12 Facts About Julie Opp

Julie Opp was an American stage actress who was for a number of years popular on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean.

Julie Opp was the wife of the Anglo-American actor William Faversham, whom she married shortly after the two co-starred in the 1902 Broadway production, The Royal Rival.

Julie Opp was born in New York City on January 28,1871, the daughter of John "Johnny" and Mary Opp.

Julie Opp later played a minor role in a one-off performance of Camille and on occasions did dramatic readings at social affairs, but when playwright George du Maurier offered her a role in the original 1895 production of Trilby she turned him down, still not ready to abandon her chosen profession.

Julie Opp later replaced Julia Neilson as Rosalind after the actress' departure from As You like it and a few months afterwards assumed the lead role Princess Pannonia in Pinero's The Princess and the Butterfly when Neilson retired from that production.

Julie Opp returned to England in 1900 to perform with Alexander's company for several seasons in productions of Anthony Hope's Rupert of Hentzau, playing Holf; Hope's The Prisoner of Zenda, as Antoinette de Mauban; Walter Frith's The Man of Forty, as Mrs Egerton; Pearl Craigie's The Wisdom of the Wise, in the role of Annabel East; Charles Haddon Chambers' The Awakening, playing Mrs Herbertson; and Henry V Esmond's The Wilderness, taking the part of Edith Thorold.

In 1906 Julie Opp published The Squaw Man: a Novel, taken from the play by Edwin Royle.

Julie Opp fell seriously ill in 1914 while traveling abroad with her husband and two sons.

Julie Opp soon suffered a relapse and was forced to withdraw from the production that would prove to be the last of her career.

Julie Opp spent her remaining years dividing her time between their residence in New York City and a country home on Long Island.

Julie Opp died after a failed operation at the Post Graduate Hospital on April 9,1921.

Julie Opp was survived by her husband and sons, William Jr.