# Julie Cobb

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{{short description|American actress|bot=PearBOT 5}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2021}}
{{Infobox person
| name         = Julie Cobb
| image        = Julie Cobb.jpg
| image_size   =
| caption      = Cobb in 1977
| birth_name   = <!-- Valid citation required for full name for BLP. (WP:BLPPRIVACY) -->
| birth_date   = {{birth year and age|1947}}<ref name="1971 Bio" />
| birth_place  = [Los Angeles](/source/Los_Angeles), [California](/source/California), U.S.
| death_date   = 
| death_place  = 
| education    = [Beverly Hills High School](/source/Beverly_Hills_High_School)
| alma_mater   = [San Francisco State College](/source/San_Francisco_State_University)
| known_for    = ''[Charles in Charge](/source/Charles_in_Charge)''<br>''[After the Fall](/source/After_the_Fall_(play))''
| occupation   = Actress
| years_active = 1968&ndash;present
| spouse       = {{plainlist|
* {{marriage|[Victor French](/source/Victor_French)|1976|1978|reason=divorce}}
* {{marriage|Christopher Morgan|1978|1985|reason=divorce}}
* {{marriage|[James Cromwell](/source/James_Cromwell)|1986|2005|reason=divorced}}
}}
| children     = 1
| father       = [Lee J. Cobb](/source/Lee_J._Cobb)
| mother       = [Helen Beverley](/source/Helen_Beverley) 
}}

'''Julie Cobb''' (born 1947) is an American actress. She is the daughter of actor Lee J. Cobb.

==Early life==
Cobb was born in [Los Angeles](/source/Los_Angeles), [California](/source/California), to a Jewish family.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=RMUdAAAAIBAJ&pg=6763,1901672 |title=Bicentennial a 'very special event" for actor Lee J. Cobb |date=January 4, 1976 |access-date=March 24, 2009 |newspaper=The Pittsburgh Press |author=Vernon Scott}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Dewey|first=Donald|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=96LmAgAAQBAJ&q=%22Lou+and+Anna+Smuckler%22&pg=PA66|title=Lee J. Cobb: Characters of an Actor|date=February 18, 2014|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=978-0-8108-8772-5|language=en}}</ref> Her parents were actor [Lee J. Cobb](/source/Lee_J._Cobb) and actress [Helen Beverley](/source/Helen_Beverley).<ref name=playbill>{{cite news|first=Robert|last=Simonson|title=Helen Beverley, Yiddish Theatre Actress, Dies at 94|url=http://www.playbill.com/news/article/153051-Helen-Beverley-Yiddish-Theatre-Actress-Dies-at-94|authorlink1=Robert Simonson|work=Playbill.com|date=July 26, 2011|access-date=August 9, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021194234/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/153051-Helen-Beverley-Yiddish-Theatre-Actress-Dies-at-94|archive-date=October 21, 2012}}</ref> She went to [Beverly Hills High School](/source/Beverly_Hills_High_School) and attended [San Francisco State College](/source/San_Francisco_State_University) for two years. Before she became an actress, she was a receptionist, taught English in Mexico City, and for a few months worked as a [Playboy bunny](/source/Playboy_Bunny).<ref name="1971 Bio">{{cite news |last1=Kleiner |first1=Dick |title=Follows Dad's Footsteps |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98812379/julie-cobb/ |access-date=April 1, 2022 |work=The Town Talk |date=December 24, 1971 |location=Alexandria, Louisiana |page=42|via = [Newspapers.com](/source/Newspapers.com)}}</ref>

