Born to a wealthy Denver banker/oilman, Jacqueline Wells began her 35-year film career as a child actress in 1923. She left films near the end of the silent era to study acting at the Pasadena Playhouse and dancing with Theodore Kosloff. The newly blonde Ms. Wells returned to films in 1932, briefly (and reluctantly) billed as Diane Duval until signed to a Paramount contract in 1933. A reigning queen of "B"-pictures throughout the 1930s, Jacqueline worked at Universal (The Black Cat [1934]), Monogram (The Mouthpiece [1934]) and Hal Roach (The Bohemian Girl [1936]) before settling into a 2-year tenure as all-purpose leading lady at Columbia. Feeling that her career was slowing to a halt, she reinvented herself, transforming from imperiled ingenue Jacqueline Wells to the self-assured, quip-for-all-occasions Julie Bishop. Though many of her roles under her new name were secondary, they attracted attention to her acting abilities, and even gave her an occasional opportunity to sing. Among her better "Julie Bishop" assignments were such roles as Mrs. Ira Gershwin in Rhapsody in Blue (1945) and John Wayne's wistful one-night stand in Sands of Iwo Jima (1949). In 1953, Wells/Bishop co-starred with Bob Cummings on the 39-week TV sitcom My Hero. Julie Bishop is the mother of actress Pamela Shoop, her daughter by her third husband, Dr. Clarence Shoop.
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The Big Land
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1957 | |||
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Headline Hunters
Actor |
1955 | |||
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The High and the Mighty
Actor |
1954 | |||
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Sabre Jet
Actor |
1953 | |||
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My Hero [TV Series]
Actor |
1952 | |||
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Westward the Women
Actor |
1951 | |||
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Why Men Leave Home
Actor |
1951 | |||
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Deputy Marshal
Actor |
1949 | |||
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Sands of Iwo Jima
Actor |
1949 | |||
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The Threat
Actor |
1949 | |||
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High Tide
Actor |
1947 | |||
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The Last of the Redmen
Actor |
1947 | |||
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Cinderella Jones
Actor |
1946 | |||
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Idea Girl
Actor |
1946 | |||
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Murder in the Music Hall
Actor |
1946 | |||
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Strange Conquest
Actor |
1946 | |||
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Rhapsody in Blue
Actor |
1945 | |||
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You Came Along
Actor |
1945 | |||
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Hollywood Canteen
Actor |
1944 | |||
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Northern Pursuit
Actor |
1943 | |||
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Princess O'Rourke
Actor |
1943 | |||
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Busses Roar
Actor |
1942 | |||
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Escape from Crime
Actor |
1942 | |||
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I Was Framed
Actor |
1942 | |||
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Lady Gangster
Actor |
1942 | |||
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The Hard Way
Actor |
1942 | |||
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The Hidden Hand
Actor |
1942 | |||
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International Squadron
Actor |
1941 | |||
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Steel Against the Sky
Actor |
1941 | |||
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The Nurse's Secret
Actor |
1941 | |||
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Wild Bill Hickok Rides
Actor |
1941 | |||
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Night Cargo
Actor |
1936 | |||
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Alice in Wonderland
Actor |
1933 |



