Julia Arnall
{{Short description|German-born British actress (1928–2018)}}
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| name = Julia Arnall
| birth_name = Julia Ilse Hendrike Irmgard von Stein Liebenstein zu Bachfeld
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1928|11|21|df=y}}Many sources cite 1930.
| birth_place = Munich, Germany
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2018|11|08|1928|11|21|df=y}}
| death_place = Brighton, Sussex, England, UK
| othername = Julia Ilse Hendrika von Stein Liebenstein zu Bachfeld
| occupation = Film actress
| yearsactive = 1953–1969
| spouse = {{plainlist|
- {{marriage|Percy Robert Ottaway|1960|1975|end=divorced}}
- {{marriage|Desmond Arnall|1950|1955|end=divorced}}
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| children = 3 {{br}}(1 with Percy, 2 with Desmond)
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Julia Arnall (21 November 1928 – 8 November 2018[https://probatesearch.service.gov.uk/Wills?Surname=ottaway&SurnameGrants=ottaway&YearOfDeath=2018&YearOfDeathGrants=2018&IsGrantSearch=True&IsCalendarSearch=False#wills GOV.uk, Find A Will: OTTAWAY, JULIA ILSE HENDRIKA IRMGARD]) was a German-born British-based actress.[https://web.archive.org/web/20090116093208/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/15971 Profile], bfi.org.uk; accessed 9 August 2017.
Personal life
Born Julia Ilse Hendrike Irmgard von Stein Liebenstein zu Bachfeld in 1928 in Munich, she spent her childhood in Berlin, where her father was an army officer. She attended drama school in Vienna. After the war ended she married Desmond Arnall, a British Army officer who had been posted to Berlin. In 1950, she came to Britain with her husband and her young son. In 1952, her second son was born.{{cn|date=August 2022}}
In 1956 she and Arnall divorced. In 1960 she married a film, television, and jazz critic, with whom she had a daughter.{{cite book |last=Korotin |first=Ilse |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=O5pVDAAAQBAJ&q=Julia+Ilse+Hendrika+von+Stein+Liebenstein+zu+Bachfeld&pg=PA134 |title=biografiA: Lexikon österreichischer Frauen |date=19 May 2016 |publisher=Böhlau Verlag Wien |isbn=9783205795902 |via=Google Books}}
Career
She started her life as a model before becoming an actress with the Rank Organisation. She appeared in bit parts in a few films before starring in the 1956 film Lost.{{cite magazine|first=Stephen|last=Vagg|magazine=Filmink|access-date=5 June 2025|date=5 June 2025|title=Forgotten British Studios: Rank Organisation Film Productions|url=https://www.filmink.com.au/forgotten-british-studios-rank-organisation-film-productions/}} After departing Rank, she continued acting, appearing in a few episodes of television shows, including The Saint and Emergency – Ward 10. In 1960 she appeared in the third episode of Danger Man entitled "Josetta" in which she was the main character opposite Patrick McGoohan.
In 1966 Arnall starred in The Saint (S5:E12 'Locate and Destroy') as Ingrid Coleman, the wife of a Mine Owner in South America who is also a Nazi war criminal.
Selected filmography
- I Am a Camera (1955)
- Value for Money (1955)
- Simon and Laura (1955)
- Man of the Moment (1955)
- Lost (1956)
- House of Secrets (1956)
- The Man Without a Body (1957)
- Mark of the Phoenix (1958)
- Model for Murder (1959)
- Carry On Regardless (1961)
- The Trunk (1961)
- The Double Man (1967)
Television
- Danger Man – Josetta (Series 1 Episode 3) (1960) as Josetta; (Series 1 Episode 38 – Dead Man Walks) as Natalie Smith
- Ghost Squad – Broken Doll (Series 1 Episode 4) (1961) as Julie Peters
- The Avengers – Intercrime (Series 2 Episode 15) (1963) as Hilda Stern
- The Saint – Locate and Destroy (Series 5 Episode 12) (1966) as Ingrid
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|0036003}}
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Category:20th-century British actresses
Category:British film actresses
Category:British television actresses