Julia Breck

{{Short description|British actress (1941–2020)}}

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1941|08|22|df=y}}

| birth_place = Newport, Isle of Wight

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2020|01|28|1941|08|22|df=y}}

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| nationality = British

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| occupation = Actress and "glamour stooge"

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Julia Breck (22 August 1941 – 28 January 2020) was a British actress from Newport, Isle of Wight.{{cite journal |title=Julia Breck, 78 |journal=Classic Images |date=May 2020 |issue=539 |pages=38–39}}

She is best known for her frequent appearances in Spike Milligan's Q series (1975–80), in which she generally appeared as a buxom "glamour stooge". Breck also appeared in Monty Python's Flying Circus, On the Buses, The Two Ronnies and Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em.

She also appeared in many theatre productions, playing everything from principal boy in pantomime, to Lady Macbeth. She appeared in Andy Warhol's first play, Pork.{{Cite web|title=Obituary: Julia Breck – TV and stage comedy actor who was a favourite of Spike Milligan|url=https://www.thestage.co.uk/obituaries-archive/obituaries/obituary-julia-breck--tv-and-stage-comedy-actor-who-was-a-favourite-of-spike-milligan|website=The Stage|language=En|access-date=2020-05-30}}

Following a final series with Milligan, There's a Lot of It About in 1982, Breck decided to retire from show business to concentrate on raising her three children whilst pursuing art and model-making as a hobby. She was married to Alexander (Sandy) Paterson (1979–her death), and was previously married to Brian Coburn (1970 – ?) (divorced). She lived in France with her husband, Sandy Breck-Paterson, a well-known internet crossword compiler, known as "Arena".

In her later years, Breck was a set designer for the Théâtre Comœdia in Marmande, France. She died in January 2020 at the age of 78.{{Cite web|url=https://www.countypress.co.uk/news/18245739.isle-wight-actress-julia-breck----famed-appearances-spike-milligan----died-78/|title=Isle of Wight actress Julia Breck – famed for her appearances with Spike Milligan – has died at 78|website=Isle of Wight County Press|date=21 February 2020 }}