Julia Heflin
Julia Dorn Heflin | |
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| Born | Julia Heiman July 22, 1911 New York (state), USA |
| Died | August 20, 2007 Washington, D.C., USA |
| Alma mater | Smith College |
| Occupation | Theatre producer | Journalist | Teacher |
| Spouse | Martin Heflin |
| Children | Marta Heflin |
Julia Dorn Heflin (July 22, 1911 – August 20, 2007) was an American journalist, theatre producer and teacher. Throughout her long and varied career, Heflin taught drama with Lee Strasberg, worked on Broadway, staged a production of Clifford Odets's Waiting for Lefty on the streets of Moscow, and led the drama department at Mount Vernon College in Washington, D.C. for 22 years.
Heflin directed more than 80 theatre productions at Mount Vernon, then a private women's college before merging with George Washington University. She was one of the first Americans to work in the theatre in Russia before World War II and was a member of the College of Fellows of the American Theatre, the Arts Club of Washington, and the Woman's National Democratic Club.
On August 20, 2007, Heflin died of respiratory failure at the Washington Home hospice, aged 96. She is remembered as a "fiery, feisty woman who held her charges to high standards."