Truffaut and Julie Christie (1966)

Director François Truffaut and Julie Christie on the set of Fahrenheit 451, 1966.
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On set of Don’t Look Now (1973)

Donald Sutherland, Julie Christie and Nicolas Roeg on the set of Don’t Look Now, 1973.
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Contact sheet of Julie Christie on the set of McCabe & Mrs. Miller

Contact sheet of Julie Christie on the set of McCabe & Mrs. Miller, 1971 (directed by Robert Altman).
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Julie Christie taking a break on the set of Doctor Zhivago

Julie Christie taking a break on the set of Doctor Zhivago (1965).

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Premiere of Doctor Zhivago in New York.

December 22, 1965 (New York City, USA), Director David Lean, Julie Christie, Geraldine Chaplin and Omar Sharif attend the Doctor Zhivago premiere.

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Here is Faye Dunaway, the morning after her Oscar win!

Julie Christie & LIFE’s rare photos…

I first got to know Julie Christie through her roles and collaborations with John Schlesinger. My first film with her in it was when she played Bathsheba in Thomas Hardy’s adaptation “Far From the Madding Crowd” (1967, directed by Schlesinger). I then saw her in the amazing “Billy Liar” (1963, same director) alongside an actor I admire, Tom Courtenay. But it was “Darling” (1965, also Schlesigner) that lead her to stardom.  Truffaut chose her for his “Farenheit 451” in 1966 but her performance was gut-wrenching in “Don’t Look Now” (1973, directed by Nicolas Roeg) and I think it’s one of her most impressive work.

LIFE magazine celebrated this artist by placing her on their June cover in 1966. Some previously unpublished photos from that decade have recently resurfaced, albeit undated and with no mention of the photographer.

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