- Born
- Died
- Birth nameJacqueline Wells Brown
- Height5′ 3″ (1.60 m)
- Colorado-born leading lady Julie Bishop, who also acted under her birth name of Jacqueline Wells and the stage name Diane Duval, started off as a silent movie child actress, working with such legends as Clara Bow and Mary Pickford.
The daughter of a wealthy banker and oilman, she was raised in Texas and, eventually Los Angeles, following her parents' divorce. She was signed by Warner Bros in 1940 and played a dutiful sweethearts opposite filmdom's top male stars, notably Errol Flynn in Northern Pursuit (1943), Humphrey Bogart in Action in the North Atlantic (1943), John Wayne in both Sands of Iwo Jima (1949) and The High and the Mighty (1954), and Alan Ladd in The Big Land (1957), her last picture. But, for the most part, she was never given anything challenging enough to become a top-flight star.
She also appeared on stage in "Hamlet" and "The Merchant of Venice". A licensed private pilot, Julie painted still lifes and staged several exhibitions in her post-career years. She died at age 87, on her birthday.
- IMDb mini biography by: Gary Brumburgh / gr-home@pacbell.net
- SpousesWilliam Francis Bergin(August 2, 1968 - August 30, 2001) (her death)Clarence A. Shoop(July 24, 1944 - January 27, 1968) (his death, 2 children)Walter Booth Brooks III(May 16, 1936 - May 12, 1939) (divorced)
- ChildrenStephen Allen ShoopSally Van Bibber Shoop
- ParentsBlanche FergusonWilliam Wells Brown
- Her second husband, retired USAF Maj. Gen. Clarence A. Shoop, was a Vice-President of Hughes Aircraft at the time of his death in 1968. Col. Clarence Adelbert "Shoopy" Shoop was a reconnaissance pilot during World War II, flying the first photographic mission over Omaha Beach in Normandy on D-Day. In 1945 he was Base Commander at Muroc Army Field. Later on he was the head of flight testing for Howard Hughes, as well as Commander-in-Chief of the Air National Guard of California until he died in 1968.
- Born and died on August 30, exactly 87 years apart.
- Mother of Pamela Susan Shoop.
- Her third husband, Los Angeles surgeon Dr. William Bergin, died 11/3/2005 at age 83.
- Her son, Steve Shoop, originally a physician, later followed his father, Clarence, into the aircraft business, becoming an airline pilot.
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