- Her second husband, retired USAF Maj. Gen. Clarence A. Shoop, was a Vice-President of Hughes Aircraft at the time of his death in 1968. Col. Clarence Adelbert "Shoopy" Shoop was a reconnaissance pilot during World War II, flying the first photographic mission over Omaha Beach in Normandy on D-Day. In 1945 he was Base Commander at Muroc Army Field. Later on he was the head of flight testing for Howard Hughes, as well as Commander-in-Chief of the Air National Guard of California until he died in 1968.
- Mother of Pamela Susan Shoop.
- She was a WAMPAS (Western Association of Motion Picture Advertisers) Baby of 1934, the final year of the promotion that had begun in 1922.
- Born and died on August 30, exactly 87 years apart.
- Her third husband, Los Angeles surgeon Dr. William Bergin, died 11/3/2005 at age 83.
- Her son, Steve Shoop, originally a physician, later followed his father, Clarence, into the aircraft business, becoming an airline pilot.
- When offered a contract by Warners in 1941, she was asked to change her name to Julie Bishop.
- She was a lifelong Republican.
- Buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, CA.
- Mother-in-law of ex-Jesuit priest Terrance Sweeney, who was technical advisor for the miniseries The Thorn Birds (1983).
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