Julie was tall as a child and as an adult stands at 6' 2". This has limited the roles which she has been able to play. However, in 1986 the ideal role of Ruth in the TV adaptation of Fay Wheldon's classic story of female revenge The Life and Loves of a She-Devil came along. It shot
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Julie T. Wallace
It was great to meet Julie T. Wallace when she was an Autographica guest for their event held at the Birmingham Hilton Hotel in September 2009. I had a chat to her about acting and she signed my The Living Daylights litho and also my Bond Girls book.
Best of all, I was on her table at the Gala Dinner. She has a really super personality and I enjoyed hearing about some of her experiences as an actress.
Julie signing my The Living Daylights litho
Julie Therese Wallace was born in 1961 in Wimbledon, London. Her father was the famous Scottish actor Andrew K
Keir, best known as Professor Quatermass in Quatermass and the Pit (1967), among his many (mainly Scottish) roles. Her mother, Julia, was an actress as well. Julie also has two brothers and two sisters.
Andrew Keir as Quatermass
Julie grew up in Wales, and after leaving school, trained at the London
London Academy of Musical and Dramatic Arts (LAMDA). Early appearances on stage included Beauty and the Beast in Bristol and The Worlds at London's Royal Court Theatre.
shot Julie to instant stardom. The drama won four BAFTAs, with five further nominations, including one for Julie herself as best actress. Julie says she auditioned for She-Devil because a friend rang her up and said,
Julie T. Wallace as Ruth in
The Life and Loves of a She-Devil
The Life and Loves of a She-Devil
"There's a part going that's just
right for you - the BBC are looking for a 6ft 2in actress who is ugly and has four hairy moles!" The story is about a plain woman Ruth (Julie T. Wallace) who discovers that she is being betrayed by her husband Bobbo (Denis Watermannn
Waterman. She goes to great lengths to take her revenge on him and his lover, a romantic novelist Mary Fisher (Patricia Hodge) who lives in a lighthouse - the Belle Toute lighthouse at Beachy Head was used as the location. The cast also included Tom Baker as
The Life and Loves of a She-Devil
Julie T. Wallace & Tom Baker in
The Life and Loves of a She-Devil
Julie T. Wallace as Ruth in
Peter Porteous & Julie T. Wallace in
The Living Daylights
Julie appeared again with Dalton shortly afterwards, playing the Ward Sister in the comedy drama Hawks (1988).
Julie T. Wallace & Timothy Dalton in The Living Daylights
Julie T's first big-screen appearance followed soon after the She-Devil - in the James Bond film The Living Daylights (1987). She played Rosika Miklos, one of MI6's Soviet agents. When Bond (Timothy Dalton) smuggles General Koskov (Jeroen Krabbe) out of Austria throug
through the Russian oil pipeline in a cleaning plug, Miklos distracts the pipe supervisor by putting his head between her alar
Julie, Camille Coduri & Timothy Dalton
Apart from the starring film role of Inga Schmidt in the Jamaican comedy The Lunatic (1991), the early 90s saw Julie T. Wallace in a variety of TV supporting parts - Hermelinda in Zorro (1991); Edith Lieblang in 5 episodes of Selling Hitler (1991); Vi in an episode of Stay Lucky (1991); Lady Chalmerston in 4 episodes of Time Riders (1991); Miss Candy in The Life and Times of Henry Pratt (1992) and Mrs Neighbour in an episode
breasts whilst the triggered alarms go off. She then flounces off saying to the supervisor "What kind of girl do you think I am!"
Julie with Ian McShane in Lovejoy
in a publicity shot for Hawks
Supporting roles in other TV series included the butch farmer Betty Sutch in 2 episodes of Heartbeat (1993 & 1997); the bar-owner and prostitute Maggie Joyce in Sharpe's Regiment (1996); the formidable Mrs Av
In The Lovegods (a raunchy 2003 episode of the BBC series "Spine Chillers") Julie appears as Alison, a 2,000-year-old demon who takes on two conmen.
Julie T. with Craig Kelly in The Lovegods
Julie T. as Alison in The Lovegods
The Fifth Element
Julie's film roles include the distinctive-looking Major Iceborg in the BAFTA-winning, Sci-fi cult classic The Fifth Element (19
Julie as Major Iceborg in The Fifth Element
Julie T. as Bunny in Lighthouse Hill
Julie T. in Speed Racer
Julie as Maggie Joyce in
Sharpe's Regiment
In an Evening Standard interview (link below), Julie reflects on the results of stubbornly remaining outside the usual actress stereotypes. "When casting directors want a big, butch woman for a role, they call me," she says. She also reveals that she would love a regular role in a TV 'soap'.
Julie in one of her 'ugly' roles - as Maggie
in Dr Terrible's House of Horrible
Sarah White, Julie T. Wallace & Kim Hartman in
Julie's West End theatre debut was as the deranged Annie Wilkes in the Stephen King play Misery. Another West End appearance was in Neil Dunn's play Steaming at the Piccadilly Theatre. In 2004 she was
Mum's the Word
Julie had to go through nearly a year of various auditions and screen tests to get the part because her character changes several times (housekeeper, nanny, businesswoman) as she transforms herself from a timid wife to an all powerful She-Devil.
as the randy priest Father Ferguson, Liz Smith as Mary's mother and Miriam Margolyes as Nurse Hopkins.
Julie T. Wallace & Liz Smith in
The Life and Loves of a She-Devil
Julie T. Wallace in
The Life and Loves of a She-Devil
of Lovejoy (1993).
Avery in Last of the Summer Wine (2000), the witch Maggie in Dr Terrible's House of Horrible (2001) and Tony's Mum in Catterick (2004).
Julie T.Wallace in Last of the Summer Wine
(1997). Iceborg is set to pose as Bruce Willis's 'wife' but he bundles her into the freezer and she finishes up frozen to death! Much of the film was shot on the Albert R. Broccoli 007 Stage at Pinewood Studios.
Julie T. with Brion James & Bruce Willis in
In other films Julie has been cast as Mrs Sturge inn
in the romantic thriller B. Monkey (1998); as Mary Henson in the horror film Devil's Harvest (2003); as Bunny in the roma
romantic comedy film Lighthouse Hill (2004) and as the butch Truck Driver in the all-action, family film Speed Racer (2008).
was one of the six cast members who went on a national tour with the women's comedy Mum's the Word.
Julie T. as Mary Henson in Devil's Harvest
Julie as herself on French & Saunders
Julie and I - all dressed up for the Autographica Gala Dinner!
in 1987
Julie as the Registrar in Casualty