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Julie Michelle McCullough (born January 30, 1965) is an American model, actress and stand-up comedian. She was Playboy magazine's Playboy Playmate for February 1986, and played the role of Julie Costello on Growing Pains in 1989–90.
In 1989, officials of North Carolina Azalea Festival stripped Julie McCullough of her crown as Azalea Queen of Wilmington, because of controversy surrounding her appearance as a Playboy centerfold.
In 2004, McCullough voiced herself as a tutorial guide in the video game .
After the Growing Pains scandal, McCullough made several television appearances on Beverly Hills, 90210, Jake and the Fatman, Harry and the Hendersons, The Golden Girls and Drexell's Class.
McCullough has appeared on the E! reality show The Girls Next Door. She appeared in "Under the Covers", the ninth episode of the first season, which aired in October 2005, "We Can Work It Out", the thirteenth episode of the second season, which aired in November 2006 and "May the Horse Be With You", the second episode of the third season, which aired in March 2007.
In 2015, McCullough celebrated her 50th birthday at the Comedy Store club in Hollywood with a sold-out stand-up comedy show. Guests included Tia Carrere and Pauly Shore.
Acting career
McCullough found work in a number of television and film projects. Her work included Max Headroom, The Golden Girls, a role in the 1987 film Big Bad Mama II co-starring Angie Dickinson, Superboy and the 1988 horror movie remake The Blob. She starred in the syndicated adventure series Robin's Hoods as Stacey Wright with singer-actor Rick Springfield. Robin's Hoods lasted one season on television.
Growing Pains
Julie McCullough landed the role of nanny Julie Costello on the television show Growing Pains in 1989. She appeared in eight episodes until she was fired in 1990, which allegedly stemmed from series star Kirk Cameron's conversion to evangelicalism Christianity, a conversion that, according to The E! True Hollywood Story episode focusing on the show, served to alienate him from his fellow cast members, as he did not invite any of them to his wedding. In his 2008 autobiography Still Growing, Cameron states that he did not call for her to be fired and the show's producers have claimed that Julie's character was never intended to be a permanent character. However, the long-told story is that Cameron called for McCullough's termination because of his anger and objections to her having posed nude in Playboy, accusing the show's producers of promoting pornography. A decade later, Cameron apologized to his TV family for some of his prior behavior due to his lack of maturity. Julie McCullough at TV.com; Accessed August 21, 2010 He reportedly did not reconcile with McCullough, who claims that Cameron refused to speak to her during a later encounter. She remains critical of him, stating that she lost a lot from the public criticism she endured during the controversy. McCullough has criticized the evangelical television programming Cameron has produced, which she has viewed on one occasion, saying on her MySpace page:
Comedy
McCullough now works as a stand-up comedian, and has performed at the Hollywood Improv, the Palms Hotel and Casino, and the Laugh Factory.
Personal life
According to Dave Itzkoff, writing in an article in the June 2006 Playboy magazine, during the rise in popularity of MySpace, McCullough was " Playboy's unofficial ambassador to the MySpace nation."Itzkoff, Dave (June 2006). Playboy; pp. 61, 62, 130-133
Music video
Nitro, "Long Way From Home" 1989
Filmography
Film
1987 Big Bad Mama II Polly McClatchie 1988 The Blob Susie 1992 Round Trip to Heaven Lucille Johnson 1993 The Baby Doll Murders Betty Maglia 1994 The St. Tammany Miracle Kimberly In the Living Years Annie 1996 Echo of Blue Kathleen Randolph 1997 Top of the World Ginger 1999 Me and Will Stacey 2000 Intrepid Cruise Director Shannon 2004 West from North Goes South Dream Girl 2008 Jack Rio Red Carpet Hostess 2009 A Letter to Dad Annie 2011 2012: Ice Age Teri Hart Direct to video 2016 Renaissance Man Jules Hospital Arrest Dr. Lynn Joyner 2018 Untogether Bus stop crackhead
Television
1987 Who's the Boss? Beautiful Girl Episode: "The Way We Was" 1st & Ten: The Championship Tracy - Stuart's girlfriend Episode: "The Brink of Death" 1988 Max Headroom Episode: "Neurostim" Superboy Sara Danner Episode: "A kind of Princess" 1989–1990 Growing Pains Julie Costello 11 episodes 1990 The Golden Girls Mary Episode: "Mary Has a Little Lamb" Without Her Consent Claire Sugarman TV movie 1991 Beverly Hills, 90210 Trina Episode: "Slumber Party" The Munsters Today Stephanie Episode: "Lotsa Luck" Jake and the Fatman Darcy Warren Episode: "It's a Sin to Tell a Lie" Revenge of the Nerds Cheerleader Unaired TV Pilot 1991–1992 Drexell's Class Rosie / School Secretary 3 episodes 1992 Harry and the Hendersons Uma Episode: "The Love Mask" 1993 Arly Hanks Jay-Lee TV movie 1993–1994 Robin's Hoods Stacey Wright Main role 1995 The Drew Carey Show Peaches 2 episodes 1996–1997 High Tide Meg Kelsey 1997 Breast Men 1970's Head Receptionist TV movie 1999 Pacific Blue Carol Best 2 episodes 2000 Relic Hunter Erica, The Erotic Episode: "A Vanishing Art" 2001 Black Scorpion Dr. Ariel Haze / Pollutia Episode: "Life's a Gas" 2012 Gila! Vera TV movie 2013 Sharknado Joni Waves
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Categories: 1965 Births, Actresses From Honolulu, American Film Actresses, American Women Comedians, American Stage Actresses, American Television Actresses, American People Of Irish Descent, Living People, 1980s Playboy Playmates, 20th-century American Actresses, 21st-century American Comedians, People From Allen, Texas, 21st-century American Actresses, Comedians From Hawaii, Comedians From North Carolina, Comedians From West Virginia, Comedians From Florida, Comedians From Louisiana, Comedians From Missouri, Comedians From Texas, Comedians From Nevada, Comedians From California, Actresses From Collin County, Texas
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