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Subject: [TNCAMPBE-L] From Julie Parrish's brother Part 2
Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2003 14:09:18 EDT
Obituary of Julie Parrish: Contact: brother and executor, Jim Wilbar:
(562) 201-6386
JULIE PARRISH
Julie Parrish, star of the 1967 CBS sitcom, 'Good Morning World' has died at
the age of 62. Ms. Parrish, portrayed Linda on the show, which also featured
the comedic talents of Billy De Wolfe, Joby Baker, Ronnie Schell, and Goldie
Hawn. She was a frequent guest star on programs such as ‘Star Trek’, ‘Bonanza’
, ‘My Three Sons’, ‘Family Affair’, and ‘Beverly Hills 90210’; with lead
roles on television soap operas, including Betty Anderson Harrington on ‘Return
to Peyton Place’ and Maggie Brady on ‘Capitol’.
She starred in several films, including ‘Paradise Hawaiian Style’, with
Elvis Presley. In one of the most delightful moments of the film, Elvis sings to
her in a helicopter, while she holds a group of dogs at bay. In ‘Fireball 500’
, she starred with Frankie Avalon, as the sophisticated Martha Brian.
Ms. Parrish’s theatre credits include ‘Absence of a Cello’, with Hans
Conreid and Bill Christopher, and 'Memo', with MacDonald Carey and Alan Alda. In
Los Angeles, she received an L.A. Drama Critics Award for her portrayal of
Maggie in Arthur Miller's ‘After the Fall’. She was also an accomplished writer
and contributed essays, articles, and book reviews to many publications. Her
writing credits include an episode of ‘Laverne and Shirley’. She enjoyed
singing, and often performed at shows and cabarets. She recorded a CD of country
music entitled, "When We Dance".
While in her late 40's, she began undergraduate studies. She earned a degree
in
Chemical Dependencies Counseling, and was awarded the Chancellor's
distinguished Honor Award, at Los Angeles Mission College, in Sylmar CA. She served as
a member of the Board of Directors of the L.A. Commission on Assaults Against
Women, and worked as a counselor at Haven Hills Shelter for Battered Women.
She spoke to audiences about domestic violence, and visited schools to discuss
dating violence.
She was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in 1993, but after surgery and
chemotherapy continued to work. In 1996 she began a recurring role on 'Beverly Hills
90210'. She portrayed Joan Diamond, the wife of series regular character Nat
Bussichio, played by Joe E. Tatta. She experienced a relapse of cancer, a
second surgery, and another course of chemotherapy in 1999.
She was born Ruby Joyce Wilbar, on October 21, 1940 in Middlesboro, KY, to
William Robert and Gladys Marie (Webb) Wilbar. At the age of 11, her family
moved from Lake City, TN to Tecumseh, MI, where she graduated from high school.
She attended modeling school in Toledo, OH, where she became active in
theatre. Her film career began when she was chosen by Jerry Lewis as the winner of
a national modeling contest, and was awarded a small part in the film, 'It's
Only Money', receiving her first film credit as "Joyce Wilbar". She next
appeared in 'The Nutty Professor', billed as Julie Parrish. Her death, of natural
causes, occurred on Wednesday evening, October 1, 2003, at the ER of the
Tarzana Community Hospital in Tarzana, CA.
She is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Melvin (Barbara) Scheffler of Clinton,
MI, and Liza Phairow of Ashland, OR; and two brothers, Robert Wilbar of
Tecumseh, MI, and James Wilbar of La Mirada, CA. One sister, Janice Machan preceded
her in death, as did her parents. The family asks, in lieu of flowers, that
donations be given to the cause of aiding battered women and their children.
For more information visit www.julieparrish.com. Donations are also encouraged
for the Julie Parrish Scholarship Fund for the Performing Arts, c/o United
Bank and Trust, 205 E. Chicago Blvd., Tecumseh, Michicgan 49286.
Milly WARD Piros
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