Biography
 

Short Bio

Julie Halston is one of the busiest actress/comediennes working today. She was last seen on network television in the CBS sitcom The Class but is most recognized as Bitsy Von Muffling from Sex and The City. Younger viewers will be able to see her soon as Antigone Carruthers on the new PBS show The Electric Company.

Well-known to theatre audiences, she was last seen on Broadway in Hairspray after receiving rave reviews (as well as receiving Drama Desk and Drama League nominations) for her performance in William Hamilton’s White Chocolate. She received an Outer Critics Circle nomination for her  performance in The Roundabout’s production of Twentieth Century. Other Broadway credits include Gypsy, The Women and The Man Who Came to Dinner. Off-Broadway credits include acclaimed performances in The Vagina Monologues, The Butter and Egg Man and The Most Fabulous Story Ever Told.

Miss Halston’s one woman show, Julie Halston’s Lifetime of Comedy which was developed from her wildly successful club act, ran Off Broadway for six months and received an Outer Critics Circle Nomination for Best Comedy. CBS developed a pilot based on the play.

She is also a regular at the Bay Street Theatre appearing most recently in the Charles Busch comedies Shanghai Moon and the smash hit The Lady in Question .

Her smash one woman comedy show has been extended at Birdland in NYC three times

Her film credits include The Juror, Joe Gould’s Secret, Addams Family Values, Dottie Gets Spanked, Celebrity and David Searching. She can be seen in Charles Busch’s latest film A Very Serious Person which was selected for the Tribeca Film Festival.

In January of 2008, Julie co-authored the well-received book of original monologues Monologues for Show-Offs published by Heinemann Press.

 

Long Bio

Julie Halston is one of the busiest actress/comediennes working today.  Most recently, she played Tina Carmello on the CBS sitcom The Class.  Well-known to theatre audiences, she was last seen on Broadway in Hairspray after receiving rave reviews (as well as receiving Drama Desk and Drama League nominations) for her performance in William Hamilton’s White Chocolate.  She received an Outer Critics Circle nomination for her performance in The Roundabout’s production of Twentieth Century.  Other Broadway credits include Gypsy, The Women and The Man Who Came to Dinner.  Off-Broadway credits include acclaimed performances in The Vagina Monologues, The Butter and Egg Man and The Most Fabulous Story Ever Told.

She is a founding member of Charles Busch’s legendary theatre company, Theatre-in-Limbo and received a Drama Desk nomination for her performance in Mr. Busch’s play Red Scare on Sunset.  She co-starred  with Mr. Busch in many of his plays including The Lady in Question and You Should be So Lucky.  They have completed filming their first feature together this past  summer, entitled A Very Serious Person.  It has been selected for the Tribeca Film Festival for 2006.

Miss Halston’s one woman show, Julie Halston’s Lifetime of Comedy which was developed from her wildly successful club act, ran Off Broadway for six months and received an Outer Critics Circle Nomination for Best Comedy.  In addition, CBS developed a pilot based on the production. 

Miss Halston has been awarded four MAC awards for her stand-up comedy performances and has performed her one woman show in SRO engagements across the country. 

She has had featured roles in a number of films including, Joe Gould’s Secret, Small Time Crooks, The Juror, Addams Family Values, Celebrity and Dottie Gets Spanked.

Television viewers may recognize her as Bitsy Von Muffling on Sex and The City and radio listeners may recognize her voice from her  many radio spots.

Miss Halston has written extensively about contemporary living for a large number of publications including Harper’s Bazaar, Women’s Day and Notorious.  In January of 2008, Julie co-authored the well-received book of original monologues Monologues for Show-Offs published by Heinemann Press. 

In 2008, Julie filmed several episodes of the PBS show The Electric company, playing Ashley Morris' mother, Antigone Carruthers.  Stay tuned...more episodes to come. 

Julie recently appeared at Birdland in her sold out, smash hit, Holiday Muffaletta.

She lives in New York with her husband, news anchor Ralph Howard who was heard for many years on WINS and is currently working on Sirius Satellite Radio with the Howard Stern show as part of the Howard 100 News team.