Julie Brown

Julie Brown (born August 31, 1958 in Van Nuys, California) is an American actress, stand-up comic, singer, and screenwriter. The daughter of a longtime NBC employee, Julie attended school first at Saint Elizabeth's School in Van Nuys

Julie Brown (born August 31, 1958 in Van Nuys, California) is an American actress, stand-up comic, singer, and screenwriter. The daughter of a longtime NBC employee, Julie attended school first at Saint Elizabeth's School in Van Nuys and then Van Nuys High School, graduating in 1977. She attended Los Angeles Valley College before relocating to San Francisco, California in 1979. She returned to Los Angeles, California in 1982.

In the early 1980s, she represented the quintessential valley girl character, using this to great effect in various movie roles as well as in her stand-up comedy. Comedian Lily Tomlin saw Brown at a comedy club and gave her a part in her 1981 film The Incredible Shrinking Woman. A series of poorly received B-movies followed.