== Career ==
Cobb's career, which lasted over 40 years, mostly consisted of guest appearances on television shows. Her first credited role was in an episode of ''[Star Trek](/source/Star_Trek%3A_The_Original_Series)'' entitled "[By Any Other Name](/source/By_Any_Other_Name)", which was first broadcast on February 23, 1968. (She was the only female [Redshirt](/source/Redshirt_(character)) to be killed in the original series.) She appeared on ''[Gunsmoke](/source/Gunsmoke)'' (1974), Season 20, Ep 13, "The Colonel", as a daughter painfully reuniting with her father, a once proud military officer. The Colonel was portrayed by Julie Cobb's real life father, actor Lee J. Cobb. She appeared on ''[The Brady Bunch](/source/The_Brady_Bunch)'' (1971), Season 2, Ep 18, "Our Son The Man", as Greg Brady's high school love interest. She appeared in a first season episode of ''[Little House on the Prairie](/source/Little_House_on_the_Prairie_(TV_series))''. Cobb played the matriarch of the Pembroke family in the first season of the sitcom ''[Charles in Charge](/source/Charles_in_Charge)'' and also appeared on the short-lived series ''[The D.A.](/source/The_D.A._(1971_TV_series))''

Her film career has included roles in ''[The Second Coming of Suzanne](/source/The_Second_Coming_of_Suzanne)'' (1974), ''[Just You and Me, Kid](/source/Just_You_and_Me%2C_Kid)'' (1979), ''[The Runnin' Kind](/source/The_Runnin'_Kind)'' (1989), ''[Lisa](/source/Lisa_(1990_film))'' (1990), ''[Defending Your Life](/source/Defending_Your_Life)'' (1991) and ''[Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde](/source/Dr._Jekyll_and_Ms._Hyde)'' (1995). She also appeared in the TV movie versions of ''[Salem's Lot](/source/Salem's_Lot_(1979_miniseries))'' (1979) and ''[Brave New World](/source/Brave_New_World_(1980_film))'' (1980). As a stage actress, she won the L.A. Drama Critics Award for her role in a stage production of [Arthur Miller](/source/Arthur_Miller)'s play ''[After the Fall](/source/After_the_Fall_(play))''.{{Citation needed |date=September 2023}}

==Personal life==
Cobb married actor [James Cromwell](/source/James_Cromwell) on May 29, 1986; he filed for a divorce in 2005.<ref>{{cite news |title=James Cromwell files for divorce |url=https://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/people/2005-01-14-cromwell-divorce_x.htm |access-date=September 14, 2022 |work=People |agency=Associated Press |date=January 14, 2005 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180922121217/https://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/people/2005-01-14-cromwell-divorce_x.htm |archive-date=September 22, 2018}}</ref>

