Julia got her theatrical start with the Fort Wayne Community Theatre in Indiana while still in high-school. After going to New York, she worked at a telephone answering service until getting her first soap role on Ryan's Hope in 1976. Later that year, she began playing Brooke on AMC.
Julia Barr Detailed Biography
Julia Barr (born Julia Rose Buchheit on February 8, 1949 in Fort Wayne, Indiana) is an American actress.
She is probably most famous for her role on the soap opera All My Children, playing the character of Brooke English. She has played the role since 1976. She took a 15-month break from the show in the early 1980s when she toured with Katharine Hepburn and Dorothy Loudon in the national touring company of West Side Waltz. She also had a brief role on the soap Ryan's Hope just prior to landing her role on All My Children.
Her portrayal of Brooke has garnered Barr eight Daytime Emmy Award nominations (1980, 1981, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1998 and 2001), and she won the trophy in 1990 and 1998 for 'Outstanding Supporting Actress'. In 1990, she also took home a Soap Opera Digest Award for 'Best Supporting Actress'.
Although raised a Catholic, Julia married a Jewish doctor, Dr. Richard Hirschlag, an oral surgeon, in 1982, and they have a daughter, Allison Hirschlag, also an actress.
In her spare time, Julia is also an advocate of animal rights. She believes in spaying and neutering, and is a spokesperson for the Fund for Animals.
Despite fan outcry, Julia's airtime with All My Children has diminished quite substantially over the past few years with Brooke only being used to further other characters' storylines.
Daytime Emmy Awards
(1998) Daytime Emmy Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for All My Children
(1990) Daytime Emmy Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for All My Children
Soap Opera Digest Awards
(1991) Soap Opera Digest Award Outstanding Supporting Actress: Daytime for All My Children
Daytime Emmy Awards
(2001) Daytime Emmy Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for All My Children
(1994) Daytime Emmy Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for All My Children
(1993) Daytime Emmy Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for All My Children
(1991) Daytime Emmy Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for All My Children
(1981) Daytime Emmy Outstanding Actress in a Daytime Drama Series for All My Children
(1980) Daytime Emmy Outstanding Actress in a Daytime Drama Series for All My Children
Soap Opera Digest Awards
(2003) Soap Opera Digest Award Outstanding Lead Actress for All My Children
(1992) Soap Opera Digest Award Outstanding Lead Actress: Daytime for All My Children
(1990) Soap Opera Digest Award Outstanding Lead Actress: Daytime for All My Children
