Julie London

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中文名朱莉·伦敦

外文名 Julie London

出生日期 1926年9月26日

逝世日期 2000年10月18日

性别女

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原名朱莉．佩克，生于加利福尼亚州圣克拉拉。性感、不落俗套的夜总会歌手。40年代后期至60年代初期，她主演或出了许多好莱坞影片，但从未成为名列前茅的明星。此外，她还曾演出电视剧。

她1955年发行的一支《Cry Me A River》（泪流成河）是她最成功的，也是她本人的标志性歌曲。Julie London1926年9月26日出生于加州的Santa Rosa，1941年移居洛杉矶。当年她在一家百货公司开电梯，后来步入电影界，在电影《A Question of Adultery》，《Task Force》，《The Fat Man》中任主要角色。1954年她遇到爵士男歌手兼歌曲作者Bobby Troup。在他的指导下，1955年她认真地步入歌坛。先是在洛杉矶881俱乐部作签约歌手，并和Liberty唱片公司合作出了一张名为《Julie Is Her Name》，含有歌曲《Cry Me A River》的专辑，这张专辑加上单曲唱片销售了300多万张，单曲唱片在排行榜上停留了13周，33转唱片则停留了20周。1955 、1956、1957、3个年度中她名列最佳女歌手。她与Liberty公司共出了4张专辑。 Julie的歌喉被人们描述为激情、性感、亲切、有呼吸音，温暖、难以忘怀，沙哑，低沉，忧郁。她自己在1957年的生活杂志中说：“我认为我的音量不大，只能矮话筒很近地唱歌，这就变得很有磁性”。在她演唱生涯飞黄腾达时，她的从影生涯跟着死灰复燃。1956年她在电影《The Great Man》中饰演一纵酒歌手，之后又拍了《Man Of The West》，《Voice In The Mirror》，《The Wonderful Country》，《The George Raft Story》，《The Third Voice》等影片。在《Voice In The Mirror》这部电影中，她还为影片写了主题音乐。她在电视节目中也以歌手或演员的身份频繁出现。1971年她（和Bobby Troup）在电视剧《Emergency》中饰演护士Dixie McCall，是她最称着的演出之一。之后，她演了她最后的一部电影《Survival On Charter #200》后，便从演艺界退休了。

Julie London于2000年10月18日逝世，享年74岁。

Life and career

Julie London (born Nancy Peck; September 26, 1926 – October 18, 2000) was an American nightclub, jazz and pop singer, film and television actress and a former pinup model, whose career spanned five decades of television. She was noted for her smoky, sensual husky voice and languid demeanor. She released 32 albums of pop and jazz standards during the 1950s and 1960s, with her signature song being the classic "Cry Me a River", which she introduced in 1955. She had also appeared as a guest on several talk shows and as a panelist on numerous game shows.

London's 35-year acting career began in films in 1944, and included playing opposite Rock Hudson in ‘The Fat Man’ (1951), ‘Gary Cooper in Man of the West’ (1958) and ‘Robert Mitchum in The Wonderful Country’ (1959). She achieved continuing success in the 1970s medical drama ‘Emergency!’ (1972–79), co-starring her real-life husband, Bobby Troup, and produced by her ex-husband, Jack Webb, in which London played the female lead role of Nurse Dixie McCall, her last starring role.

Singing

London began singing (under the name Gayle Peck) in public in her teens before appearing in film. She was discovered by talent agent Sue Carol (wife of actor Alan Ladd), while working as an elevator operator. Her early film career, however, did not include any singing roles.

London recorded 32 albums in a career that began in 1955 with a live performance at the 881 Club in Los Angeles. ‘Billboard’ named her the most popular female vocalist for 1955, 1956, and 1957. She was the subject of a 1957 ‘Life’ cover article in which she was quoted as saying, "It's only a thimbleful of a voice, and I have to use it close to the microphone. But it is a kind of oversmoked voice, and it automatically sounds intimate."

