Julie Herrod – When Was She Born, Career, Where’s She Today?

Brunette Actresses
Julie Herrod

Julie Herrod was born Julie Anne Herrod on November 2, 1955, in New York City, New York, USA. She was raised, schooled, and worked in New York City till the 1980s. We do not have information on her family aside from that she is the daughter of movie and theater director Ralph Herrod.

Julie Herrod Started from the Theaters

The life of Julie Herrod is not properly documented, as there are no records about her before she appeared on the big screen. Luckily for you, we found something worth sharing. As early as five years, Julie Herrod started acting in the Theaters of Playwright Opportunity Theater in Greenwich Village, New York City.

As cited by IMDb in the writings of Harold Heffernan on the 47th page of the Pittsburgh Press, April 2, 1967; The Theatre was owned by her father, Ralph Herrod, who was also a CBS-TV director at this time.

Herrod has Three Acting Credit

Julie Herrod made her debut on the big screen in 1964 as Amy Manning in the Tv Series “The Doctors and the Nurses”. The drama stages in a hospital where two nurses are joined by Doctors who helped them resolve moral and ethical problems.

The Actress made an appearance as Gloria in “Wait Until Dark” in 1967. The story was about a blind woman who was terrorized by a group of three thugs who believed their lost heroin-stuffed doll was in her apartment and will do anything possible to get it back. The movie was directed by Terence Young.

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The movie ranked number one on Steven King’s top 20 list of scary movies. Julie Herrod starred alongside Audrey Hepburn, Alan Arkin, and Richard Crenna. Audrey Hepburn was nominated for the Oscars but she didn’t win. While everyone thought Alan Arkin would get a shot at the Oscars, he wasn’t nominated at all. When he was asked if he was surprised that he was overlooked he replied: “You don’t get nominated for being mean to Audrey Hepburn!”

In that same year, Julie Herrod played Caroline in the American television anthology series “NET Playhouse”. The Series won one Primetime Emmy Award and had four other nominations.

Julie Herrod is Married

Julie Herrod is married to Philip Francis Lumsden. They tied the knot on the 1st of August 1992 and have been together ever since. It is believed that they still live together and presumably with children.

Where is Julie Herrod now?

Having been born and raised in the city that never sleeps, New York, Herrod said she used the subway a lot and never learned how to drive. She also said in a video posted on Youtube in 2010 that she has lived an animal-free product life longer than she cares to admit. Herrod stated that she runs a cruelty-free household: which means she doesn’t use soap or any cleansing products that are harmful to the environment. In her words “Products that are harmful to all our friends who live in the ocean.”

Herrod moved to San Francisco, California, in the 1980s.