JULIA CHILD
Name: Julia Child
Born: August 15, 1912 California, United States
Died: August 13, 2004 Santa Barbara, California, United States
Julia Child (August 15, 1912- August 13, 2004) was a famous American cook,
author, and television personality who introduced French cuisine and cooking
techniques to the American mainstream through her many cookbooks and television
programs. Her most famous works are the 1961 cookbook Mastering the Art of
French Cooking and, showcasing her sui generis television persona, the series
The French Chef, which premiered in 1963.
Born Julia Carolyn McWilliams to John and Julia Carolyn ("Caro") McWilliams in
the wealthy community of Pasadena, California, she grew up eating traditional
New England food prepared by the family maid. She attended Polytechnic School
from fourth grade to ninth grade and then The Branson School in Ross, California.
After graduating in 1934 from Smith College — where at six feet, two inches (1.88
m) tall she played basketball — with a Bachelor of Arts degree in history, she
moved to New York City and worked as a copywriter for the advertising department
of upscale home-furnishing firm W. & J. Sloane. After returning to California in
1937, shortly before her mother died, she spent four years at home, writing for
local publications and briefly working in advertising again. Civic-minded, she
volunteered with the American Red Cross and, after the bombing of Pearl Harbor
in 1941, joined the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) after being turned down
by the United States Navy for being too tall.
Name: Julia Child
Born: August 15, 1912 California, United States
Died: August 13, 2004 Santa Barbara, California, United States
Julia Child (August 15, 1912- August 13, 2004) was a famous American cook,
author, and television personality who introduced French cuisine and cooking
techniques to the American mainstream through her many cookbooks and television
programs. Her most famous works are the 1961 cookbook Mastering the Art of
French Cooking and, showcasing her sui generis television persona, the series
The French Chef, which premiered in 1963.
Born Julia Carolyn McWilliams to John and Julia Carolyn ("Caro") McWilliams in
the wealthy community of Pasadena, California, she grew up eating traditional
New England food prepared by the family maid. She attended Polytechnic School
from fourth grade to ninth grade and then The Branson School in Ross, California.
After graduating in 1934 from Smith College — where at six feet, two inches (1.88
m) tall she played basketball — with a Bachelor of Arts degree in history, she
moved to New York City and worked as a copywriter for the advertising department
of upscale home-furnishing firm W. & J. Sloane. After returning to California in
1937, shortly before her mother died, she spent four years at home, writing for
local publications and briefly working in advertising again. Civic-minded, she
volunteered with the American Red Cross and, after the bombing of Pearl Harbor
in 1941, joined the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) after being turned down
by the United States Navy for being too tall.