| Julia Child  AKA Julia Carolyn McWilliams
Born: 15-Aug-1912
Birthplace: Pasadena, CA
Died: 13-Aug-2004
Location of death: Montecito, CA
Cause of death: Kidney failure
Gender: Female
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Chef Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Haute cuisine with a unique voice After graduating from college in 1934, Julia McWilliams (who would later be known as Julia Child) found work with the Office of Strategic Services (which would later be known as the Central Intelligence Agency). Her first successful recipe was for shark repellent, to prevent underwater explosives meant for Nazi vessels from being jostled and detonated by sharks. She met Paul Child, a fellow OSS agent who was an erudite culinary expert, and married him against her father's wishes -- her dad was an ardent supporter of Richard Nixon, and Paul was a Democrat. In 1948, the Childs were jointly assigned to the U.S. Information Service in Paris, where she attended the prestigious Le Cordon Bleu culinary academy. Julia Child wasn't much of a spook by modern CIA standards, but she was promoted to administrative duties, sorting through classified documents. In the 1950s, though, she was an early and persistent critic of McCarthyism.
With two French chefs, Simone Beck and Louisette Bertolle, Julia Child co-wrote Mastering the Art of French Cooking. Promoting the book, she did an interview on WGBH, a public television station in Boston, and they offered her a cooking show of her own, and The French Chef went on the air in 1963. Father: John McWilliams
Mother: Julia Carolyn Weston
Sister: Dorothy Cousins
Husband: Paul Cushing Child (m. 1946, d. 1-May-1994)
University: BA History, Smith College (1934)
OSS Agent
Peabody 1965
Emmy 1966
National Book Award 1980 for Julia Child and More Company
French Legion of Honor 1991
Library of Congress Living Legend 2000
Presidential Medal of Freedom 23-Jul-2003
Mastectomy 1968
Knee Replacement Feb-1987
Risk Factors: Breast Cancer
TELEVISION
The French Chef Host (1962-73)
FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story (24-Nov-1993) [VOICE]
Author of books:
Mastering the Art of French Cooking (1961)
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