London's debut recordings were for the Bethlehem Records label. While shopping for a record deal, she recorded four tracks that would later be included on the compilation album ‘Bethlehem's Girlfriends’ in 1955. Bobby Troup backed London on the album, for which London recorded the standards "Don't Worry About Me", "Motherless Child", "A Foggy Day", and "You're Blasé".

London's most famous single, "Cry Me a River", was written by her high-school classmate Arthur Hamilton and produced by Troup.The recording became a million-seller after its release in December 1955, and also sold on reissue in April 1983 from the attention brought by a Mari Wilson cover. London performed the song in the film ‘The Girl Can't Help It’ (1956), and her recording gained later attention in the films ‘Passion of Mind’ (2000) and ‘V for Vendetta’ (2006). The song "Yummy Yummy Yummy" was featured on the HBO television series ‘Six Feet Under’ and appears on its soundtrack album. London's "Must Be Catchin'" was featured in the 2011 premiere episode of the ABC series ‘Pan Am’. Her last recording was "My Funny Valentine" for the soundtrack of the Burt Reynolds film ‘Sharky's Machine’ (1981).

Film

Though primarily remembered as a singer, London also made more than 20 films. Her widely regarded beauty and poise (she was a pin-up girl prized by GIs during World War II) contrasted strongly with her pedestrian appearance and streetwise acting technique (much parodied by impersonators). One of her strongest performances came in ‘Man of the West’ (1958), starring Gary Cooper and directed by Anthony Mann, in which her character, the film's only woman, is abused and humiliated by an outlaw gang.

Television

She performed on many television variety series and also in dramatic roles, including guest appearances on ‘Rawhide’ (1960) and ‘The Big Valley’ (1968). On May 28, 1964, London and her husband Bobby Troup recorded a one-hour program for Japanese television in Japan. London sang 13 of her classic songs including "Bye Bye Blackbird", "Lonesome Road", and "Cry Me a River".

London remained close with her ex-husband Jack Webb; in 1972, Webb hired both his ex-wife and her husband, Troup, for starring roles in the TV series ‘Emergency!’, in which he served as executive producer. London played head nurse Dixie McCall, while Troup took the role of emergency-room physician Dr. Joe Early. They also appeared in an episode of the Webb-produced series ‘Adam-12’, reprising their roles.

The onscreen camaraderie between London, Troup, Randolph Mantooth, and Kevin Tighe (who played Ms. McCall's paramedics, Johnny Gage and Roy DeSoto, in the series), carried over into real-life, as well. They all remained close friends long after the series came to a close. In 1977, after a six-year run and 128 episodes, ‘Emergency!’ was put on hiatus, despite good ratings. London (the only actress to appear in every episode of the series) was invited back for two of the four movie specials, before the show ended for good in 1979. Afterwards, Jack Webb proposed making London an executive producer of possible TV projects, but instead she retired from Hollywood to spend more time with her family.

Randolph Mantooth said in an interview about the first time they met: "She was not impish, nor a diva. She was a soul, kind of mother. She was the kindest person I have ever known." He also added, "I don't know if it was up to her, but Kevin and I were both kept calm by her personality, when we were shooting in the hospital. Only Bobby Troup knew who she was...she was just like Julie! She made us laugh!"

London and Troup appeared as panelists on the game show ‘Tattletales’ several times in the 1970s. In the 1950s, London appeared in an advertisement for Marlboro cigarettes singing the "Marlboro Song" and in 1978 appeared in television advertisements for Rose Milk Skin Care Cream.

A private and introverted woman, London, who had been a chain smoker since 16, suffered a stroke in 1995, and was in poor health until her death on October 18, 2000 (the day her husband, Bobby Troup, would have been 82), in Encino, California, at age 74. London was interred next to Troup in the Courts of Remembrance, Columbarium of Providence, at Forest Lawn-Hollywood Hills Cemetery in Los Angeles, California. Her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for recording is at 7000 Hollywood Boulevard in Los Angeles.

Julie London　Julie Peek / 茱莉·伦敦 / 朱莉·伦敦

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