Julianna McCarthy

Acting

Julianna McCarthy

Born

1929-08-17 (97)

Place of birth

Erie, Pennsylvania, USA

Known for

Acting

Credits

55 titles

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Julianna McCarthy (born August 17, 1929) is an American actress. McCarthy was an original cast member of the soap opera The Young and the Restless, starring as matriarch Liz Foster from 1973 to 1982. She reprised the role in 1984,1985-86,1993, 2003-2004, and 2008. She returned for her final appearance in the role in June, 2010. McCarthy has also appeared in motion pictures as diverse as The Last American Virgin, The Distinguished Gentleman, The Frighteners, Starship Troopers and Ted Bundy. She had a recurring role as Mila in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, appearing in the episodes "Improbable Cause", "The Dogs of War" and the final episode, "What You Lea…

Known for

Film credits

2000s · 6 titles

Ted Bundy poster
5.8

Seattle, 1974. Ted Bundy gives into his violent passions and embarks on a cross country killing spree, leaving a trail of raped, tortured, murdered, dismembered, and defiled corpses in his wake…

Ted Bundy

2002

Jane Doe: Eye of the Beholder poster
6.1

Cathy and Frank partner with a beautiful insurance investigator to recover a stolen masterpiece. Frank is smitten with her, even though it becomes more apparent she may be the mastermind behind the theft. Stars Lea Thompson, Joe Penny and Billy Moses.

Jane Doe: Eye of the Beholder

2008

Shredderman Rules poster
5.2

Nolan Byrd is a scrawny and shy 9th grader who, like all the other kids, is bullied by Bubba Bixby. When their teacher, Mr. Green allows the students to do a computer project, Nolan, who has a particular knack with technology, decides to catch Bubba in action.

Shredderman Rules

2007

Mystery Woman: Mystery Weekend poster
7.6

She's an avid mystery lover and bookseller, for whom crime has been comfortably confined to the pages of her favorite novels-until a real-life murder turns a weekend of fun and games into a chilling whodunit...

Mystery Woman: Mystery Weekend

2005

Herpes Boy poster
NR

A social outcast with a facial birthmark finds his world flipped upside down after he posts videos of his quirky life onto the Internet and becomes an unwilling cyber-celebrity.

Herpes Boy

2009

No artwork available
10.0

Two college roommates -- prim and proper Grace (Cat Taber) and wild and woolly Casey (Soleil Moon Frye) -- find themselves in a tense rivalry when Casey's conduct almost destroys Grace's engagement to preppie heartthrob Charlie (Wil Wheaton). Not too high-minded to seek revenge, Grace cozies up to Casey's pal Joey (Gary Wolf), setting off a cycle of envy and mistrust that may destroy both women's lives in director Irene Turner's well-paced indie.

The Girls' Room

2000

1990s · 15 titles

Starship Troopers poster
7.1

Set in the future, the story follows a young soldier named Johnny Rico and his exploits in the Mobile Infantry. Rico's military career progresses from recruit to non-commissioned officer and finally to officer against the backdrop of an interstellar war between mankind and an arachnoid species known as "the Bugs."

Starship Troopers

1997

The Frighteners poster
7.0

Once an architect, Frank Bannister now passes himself off as an exorcist of evil spirits. To bolster his facade, he claims his "special" gift is the result of a car accident that killed his wife. But what he does not count on is more people dying in the small town where he lives. As he tries to piece together the supernatural mystery of these killings, he falls in love with the wife of one of the victims and deals with a crazy FBI agent.

The Frighteners

1996

Striking Distance poster
5.9

Demoted Pittsburgh cop Tom Hardy works river patrol while a serial killer targets women from his past, forcing him to conduct an unauthorized investigation to prove his innocence and expose a dirty cop.

Striking Distance

1993

The Distinguished Gentleman poster
6.0

A Florida con man uses the recent death of the long time Congressman from his district, who he just happens to share a last name with, to get elected to his version of paradise, the U.S. Congress, where the money flows from lobbyists.

The Distinguished Gentleman

1992

When the Bough Breaks poster
5.7

A police detective investigates the apparent serial killing of several children which is linked to an institutionalized, autistic child.

When the Bough Breaks

1994

L.A. Story poster
6.5

With the help of a talking freeway billboard, a "wacky weatherman" tries to win the heart of an English newspaper reporter, who is struggling to make sense of the strange world of early-90s Los Angeles.

L.A. Story

1991

Alien Avengers poster
6.2

Charlie and Rhonda are a sweet and comfortable married couple on vacation with their lovely daughter Daphne. They find a rundown boarding house and its haggard owner, Joseph, an ex-con whose mother has just died and left him the property. He doesn't know why this cheerful couple would want to vacation in the worst part of Los Angeles, but he doesn't know they're visitors from outer space, and their idea of fun is murdering and eating humanity's worst.

Alien Avengers

1996

Donato and Daughter poster
5.8

Though emotionally estranged, a father and daughter team of Los Angeles police detectives must work together to stop a serial killer. Along the way, the two find themselves forced to deal with a number of painful secrets from their past.

