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Article: JULIE HARRIS; Rebel powers into her destiny among greatest of film, stage.(SHOW)(2005 KENNEDY CENTER HONORS)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
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- December 2, 2005
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Byline: Jayne Blanchard, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES
She's been the prickly tomboy Frankie Adams in "Member of the Wedding" and the prim, passionate Emily Dickinson in "The Belle of Amherst." While many people bookend actress Julie Harris between these two roles, the versatile actress has also played everything from the dissolute chanteuse Sally Bowles in "I Am a Camera" (which earned her a first Tony Award in 1950) to noted kleptomaniac Mary Todd Lincoln in "The Last of Mrs. Lincoln."
Her filmography and stage credits read like a history of 20th-century popular entertainment, as Miss Harris co-starred with Marlon Brando, Deborah Kerr, Melina ...