Johnson, Julie (1903–1973)

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Johnson, Julie (1903–1973)

American exhibition ballroom dancer. Name variations: Juliette Murphy. Born Juliette Henkel in 1903; died 1973 in Los Angeles, CA; m. George Murphy (1902–1992, actor, dancer and politician), 1926; children: Dennis and Melissa.

Trained with Ned Wayburn and danced as chorus girl in his Prologs and vaudeville acts; performed exhibition ballroom acts with partner—later husband—George Murphy; performed as ballroom team at numerous venues, including George Olsen's nightclub circuit, as well as in London at Kit Kat Klub, Café de Paris, and Mayfair Hotel, and on the West End in Good News, doing the Varsity Drag; performed at Central Park Casino and in Broadway's Hold Everything, Shoot the Works (1931) and Of Thee I Sing; retired from performing (c. 1935).

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