Donato and Daughter

1993

A Bucket of Blood poster
5.0

Walter Paisley, a busboy at a cappuccino bar called the Jabberjaw, is praised as a genius after he kills his landlady's cat and covers it in plaster. Pressured to produce more work, he goes after bigger subjects.

A Bucket of Blood

1995

Poodle Springs poster
5.5

Private eye Philip Marlowe and his bride move to a desert town, where he uncovers a land scheme.

Poodle Springs

1998

Skeletons poster
4.2

A heart attack moves a Pulitzer-winning journalist to leave New York for the peace of a small New England town, but he soon finds himself pulled into a case of a man accused of killing his gay lover with a shovel blade.

Skeletons

1997

No artwork available
3.0

A newswoman is consumed by suspicions and guilt over her rocky marriage.

A House of Secrets and Lies

1992

Boy Meets Girl poster
10.0

Sean, a twenty-something burned-out baseball player, returns home in an attempt to keep his parents' marriage together. He unexpectedly falls in love with Lena, a waitress at his parents' restaurant, the eve before her wedding. He convinces everyone he's about to make it big, prompting her to question her impending marriage.

Boy Meets Girl

1993

Lightning in a Bottle poster
5.6

Charlotte Furber gets into an accident in which a man loses his life. She suffers amnesia and everybody thinks the man was drunk and therefore responsible, even his own wife Jean, who befriends Charlotte. But she will be disturbed to find that Charlotte was drunk and caused the tragic accident.

Lightning in a Bottle

1993

The Sleepwalker Killing poster
5.9

Mark Schall kills his mother-in-law and wounds his father-in-law in the middle of the night, then turns himself in. He claims, however, that he cannot remember the crime itself. His defense team finds evidence that suggests the crimes were committed while Mark was sleep walking. They build their defense around this theory.

The Sleepwalker Killing

1997

1980s · 6 titles

The Last American Virgin poster
6.6

The friendship of a group of young friends struggling with teen sex, drugs, and work is jeopardized by a romantic interest which may turn pals into bitter rivals.

The Last American Virgin

1982

Bad Dreams poster
5.7

Unity Field, a "free love" cult from the '70s, is mostly remembered for its notorious mass suicide led by Harris, its charismatic leader. While all members are supposed to burn in a fire together, young Cynthia is spared by chance. Years later, the nightmare of Unity Field remains buried in her mind. But when those around Cynthia start killing themselves, and she begins having visions of Harris, she may be forced to confront the past -- before it confronts her.

Bad Dreams

1988

Maid to Order poster
5.5

Spoiled Jessie Montgomery, whose wild behavior and spending excesses cause her well-meaning but exasperated millionaire father Charles to wish he never had her, is visited by fairy godmother Stella. In an effort to save Jessie, Stella casts a spell which causes Charles to no longer have a daughter. Jessie, now penniless and without a friend, must take a maid's job to earn a living, and hopefully to learn her lesson.

Maid to Order

1987

Satan's Princess poster
3.5

A down-on-his-luck cop runs into harder times when he is searching for a missing woman

Satan's Princess

1989

A Gun in the House poster
6.8

A woman who uses a handgun to defend herself and shoots a man who is assaulting her in her home is doggedly prosecuted by the district attorney, bent on making an example of her case.

A Gun in the House

1981

Seed of Innocence poster
7.0

A love story about two teenagers who fall in love, have a child, and escape from their families in an attempt to make life for themselves in New York City.

Seed of Innocence

1980

Series credits

NCIS: Los Angeles poster
7.5

The exploits of the Los Angeles–based Office of Special Projects (OSP), an elite division of the Naval Criminal Investigative Service that specializes in undercover assignments.

NCIS: Los Angeles

2009

ER poster
7.8

ER explores the inner workings of an urban teaching hospital and the critical issues faced by the dedicated physicians and staff of its overburdened emergency room.

ER

1994

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine poster
7.9

At Deep Space Nine, a space station located next to a wormhole in the vicinity of the liberated planet of Bajor, Commander Sisko and crew welcome alien visitors, root out evildoers and solve all types of unexpected problems that come their way.

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

1993

Melrose Place poster
5.9

Follow the lives of a group of young adults living in a brownstone apartment complex on Melrose Place, in Los Angeles, California.

Melrose Place

1992

Cold Case poster
7.7

The Philadelphia homicide squad's lone female detective finds her calling when she is assigned cases that have never been solved. Detective Lilly Rush combines her natural instincts with the updated technology available today to bring about justice for all the victims she can.

Cold Case

2003

Hill Street Blues poster
7.6

A realistic glimpse into the daily lives of the officers and detectives at an urban police station.

Hill Street Blues

1981

L.A. Law poster
7.0

The high-powered law firm of McKenzie, Brackman, Chaney and Kuzak handles both criminal and civil cases, usually for high fees. However, office politics and romance often distract the legal staffers from matters in the courtroom.

L.A. Law

1986

Six Feet Under poster
8.1

When death is your business, what is your life? For the Fisher family, the world outside of their family-owned funeral home continues to be at least as challenging as—and far less predictable than—the one inside.

