Julia Dean was a stage and film actress who began her career in the 1890s. Julia Dean was born to Albert Clay Dean and Susan Jane Morton in St. Paul, Minnesota in 1878. She made her Broadway debut December 1, 1902 in The Altars of Friendship. She toured with Joseph Jefferson and James Neill. In 1907 she appeared with Maclyn Arbuckle in The Round-Up. She worked for producers William A. Brady and David Belasco. She began making silent pictures in 1915 and continued until 1919. She then devoted her career to the stage until 1944 when she returned to films in The Curse of the Cat People. She... continued to appear in film noir classics like Nightmare Alley lending her white-haired support in many uncredited roles. She died in Hollywood in 1952. She was married to Frank Slocum from 1906 to 1913. She was the niece of 19th century actress Julia Dean Hayne .
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