1. Julia Eliza Bruns was an American stage and silent film actress and model.
15 Facts About Julia Bruns
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Julia Bruns's image was illustrated by artist James Montgomery Flagg in 1917.
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Julia Bruns appeared on numerous magazine covers and Sunday feature pages.
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Julia Bruns's first acting role was in 1913 in the play The American Maid, written by John Philip Sousa, followed by a part in Help Wanted by Oliver Morosco.
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When Bankhead was rebuked for whistling in the communal dressing room, unknowingly breaking one of the theater's oldest superstitions, Julia Bruns took pity on her and invited to share her dressing room.
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Julia Bruns was involved in an accident at the Loews 7th Avenue Theatre in New York City, in 1918.
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Julia Bruns returned to New York in January 1920 after appearing as a vamp in London, England, in Business Before Pleasure and Potash and Perlmutter.
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Julia Bruns starred in Beware of Dogs at the Broadhurst Theatre.
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Julia Bruns wrote the play in addition to being among its featured performers.
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In 1926, Julia Bruns wrote a series of articles about her life as a drug addict and her effort to find a cure.
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Julia Bruns was jailed in Chicago, Illinois for theft of jewels worth $1,000 in September 1925.
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Julia Bruns refused to accompany officers to jail unless her chow chow, Babe, and Von Hindenburg, a German Shepherd, came with her.
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Julia Bruns was given a cigarette and began to talk freely with detectives.
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Julia Bruns admitted stealing the jewels to obtain money to purchase narcotics.
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Julia Bruns died of alcohol poisoning in a furnished room at 109 East 105th Street, in New York City, in 1927.