rainer for "The Good Earth" (1937), Vivien Leigh for "Gone with the Wind" (1939), Ginger Rogers for "Kitty Foyle" (1940), Olivia de Havilland for "To Each His Own" (1946), Jane Wyman for "Johnny Belinda" (1948), Anna Magnani for "The Rose Tattoo" (1955), Liza Minnelli for "Cabaret" (1972), Sissy Spacek for "Coal Miner's Daughter" (1980), and Frances McDormand for "Fargo" (1996).
Had an appendicitis operation. (August 1, 1964)
Variety Club of Great Britain Most Promising Newcomer Award 1963 joint winner with James Fox.
One of her first roles was playing young Anne Frank in a London theatrical production of "The Diary of Anne Frank".
Born at 10:00 am LMT.
Her father was Francis St. John Christie (10 March 1904 - 25 February 1963) and her mother was Rosemary Ramsden (6 June 1912 - February 1982), married in Calcutta, 28 September 1937.