Julie Budd
JULIE BUDD has been hailed as one of the most exciting singers today. She began her professional career at the tender age of twelve, in the Catskill Mountains, where she entered a talent show on a dare and caught the attention of producer/arranger Herb Bernstein.
Within six months, Julie signed a major recording contract and appeared on the "Merv Griffith Show," where she received a standing ovation from both the audience and staff. Merv immediately took Julie under his wing, and from there, she went on to appear on all the major TV shows, including the "Tonight Show."
In the years that followed, she co-starred with such legendary performers as Frank Sinatra, Bill Cosby, Joan Rivers, George Burns and Liberace.
Julie has headlined her own one woman show, and has appeared in concert in Las Vegas, Atlantic City, Lincoln Center's Avery Fisher Hall, The London Palladium, Tel Aviv's Israel Arts Center and with Major Symphonies around the country. The New York Times exuberantly describes Ms. Budd as a "consummate performer."
Julis also pursued a successful acting career, appearing with New York's prestigious Circle Repertory Company and Playwright's Horizons, and starred in Neil Simon's "They're playing our song." She was also in "Catskills on Broadway" at the Lunt Fontaine Theatre.
Movie-goers will also remember Julie's starring role in "The Devil and Max Devlin" with Bill Cosby and Elliott Gould, for which she received glowing notices. The film, recently repackaged and released on video, can be seen regularly on the Disney Channel.
Julie has performed with the Austin Symphony, the Baltimore Symphony, the Alabana Symphony, the Wheeling West Virginia Symphony, at the Crest Theatre and in Atlantic City. Most recently Julie has released her newest CD, IF YOU COULD SEE ME NOW, on After 9 Records as a follow up to her critically acclaimed CD PURE IMAGINATION (After 9/Touchwood Records.) PURE IMAGINATION was named one of the "Top Ten CD's" by Entertainment Today and received a 4-star rave from Stereo Review.