==Filmography==

{| class="wikitable sortable" width="80%"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes 
|-
| rowspan"2" | 1968
| ''[Star Trek](/source/Star_Trek%3A_The_Original_Series)'' 
|Yeoman Thompson
| "[By Any Other Name](/source/By_Any_Other_Name)"
|-
| rowspan "2" | 1970
| ''[Love, American Style](/source/Love%2C_American_Style)''
| Valerie
| segment "Love and the Pen Pals"
|-
| rowspan "2" | 1970
| ''[Bracken's World](/source/Bracken's_World)''
| Girl in Club
|
|-
| rowspan "2" | 1971
| ''[Alias Smith and Jones](/source/Alias_Smith_and_Jones)''
| young girl
|
|-
| rowspan "2" | 1971
| ''[The Brady Bunch](/source/The_Brady_Bunch)''
| The Girl
|
|-
| rowspan "2" | 1971
| ''[The D.A.](/source/The_D.A._(1971_TV_series))''
| Katy Benson, Katy, Public Defender Katherine Benson
| 6 ep.
|-
| rowspan "2" | 1972
| ''[Sarge](/source/Sarge_(TV_series))''
| Milly
|
|-
| rowspan "2" | 1973
| ''[Cannon](/source/Cannon_(TV_series))''
| Amy Gladstone
|
|-
| rowspan "2" | 1973
| ''[The Waltons](/source/The_Waltons)''
| Sue Cooper
|
|-
| rowspan "2" | 1974
| ''[The Death Squad](/source/The_Death_Squad_(film))''
| Sharon
| TV movie
|-
| rowspan "2" | 1974
| ''[Dirty Sally](/source/Dirty_Sally)''
| Melinda
|
|-
| rowspan "2" | 1974
| ''[The Second Coming of Suzanne](/source/The_Second_Coming_of_Suzanne)''
| Stewardess
| Film
|-
| rowspan "2" | 1973–1974
| ''[Gunsmoke](/source/Gunsmoke)''
| Anne Ludley, Minnie Nolen
| 2 ep.
|-
| rowspan "2" | 1974
| ''[Petrocelli](/source/Petrocelli)''
| Millie Conway
|
|-
| rowspan "2" | 1975
| ''[Little House on the Prairie](/source/Little_House_on_the_Prairie_(TV_series))''
| Trudy Coulter
|
|-
| rowspan "2" | 1975
| ''[Marcus Welby, M.D.](/source/Marcus_Welby%2C_M.D.)''
| Steffie Rhodes
|
|-
| rowspan "2" | 1975
| ''[Medical Story](/source/Medical_Story)''
|
|
|-
| rowspan "2" | 1976
| ''[State Fair](/source/State_Fair_(1976_film))''
| Karen
| TV movie
|-
| rowspan "2" | 1976
| ''[The Quest](/source/The_Quest_(1976_TV_series))''
| Lucy Braxton
|
|-
| rowspan "2" | 1977
| ''[The Fantastic Journey](/source/The_Fantastic_Journey)''
| Andrea
|
|-
| rowspan "2" | 1977
| ''[A Year at the Top](/source/A_Year_at_the_Top)''
| Trish
|
|-
| rowspan "2" | 1977
| ''[Rosetti and Ryan](/source/Rosetti_and_Ryan)''
| Kelly
|
|-
| rowspan "2" | 1978
| ''[Confessions of the D.A. Man](/source/Confessions_of_the_D.A._Man)''
| Katy Benson
| TV movie
|-
| rowspan "2" | 1978
| ''[CHiPs](/source/CHiPs)''
| Juliet
|
|-
| rowspan "2" |1978
| ''[Fantasy Island](/source/Fantasy_Island)''
| Florence Stouton
|
|-
| rowspan "2" | 1978
| ''[Steel Cowboy](/source/Steel_Cowboy)''
| Gloria
| TV movie
|-
| rowspan "2" | 1978
| ''[The Incredible Hulk](/source/The_Incredible_Hulk_(1978_TV_series))''
| Jill Norton
|
|-
| rowspan "2" | 1979
| ''[Kaz](/source/Kaz_(TV_series))''
|
|
|-
| rowspan "2" | 1979
| ''[Just You and Me, Kid](/source/Just_You_and_Me%2C_Kid)''
| Dr. Nancy Faulkner 
| Film
|-
| rowspan "2" | 1979
| ''[Lou Grant](/source/Lou_Grant_(TV_series))''
| Barbara Benedict
|
|-
| rowspan "2" | 1979
| ''[Salem's Lot](/source/Salem's_Lot_(1979_miniseries))''
