Betty beaird actor biography

American television sitcom (1968–1971)

For other TV series with this name, see Julia § In film and television.

Julia is an American television sitcom and the second weekly series to star an African-American woman in a non-stereotypical role.

Previous television series featured African-American lead characters, but the characters were usually servants. The show starred actress and singer Diahann Carroll, and ran for 86 episodes on NBC from September 17, 1968, to March 23, 1971.

Betty beaird actor biography

The series was produced by Savannah Productions, Inc., Hanncarr Productions, Inc., and 20th Century-Fox Television.

During pre-production, the proposed series title was Mama's Man.^[1] The series was among the few situation comedies in the late 1960s that did not use a laugh track; however, 20th Century-Fox Television added one when the series was reissued for syndication and cable rebroadcasts in the late 1980s.

Julia was among the first acquisitions made by AS