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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.

She was a WAMPAS (Western Association of Motion Picture Advertisers) Baby of 1934, the final year of the promotion that had begun in 1922.

When offered a contract by Warners in 1941, she was asked to change her name to Julie Bishop.

Buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, CA.

Mother-in-law of ex-Jesuit priest Terrance Sweeney, who was technical advisor for the miniseries The Thorn Birds (1983).

She was a lifelong Republican.