Julienne Marie (born March 21, 1937) is a retired American actress and singer, best known for her work on the Broadway stage.

Biography

Julianne Marie Hendricks was born to John Hendricks, a chemist, and his wife, Ethel (née Gyurko). Her mother was a stage mother who pushed her into performing at a very young age. She was named for her paternal grandmother, Julia Hendricks. She dropped her last name and changed Julianne to Julienne, using her first and middle names to create her stage name (Julienne Marie) as she thought the surname Hendricks sounded "too Midwestern". During her school years she took piano lessons and participated in local pageants. She moved from Toledo to New York with her family where she started voice training at Juilliard at age 10.