Six Feet Under

2001

Touched by an Angel poster
7.2

Monica, an angel, is tasked with bringing guidance and messages from God to various people who are at a crossroads in their lives.

Touched by an Angel

1994

Matlock poster
7.0

Thrifty, folksy and cantankerous, Matlock charges a premium for his services but is worth every penny: This renowned attorney, always clothed in his trademark light-gray suit and driving his signature Ford Crown Victoria, has an uncanny knack for finding overlooked clues and exposing murderers in dramatic courtroom scenes.

Matlock

1986

Highway to Heaven poster
7.4

A probationary angel is sent back to Earth to team up with an ex-cop and help people.

Highway to Heaven

1984

The Unit poster
7.4

A covert team of special forces operatives risk their lives on undercover missions around the globe, while their wives maintain the homefront, protecting their husbands' secrets.

The Unit

2006

Lou Grant poster
7.4

The trials of a former television station manager turned newspaper city editor, and his journalist staff.

Lou Grant

1977

Cagney & Lacey poster
7.0

Mary Beth Lacey and Chris Cagney are teamed up as NYPD police detectives. Their opposing personalities (one is tough and the other sensitive) mesh to make this one of the great crime-fighting duos of all time.

Cagney & Lacey

1982

Jake and the Fatman poster
6.2

Jake and the Fatman is a television crime drama starring William Conrad as prosecutor J. L. "Fatman" McCabe and Joe Penny as investigator Jake Styles. The series ran on CBS for five seasons from 1987 to 1992. Diagnosis: Murder was a spin-off of this series.

Jake and the Fatman

1987

Jake and the Fatman poster
6.2

Jake and the Fatman is a television crime drama starring William Conrad as prosecutor J. L. "Fatman" McCabe and Joe Penny as investigator Jake Styles. The series ran on CBS for five seasons from 1987 to 1992. Diagnosis: Murder was a spin-off of this series.

Jake and the Fatman

1987

Profiler poster
7.0

Rachel Burke is a criminal profiler, one of the best, actually. She, along with a sophisticated team of specialists on the FBI's Violent Crimes Task Force in Atlanta, investigates crimes throughout the country. Together, they solve the toughest of cases while trying to live their lives as best they can.

Profiler

1996

Once and Again poster
6.7

The series depicts the family of a single mother and her romance with a single father.

Once and Again

1999

The Magnificent Seven poster
6.6

The Magnificent Seven is an American western television series based on the 1960 movie, which is a remake of the Japanese film Seven Samurai. It aired between 1998 and 2000. It was filmed in Newhall, California. The pilot, scripted by Chris Black and Frank Q. Dobbs, was filmed in Mescal, Arizona and the Dragoon Mountains of Arizona, near Tombstone. Robert Vaughn, who had starred in the original 1960 movie, frequently guest-starred as a crusading judge.

The Magnificent Seven

1998

Shannon's Deal poster
7.7

Shannon's Deal is an American legal drama. The show centers on a successful Philadelphia corporate lawyer named Jack Shannon, who lost his family and his job to a compulsive gambling habit. The saga of Shannon, who leaves a prestigious law firm after years of becoming unhappy with the legal system and being forced to take his clients to court, and whom subsequently opens his own low-rent practice

Shannon's Deal

1990

Dark Shadows poster
7.9

Governess Victoria Winters' arrival at the great estate of Collinwood in Collinsport, Maine coincides with vampire Barnabas Collins being released from his coffin, Dr. Hoffman's attempt to cure Barnabas' vampirism medically, and, finally, Victoria's time travel back to 1790 to witness the events in which the still-human Barnabas is transformed into an undead creature.

Dark Shadows

1991

Dark Shadows poster
7.9

Governess Victoria Winters' arrival at the great estate of Collinwood in Collinsport, Maine coincides with vampire Barnabas Collins being released from his coffin, Dr. Hoffman's attempt to cure Barnabas' vampirism medically, and, finally, Victoria's time travel back to 1790 to witness the events in which the still-human Barnabas is transformed into an undead creature.

Dark Shadows

1991

Dark Shadows poster
7.9

Governess Victoria Winters' arrival at the great estate of Collinwood in Collinsport, Maine coincides with vampire Barnabas Collins being released from his coffin, Dr. Hoffman's attempt to cure Barnabas' vampirism medically, and, finally, Victoria's time travel back to 1790 to witness the events in which the still-human Barnabas is transformed into an undead creature.

Dark Shadows

1991

Dark Shadows poster
7.9

Governess Victoria Winters' arrival at the great estate of Collinwood in Collinsport, Maine coincides with vampire Barnabas Collins being released from his coffin, Dr. Hoffman's attempt to cure Barnabas' vampirism medically, and, finally, Victoria's time travel back to 1790 to witness the events in which the still-human Barnabas is transformed into an undead creature.

Dark Shadows

1991

Working Girl poster
7.8

Working Girl is an American sitcom that aired on NBC from April to July 1990. Loosely based on the 1988 film of the same name starring Melanie Griffith, the series stars Sandra Bullock as Tess McGill, in a role that was initially meant for Nancy McKeon. A secretary becomes a junior executive after charming the company owner.

Working Girl

1990