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Julie Carmen (born April 4, 1954, New York, New York) is an American actress, dancer and a licensed psychotherapist. She came to prominence onscreen in the 1980s, winning the Venice Film Festival Best Supporting Actress Award for her role in John Cassavetes' film, Gloria. Her acting training was with Sanford Meisner at Neighborhood Playhouse and with Uta Hagen at HB Studios. Carmen was on the Board of Directors of both Women in Film for three years and IFP/West for six years. She has starred in a variety of films including Robert Redford's The Milagro Beanfield War, John Carpenter's In the... MORE

Julie Carmen (born April 4, 1954, New York, New York) is an American actress, dancer and a licensed psychotherapist. She came to prominence onscreen in the 1980s, winning the Venice Film Festival Best Supporting Actress Award for her role in John Cassavetes' film, Gloria. Her acting training was with Sanford Meisner at Neighborhood Playhouse and with Uta Hagen at HB Studios. Carmen was on the Board of Directors of both Women in Film for three years and IFP/West for six years. She has starred in a variety of films including Robert Redford's The Milagro Beanfield War, John Carpenter's In the Mouth of Madness, The Penitent opposite Raul Julia and Armand Assante; King of the Jungle opposite John Leguizamo; and Fright Night II as vampire Regine Dandridge. Carmen appeared on television as the female lead in the 1992 NBC mini-series Drugs Wars: The Cocaine Cartel, as well as playing the mother of Angelina Jolie's character in the 1997 Hallmark Entertainment miniseries True Women and the female lead opposite Val Kilmer in Gore Vidal's Billy the Kid directed by Billy Graham. Julie played female lead opposite George C. Scott in two made for television movies, Finding the Way Home and Curacao LESS