| Bonnie Sawyer
| TV miniseries 2 ep.
|-
| rowspan "2" | 1980
| ''[Hart to Hart](/source/Hart_to_Hart)''
| Scottie McClain
|
|-
| rowspan "2" | 1980
| ''[Brave New World](/source/Brave_New_World_(1980_film))''
| Linda Lysenko
| TV movie
|-
| rowspan "2" | 1980
| ''[To Find My Son](/source/To_Find_My_Son)''
| Connie Marx
| TV movie
|-
| rowspan "2" | 1981
| ''[Ladies' Man](/source/Ladies'_Man_(1980_TV_series))''
| Sheila Thackeray
|
|-
| rowspan "2" | 1981
| ''[Riker](/source/Riker_(TV_series))''
| Janis
|
|-
| rowspan "2" | 1981
| ''Ramblin' Man''
| Nancy
|
|-
| rowspan "2" | 1982
| ''[Knots Landing](/source/Knots_Landing)''
|
|-
| rowspan "2" | 1982
| ''[Insight](/source/Insight_(American_TV_series))''
| Laurie
|
|-
| rowspan "2" | 1983
| ''[Uncommon Valor](/source/Uncommon_Valor)''
| Karen Merritt
|
|-
| rowspan "2" | 1983
| ''[The Mississippi](/source/The_Mississippi_(TV_series))''
|
|
|-
| rowspan "2" | 1983
| ''[Tucker's Witch](/source/Tucker's_Witch)''
| Natalie Gorman
|
|-
| rowspan "2" | 1984–1985
| ''[Charles in Charge](/source/Charles_in_Charge)''
| Jill Pembroke
| 22 episodes 
|-
| rowspan "2" | 1985
| ''[MacGruder and Loud](/source/MacGruder_and_Loud)''
| Olivia
|
|-
| rowspan"2" | 1985
| ''[T. J. Hooker](/source/T._J._Hooker)''
| Martha Kenter
|
|-
| rowspan"2" | 1986
| ''[St. Elsewhere](/source/St._Elsewhere)''
| Mrs. Moynihan
|
|-
| rowspan "2" | 1986
| ''[MacGyver](/source/MacGyver_(1985_TV_series))''
| Susan Cooper
|
|-
| rowspan "2" | 1986
| ''[Matlock](/source/Matlock_(1986_TV_series))''
| Janice Pearson
|
|-
| rowspan "2" |1987
| ''[Family Ties](/source/Family_Ties)''
| Maureen Keaton
| 2 ep.
|-
| rowspan "2" | 1987
| ''[Designing Women](/source/Designing_Women)''
| Janet Shackleford
| 2 ep.
|-
| rowspan "2" | 1987
| ''[Starman](/source/Starman_(TV_series))''
| Joanna Daniels Kendall
|
|-
| rowspan "2" | 1987
| ''[Baby Girl Scott](/source/Baby_Girl_Scott)''
| Robin
| TV movie
|-
| rowspan "2" | 1987
| ''[Newhart](/source/Newhart)''
| Leah Myers
|
|-
| rowspan "2" | 1987
| ''[Jake and the Fatman](/source/Jake_and_the_Fatman)''
| Ellen Gregg
|
|-
| rowspan "2" | 1988
| ''[Our House](/source/Our_House_(American_TV_series))''
| Charlotte
|
|-
| rowspan "2" | 1985–1988
| ''[Magnum P.I.](/source/Magnum_P.I.)''
| Magnum's Cousin Karen, Karen
| 3 eps.
|-
| rowspan "2" | 1987–1989
| ''[Growing Pains](/source/Growing_Pains)''
| Grace Thornton, Gracie Thornton, Mrs.Dufelder
| 4 eps.
|-
| rowspan "2" | 1989
| ''[Heartbeat](/source/HeartBeat_(1988_TV_series))''
| Beverly
|
|-
| rowspan "2" | 1989
| ''[Duet](/source/Duet_(TV_series))''
| Annette
|
|-
| rowspan "2" | 1989
| ''[The Robert Guillaume Show](/source/The_Robert_Guillaume_Show)''
| Lisa
|
|-
| rowspan "2" | 1989
| ''[The Runnin' Kind](/source/The_Runnin'_Kind)''
| Aunt Barbara
| Film
|-
| rowspan "2" | 1989
| ''[Lisa](/source/Lisa_(1990_film))''
| Mrs. Marks
| Film
|-
| rowspan "2" | 1989
| ''[Doogie Howser M.D.](/source/Doogie_Howser_M.D.)''
| Lauren Aaron
|
|-
| rowspan"2" | 1990
| ''[Life Goes On](/source/Life_Goes_On_(TV_series))''
| Marina Maxwell
|
|-
| rowspan "2" | 1991
| ''[Defending Your Life](/source/Defending_Your_Life)''
