25 Facts About Julie Brown

Julie Brown was born in Van Nuys, California, the daughter of Irish-Catholic parents Celia Jane and Leonard Francis Brown.

Julie Brown's father worked at NBC TV studios in the traffic 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 where she was chosen princess of the homecoming court.

Julie Brown's parents said "whatever you do, don't become an actress", but after attending Los Angeles Valley College she enrolled in the well-known San Francisco acting school, American Conservatory Theater, where she met future collaborator Charlie Coffey.

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.

Julie Brown appeared in short films such as "Five Minutes, Miss Julie Brown".

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

In 1989, Brown starred in that cable network's comedy and music-video show Just Say Julie.

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 1990 Julie Brown had a brief part in the movie The Spirit of '76, as an intellectual stripper.

Julie Brown was a producer, with John Ziffren, and performed and co-wrote the theme song.

In 1992, Julie Brown starred in her own Fox sketch comedy show, The Edge; two of its regulars, Jennifer Aniston and Wayne Knight, later became sitcom stars, while Tom Kenny went on to voice SpongeBob SquarePants.

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

Julie Brown has continued to make television guest appearances and contributed voices to various cartoons, including Animaniacs, Aladdin as bratty mermaid Saleen, and as the original voice of Zatanna in the Batman: The Animated Series cartoon.

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

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

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

Julie Brown began touring in late 2007 with her one-woman show, Smell the Glamour.

Julie Brown joined the cast of the Canadian television series Paradise Falls that same year.

In late 2008 Julie Brown began releasing one-track digital singles, starting with "The Ex-Beauty Queen's Got a Gun"; it was a rewrite of "Homecoming Queen" with lyrics about Sarah Palin.

In 2023, amid the announcement of Madonna: The Celebration Tour with a video inspired by Truth or Dare, Julie Brown reprised her Medusa character parodying the announcement video in her social media.

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

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.