Biography

Julie Conway
Real name: Julie Conway Sherry née Pitchford
American vocalist and actress, originally from Granite City, Illinois.Conway started as a singer, and in the early days of her career sang under the name Julie Sherwin, performing at least with Johnnie "Scat" Davis in 1940–41. After that, she worked with Kay Kyser for several years, and it was during that time that she changed her name from Sherwin to Conway. Later she also worked as an actress and commercial spokeswoman in network radio and television, appearing in such shows as Raymond Paige's "Musicomedy" on CBS (1948), "Crime Photographer," and "Armstrong's Theatre of Today," (as the commercial reading Armstrong Quaker Girl).
In 1958, she and her husband, tv and radio announcer Bob Sherry (m. 1945–1988), purchased the radio station KIDD in Monterey, California, which they owned for fourteen years. In California, she appeared in several productions at the Studio Theatre in Carmel, and the Old Wharf Theatre in Monterey.
Born: 20 August 1919 in Granite City, Illinois, USA
Died: 12 January 1988 in Monterey, California, USA