| Tram Guide
| Film
|-
| rowspan "2" | 1991
| ''Wildest Dreams''
|
| TV movie
|-
| rowspan "2" | 1992
| ''[Reasonable Doubts](/source/Reasonable_Doubts)''
| Barbara Lake
|
|-
| rowspan"2" | 1993
| ''[Civil Wars](/source/Civil_Wars_(TV_series))''
| Jo Ann Reiman
|
|-
| rowspan "2" | 1993
| ''[Brooklyn Bridge](/source/Brooklyn_Bridge_(TV_series))''
| Alice, Aunt Alice
| 2 eps.
|-
| rowspan "2" | 1994
| ''[Home Improvement](/source/Home_Improvement_(TV_series))''
| Francine
|
|-
| rowspan "2" | 1994
| ''[Beverly Hills, 90210](/source/Beverly_Hills%2C_90210)''
| Group Leader
|
|-
| rowspan "2" | 1992–1995
| ''[Hearts Afire](/source/Hearts_Afire)''
| Diandra
| 2 eps.
|-
| rowspan "2" | 1995
| ''[Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde](/source/Dr._Jekyll_and_Ms._Hyde)''
| DuBois' Psychiatrist
| Film
|-
| rowspan "2" | 1995
| ''[Partners](/source/Partners_(1995_TV_series))''
| Mrs. Blumenthal
|
|-
| rowspan "2" | 1995
| ''[Land's End](/source/Land's_End_(TV_series))''
| Leigh Breck
|
|-
| rowspan "2" | 1995
| ''[Present Tense, Past Perfect](/source/Present_Tense%2C_Past_Perfect)''
|
| TV movie
|-
| rowspan "2" | 1995
| ''[New York Daze](/source/New_York_Daze)''
|
|
|-
| rowspan "2" | 1996
| ''[Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman](/source/Lois_%26_Clark%3A_The_New_Adventures_of_Superman)''
| Sally Reynolds
|
|-
| rowspan "2" | 1996
| ''[Chicago Hope](/source/Chicago_Hope)''
| Joanna-Sutton's ex #1
|
|-
| rowspan"2" | 1997
| ''[Moloney](/source/Moloney_(TV_series))''
| Dr. Jenny Russell
|
|-
| rowspan "2" | 1998
| ''[Silk Stalkings](/source/Silk_Stalkings)''
| Victoria Bradford
|
|-
| rowspan "2" | 1999
| ''[Family Law](/source/Family_Law_(American_TV_series))''
| Marilyn Reston
|
|-
| rowspan "2" | 2002
| ''[ER](/source/ER_(TV_series))''
| Dr. Felicia Kind
|
|-
| rowspan"2" | 2002
| ''[Days of Our Lives](/source/Days_of_Our_Lives)''
| Carol Burns
|
|-
| rowspan "2" | 2002–2004
| ''[Judging Amy](/source/Judging_Amy)''
| Attorney Denise Thebault, Mrs. Grandson's Attorney
| 2 eps.
|-
| rowspan "2" | 2007
| ''[The Happiest Day of His Life](/source/The_Happiest_Day_of_His_Life)''
| Ms. Jacob's
| Film
|-
| rowspan "2" | 2007
| ''[The Circuit](/source/The_Circuit_(TV_series))''
|
|
|-
| rowspan "2" | 2010
| ''Jelly''
| Marie Woods
| Film
|-
| rowspan "2" | 2015
| ''[Almost Midnight](/source/Almost_Midnight)''
| Grandma
| Short
|-
| rowspan "2" | 2017–2018
| ''[Whatta Lark](/source/Whatta_Lark)''
| Diane Revere
| 5 eps.
|-
| rowspan "2" | 2020 
| ''[Teenage Bounty Hunters](/source/Teenage_Bounty_Hunters)''
| Mother
|
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb name|0167784}}

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Category:Living people
Category:American film actresses
Category:American stage actresses
Category:American television actresses
Category:Actresses from Los Angeles
Category:Jewish American actresses
Category:American people of Russian-Jewish descent
Category:20th-century American actresses
Category:21st-century American actresses
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