Julia Hurley (actress)

Julia R. Hurley (May 11, 1848 – June 4, 1927) was an American actress who found popularity in her senior years in silent films. She is best remembered today as the 'landlady with the lamp' in the John Barrymore classic Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde 1920, a role for which she is uncredited. This film is her most readily available film today.

Julia R. Hurley
Hurley (sitting on bench, right) on lobby card for Little Women, 1918.
Born	May 11, 1848 New York City, U.S.[1]
Died	June 4, 1927 (aged 79) New York City, U.S.
Resting place	Kensico Cemetery, Valhalla, Westchester County, New York
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1909-1926 (films)

Hurley's film debut occurred in Corporal Truman's War Story when she was 63 years old.[2] She worked for many of the early film studios i.e.: Biograph, Kalem, Essanay, Reliance, Imp, Champion and Solax. On Broadway, she portrayed Mrs. Coberg in Blossom Time.[3]

As with most people born in the Victorian era, Hurley probably enjoyed a theatrical career acting in provinces or regional theatre and touring before making her first film in 1909. She continued with films until 1926.[4]

She died June 4, 1927 of chronic myocarditis and nephritis.[5]