All Entries in the "J" Category
Rosa Jurjevics
Birth Name: Rosa Audrey Colwin Jurjevics Nickname: Gorbo Mini Biography: Rosa Jurjevics is the daughter of the late writer Laurie Colwin (“Happy All The Time,” Goodbye Without Leaving”) and publisher Juris Jurjevics. She is currently working towards a BFA in film, writing a novel and putting the finishing touches on several screenplays.
Deana Jurgens
Mini Biography: Deana was born in London on October 7, 1957, the daughter of film actress Eva Bartok and an unknown father. Her birth received great publicity at the time for several reasons. For starters, it was unheard of that a major movie star would admit to a pregnancy out of wedlock. Miss Bartok was [...]
Peter Jurasik
Date of Birth: 25 April 1950 Height: 5′ 10½” (1.79 m) Mini Biography: Peter Jurasik began his professional career as a stage actor working in off Broadway productions in New York and later in tours and regional theaters up and down the east coast. In 1975, he moved to Los Angeles beginning a twenty five [...]
Nathan Juran
Date of Birth: 1 September 1907 Birth Name: Naftuli Hertz Juran Nickname: Jerry Mini Biography: Austrian-born Nathan Juran was a professional architect before entering the film industry as an art director in 1937. He won an Academy Award for art direction on How Green Was My Valley (1941). World War II interrupted his film career, [...]
Mladen Juran
Date of Birth: 8 May 1942 Mini Biography: Born in Zagreb, on 8th May 1942. He completed his primary and secondary education in Split. In 1963, after graduating at Faculty of Economy in Zagreb, he went to Paris where he graduated from Dramatic Arts College Charles Dullin at Theatre National Populaire – T.N.P. (1965 – [...]
Katy Jurado
Date of Birth: 16 January 1924 Birth Name: Maria Cristina Estella Marcella Jurado de Garcia Mini Biography: Katy Jurado was born Maria Christina Jurado Garcia into a wealthy family on January 16, 1924, in Guadalajara, Mexico. Her early years were spent amid luxury until her family’s lands were confiscated by the federal government for redistribution [...]
Ed Jupp Jr.
Date of Birth: 1 September 1955 Mini Biography: Born and raised in the Steel Valley, Youngstown, Ohio. Born with a disability called Cerebral Palsy. Ed was fortunate to be introduced to the performing arts as a young man. He found the Performing Arts to be a place for him to work and learn about himself [...]
Joey Jupiter
Birth Name: Joan Caral Jupiter Height: 5′ 5″ (1.65 m) Mini Biography: Born in NYC, moved to L.A. in 1979 where she contined her commercial career and added TV appearances to her theatre resume. She studied for 13 years with the late Roy London in his master class and had the privilege of working with [...]