Julie Parrish

Paradise, Hawaiian Style, 1966

Julie's professional acting career began a a result of winning a national contest for "Young Model of The Year" at a modeling school chain. First prize was an appearance in Jerry Lewis' It's Only Money (1962), billed as "Joyce Wilbar". She changed her name to Julie Parrish before making her second film, The Nutty Professor, again with Jerry Lewis, in 1963. She made many guest appearances on TV series, including "Dobie Gillis", before taking a copter ride with Elvis in Paradise, Hawaiian Style. Julie played Joanna, the girl who works at the Kahala Hilton. She also had the distinction of being in the scene where Elvis sings "A Dog's Life" (photo above right). Definitely gets my vote as "silliest movie song". (From listening to some of the out-takes, I think Elvis agreed; he can hardly make it through without laughing.) Julie went on to appear as Miss Piper in the episode of Star Trek, "The Menagerie", which used footage from the original un-aired pilot episode, "The Cage". More recently, Julie played Maggie Brady in the TV series, Capitol (photo at right).

Julie also had the recurring role of Joan Diamond on the TV series, Beverly Hills 90210. In the '90s, Julie was a full-time counselor at Haven Hills shelter for battered women and their children. Julie took every opportunity to speak out against domestic violence, especially to teens. When Julie saw my website, she got in touch with me, and was the first of the actresses that I was able to correspond with directly about these pages, and she was a tremendous help, not only with info for this page, but in helping to get me in touch with some of the other actresses, as well.

• Julie Parrish Official Site
• Julie Parrish - IMDB
• Julie Parrish - Wikipedia
• Julie Parrish Pictures - FanPix
• Memory Alpha: Julie Parrish
• Paradise Hawaiian Style publicity photos - from the Elvis Photo Shoot Sessions site. Lots of cast photos here!

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