Julie London

American actress, singer, and recording artist.

Born: 26 September 1926 in Santa Rosa, California, USA.
Died: 18 October 2000 in Encino (Los Angeles), California, USA (aged 74).

London started her career as an actress in the 1940s. She married actor Jack Webb and went into semi-retirement, doing a few films and even taking a break between 1951 and 1955. After her divorce in the mid-1950s she became a jazz/pop singer, managed and groomed by jazz musician/actor Bobby Troup, who became her husband in 1959. She left her film career to concentrate on her full-time singing career. She stopped singing professionally in 1969, having recorded her last studio album the same year.

London also starred in the TV hit series "Emergency!" for 126 episodes between 1972 and 1978 as RN Dixie McCall, alongside her husband Bobby Troup, who played Dr. Joe Early.