20 Facts About Julie Brown

Julie Ann Brown was born on August 31,1958 and is an American actress, comedian, musician, writer, and director.

Julie Brown's father worked at NBC in the advertising scheduling department and her mother was a secretary at the same studio complex.

Julie Brown attended a Catholic elementary school as a child, and later Van Nuys High School.

Julie Brown started working on television with a guest spot on the sitcom Happy Days.

Julie Brown appeared in the 1981 cult film Bloody Birthday.

In 1984, Julie Brown released her first EP, a five-song album called Goddess in Progress.

In 1987, Julie Brown released her first full-length album, Trapped in the Body of a White Girl.

Julie Brown played the role of a demanding, controlling, and pessimistic glamour-puss from the valley, making fun of popular music acts, while at the same time introducing their music videos.

In 1989, CBS commissioned a pilot titled Julie Brown: The Show, featuring Brown as the hostess of a talk show.

In 1992, Julie Brown starred on the Fox sketch comedy show The Edge.

Julie Brown followed with another satire, Attack of the 5 Ft.

Julie Brown has contributed voices to various cartoons, including Animaniacs as the voice of Minerva Mink, Aladdin as Saleen, and as the original voice of Zatanna in the Batman: The Animated Series cartoon.

Julie Brown guest-starred on Tiny Toon Adventures as Julie Bruin, a cartoon bear version of herself, in which she guest-starred in her own segment "Just Say Julie Bruin", a reference to her music video show.

In 1998, Julie Brown appeared in the parody film Plump Fiction.

In 2005, Julie Brown purchased the rights to her Trapped album from the record label and reissued it herself.

Julie Brown self-released a single, "I Want to Be Gay".

In 2008, Julie Brown co-wrote and appeared as Dee La Duke in the Disney Channel film Camp Rock.

In 1983, Brown married writer and actor Terrence E McNally.

In 1994, Julie Brown married Ken Rathjen, and together they have one son.

Julie Brown said in 2007 that she had recently divorced for the second time.