{{Short description|American actress (born 1960)}} {{Infobox person | name = Julia Montgomery | image = Julia Montgomery (cropped).JPG | caption = Montgomery in 1977 | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1960|7|2}} | birth_place = Kansas City, Missouri, U.S. | spouse = {{marriage|Jon Reede|1996}} | children = 2 | birth_name = | other_names = | years_active = 1976–present }}
'''Julia Montgomery''' (born July 2, 1960)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/134345%7C0/Julia-Montgomery/#overview|work=Turner Classic Movies|title=Julia Montgomery Biography|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20231105224948/https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/134345%7C0/Julia-Montgomery/%23overview|archive-date=November 5, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|p=386|title=Mr. Skin's Skincyclopedia: The A-to-Z Guide to Finding Your Favorite Actresses Naked|author=Mr. Skin|publisher=Macmillan|year=2005|location=New York City, New York|isbn=978-0-312-33144-3}}</ref> is an American film and television actress. She first gained public attention for her role as Samantha Vernon on the soap opera ''One Life to Live'' (1976–1981, 1987). She subsequently appeared in the slasher film ''Girls Nite Out'' (1982), followed by the role of Betty Childs in the comedy film ''Revenge of the Nerds'' (1984). Montgomery reprised her role of Betty in the film's third and fourth sequels (1992–1994).
==Life and career== Montgomery was born July 2, 1960, in Kansas City, Missouri.<ref name=amg>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/artist/julia-montgomery-p50178|work=AllMovie|title=Julia Montgomery|access-date=October 8, 2019}}</ref> Montgomery's first role was on the soap opera ''One Life to Live'' as Samantha Vernon from 1976 to 1981.<ref>{{cite book |last=Schemering |first=Christopher |author-link=Christopher Schemering |chapter=''One Life to Live''|title=The Soap Opera Encyclopedia |publisher=Ballantine Books|date=September 1985 |pages=158–166 |isbn=0-345-32459-5}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Waggett|first=Gerard J.|title=The Soap Opera Encyclopedia|publisher=Harper Paperbacks|date=November 1997|pages=[https://archive.org/details/soapoperaencyclo00wagg/page/163 163–188]|chapter=''One Life to Live''|isbn=0-06-101157-6}}</ref> Her well-known film role is in the hit comedy film ''Revenge of the Nerds'' (1984) as Betty Childs; she reprised the role in the TV films ''Revenge of the Nerds III: The Next Generation'' (1992) and ''Revenge of the Nerds IV: Nerds in Love'' (1994).<ref name=amg/> She also played Dr. Sally Arthur, M.D. in ''Earth Star Voyager'' (1988),<ref name=amg/> and appeared in the comedy films ''Up the Creek'' (1984) and ''Stewardess School'' (1986), and the horror films ''Girls Nite Out'' (1982) and ''The Kindred'' (1987).<ref name=amg/>
Montgomery appeared on multiple television shows, including ''Columbo''; ''Magnum, P.I.''; ''Midnight Caller''; ''Full House''; ''Cheers'' and ''The Honourable Woman''.
==Filmography== ===Film=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="margin-right: 0;" |- ! scope="col" | Year ! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" | Role ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{Tooltip|Ref.|Reference}} |- ! scope="row" | 1981 |''Senior Trip'' | Marlene | | style="text-align:center;"| <ref name=amg/> |- ! scope="row"| 1982 | ''Girls Nite Out'' | Lynn Connors | | style="text-align:center;"|<ref name=amg/> |- ! scope="row"|1984 | ''Up the Creek'' | Lisa | As Julie Montgomery | style="text-align:center;"| <ref name=amg/> |- ! scope="row"| 1984 | ''Anatomy of an Illness'' | Candis | As Julie Montgomery | style="text-align:center;"| |- ! scope="row"| 1984 | ''Revenge of the Nerds'' | Betty Childs | As Julie Montgomery | style="text-align:center;"|<ref name=amg/> |- ! scope="row"| 1984 | ''Nickel Mountain'' | Delivery Nurse | As Julie Montgomery | style="text-align:center;"| |- ! scope="row"| 1986 | ''Stewardess School'' | Pimmie Polk | | style="text-align:center;"|<ref