Julie Alexander
Julie Alexander | |
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Born | Julia Yvonne Alexander 9 May 1938 |
Died | 31 January 2003 Battersea, London, England | (aged 64)
Nationality | British |
Occupation(s) | Model, actress |
Height | 5 ft 4 in (163 cm) |
Spouse |
Robert Breckman (m. 1979) |
Julie Alexander (9 May 1938 – 31 January 2003) was a British model and actress of the late 1950s and early 1960s known for playing glamorous roles including Rosalie Dawn in The Pure Hell of St Trinian's.
Biography
Early years
Born in Fulham in London as Julia Yvonne Alexander,[1] on leaving school Alexander worked in an insurance office and then for an optician to pay for drama lessons.[2]
Career
At 5 feet 4 inches tall, Alexander was originally a model
During her brief acting career she appeared in the films Hello London (1958), Operation Bullshine (1959), Dentist in the Chair (1960), The Pure Hell of St Trinian's (1960), The Terror of the Tongs (1961) and A Matter of WHO (1961).[5]
Late years and death
She retired from acting in 1962 and married the theatrical chartered accountant Robert Breckman in 1979.
Alexander was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease in 1993 at the age of 55 and was admitted to the Meadbank Nursing Centre in Battersea in London in 1997. She died there aged 64 in January 2003.[1][5] She was cremated in a non-religious ceremony at Putney Vale Cemetery.
Legacy
After Alexander's diagnosis the Julie and Robert Breckman Centre at the
At the same time the Julie and Robert Breckman Staffordshire and Print Fund was established at the V&A for the purpose of adding to the Museum's print collection. Their donation complemented the Bartolozzi prints in the original Julie and Robert Breckman gift, as that had also included an example of a print in its original frame, Bartolozzi's 'Apotheosis of a Beautiful Female' of 1797.[7] The Julie and Robert Breckman Prints and Drawings Gallery at the Victoria and Albert Museum opened in 2005.[8][9]
References
- ^ Ancestry.co.uk
- ^ "Good Tip" – Tit-Bits No 3804 29 November 1956 pg 7
- ^ Alexander's obituary in The Times 11 February 2003
- Internet Movie Database
- ^ a b c "Julie Alexander". IMDb. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
- ^ Romford PDSA PetAid Hospital: The Julie and Robert Breckman Centre Archived 29 January 2013 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "'Hitchcock's Transformation Print' – V&A Conservation Journal No.43 pgs 13–15" (PDF). vam.ac.uk. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
- ^ "The Julie and Robert Breckman Prints and Drawings Gallery at the Victoria and Albert Museum – March 2005". vam.ac.uk. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
- ^ "V&A · Study rooms". Victoria and Albert Museum. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
External links
- Obituary in The Times 11 February 2003
- 1962 photo of Alexander on ephotozine.com
- 'Living with dementia' Alzheimer's Society Magazine – February 2010
- Alexander on the British Film Institute website