name=tvg/> |- ! scope="row"| 1987 | ''The Kindred'' | Cindy Russell | | style="text-align:center;"|<ref name=tvg/> |- ! scope="row"| 1988 | ''South of Reno'' | Susan | | style="text-align:center;"|<ref name=amg/> |- ! scope="row"| 1988 | ''Earth Star Voyager'' | Dr. Sally Arthur | |- ! scope="row"| 1988 | ''Savage Justice'' | Sarah | | style="text-align:center;"|<ref name=amg/> |- ! scope="row"| 1989 | ''Black Snow'' | Lindsay Deveraux | | style="text-align:center;"|<ref name=tvg/> |- ! scope="row"| 1992 | ''Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot'' | Secretary | | style="text-align:center;"|<ref name=tvg/> |- ! scope="row"| 1992 | ''Revenge of the Nerds III: The Next Generation'' | Betty Childs-Skolnick | | style="text-align:center;"|<ref name=amg/> |- ! scope="row"| 1994 | ''Revenge of the Nerds IV: Nerds in Love'' | Betty Childs-Skolnick | | style="text-align:center;"|<ref name=amg/> |- ! scope="row"| 1994 | ''Milk Money'' | Stacey's Mom | | style="text-align:center;"|<ref name=amg/> |- ! scope="row"| 2012 | ''A Green Story'' | Lady Customer | | style="text-align:center;"| |- ! scope="row"|2013 | ''Sharp'' | Kaitlin Withrow | | style="text-align:center;"| |- ! scope="row"| 2015 | ''Intervention'' | Mom | Short film | style="text-align:center;"| |- ! scope="row"| 2016 | ''Altered Reality'' | Hope | | style="text-align:center;"| |- ! scope="row"|2016 | ''Appetence'' | Mrs. Rose | Short film | style="text-align:center;"| |- ! scope="row"|2019 | ''One Hot Day'' | Victoria | Short film | style="text-align:center;"| |- |}
===Television=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="margin-right: 0;" |- ! scope="col" | Year ! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" | Role ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{Tooltip|Ref.|Reference}} |- ! scope="row" | 1976–1981, 1987 |''One Life to Live'' | Samantha Vernon | Series regular | style="text-align:center;"| |- ! scope="row"| 1985 | ''Remington Steele'' | Lorraine Maywood | Episode: "Coffee, Tea or Steele" | style="text-align:center;"| |- ! scope="row"| 1986 | ''Magnum, P.I.'' | Lydia McCarthy | Episode: "Find Me a Rainbow" | style="text-align:center;"| |- ! scope="row"| 1986 | ''Murder, She Wrote'' | Alexandra Bell | Episode: "Dead Man's Gold" | style="text-align:center;"| |- ! scope="row"| 1986 | ''Who's the Boss?'' | Casey Fryman | Episode: "Older Than Springtime" | style="text-align:center;"|<ref name=tvg>{{cite web|url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/julia-montgomery/credits/159264/|work=TV Guide|title=Julia Montgomery Credits|access-date=October 8, 2019}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| 1988 | ''The Magical World of Disney'' | Sally Arthur, M.D. | Episode: "Earth Star Voyager" | style="text-align:center;"| |- ! scope="row"| 1988 | ''In the Heat of the Night'' | Elmyra Carroway | Episode: "A Necessary Evil" | style="text-align:center;"| |- ! scope="row"| 1988 | ''Midnight Caller'' | Kelly West | Episode: "After It Happened" | style="text-align:center;"| |- ! scope="row"| 1989 | ''Hunter'' | Dana Lynch | Episode: "Partners" | style="text-align:center;"| |- ! scope="row"| 1989 | ''Columbo'' | Cindy | Episode: "Sex and the Married Detective" | style="text-align:center;"|<ref name=tvg/> |- ! scope="row"| 1990 | ''Full House'' | Adult Steph | Episode: "Those Better Not Be the Days" | style="text-align:center;"|<ref name=tvg/> |- ! scope="row"| 1992 | ''Cheers'' | Ellen | Episode: "The Beer Is Always Greener" | style="text-align:center;"| |- ! scope="row"| 1993 | ''Reasonable Doubts'' | Tina Cassidy | Episode: "Sister, Can You Spare a Dime?" | style="text-align:center;"| |- ! scope="row"| 2013 | ''Busted Roots'' | Lillie | Pilot episode | style="text-align:center;"| |- ! scope="row"| 2016 | ''Dadly'' | Mom with sons | Episode: "Playdate" | style="text-align:center;"| |- ! scope="row"| 2022 | ''The Young and the Restless'' | Tanya | One episode; aired on March 23, 2022 |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{IMDb name|0599824}}
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