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Birth Name: Julia Margaret Hinds
Place of Birth: Ramsey, Anoka, Minnesota, United States
Date of Birth: June 27, 1951
Ethnicity: Irish, one eighth French-Canadian, 1/16th English
Julia Duffy is an American actress. Her roles include the series Love of Life , The Doctors , The Love Boat , The Blue and the Gray , Wizards and Warriors , Newhart , Baby Talk , Designing Women , The Mommies , Social Studies , Grace Under Fire , Reba , Drake & Josh , Shameless , Looking , Adoptable , Night Court , Palm Royale , and The ‘Burbs ; the films Battle Beyond the Stars , Cutler’s Way , Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker ; Wacko , Charlotte’s Web 2: Wilbur’s Great Adventure , Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd , Intolerable Cruelty , Camp X-Ray , Grand-Daddy Day Care , and Christmas with the Campbells ; and the made-for-tv movies The Cover Girl and the Cop , The Love Boat: A Valentine Voyage , and Kidz in the Wood .
Julia is the daughter of Mary, a real estate agent, and Joseph Hinds. She is married to actor and writer Jerry Lacy, with whom she has had two children.
Julia’s paternal grandfather was Joseph Francis Hinds (the son of Thomas E. Hinds and Margaret Grogan). Joseph was born in Ramsey, Minnesota, to Irish parents.
Julia’s paternal grandmother was Florence Ann Lemire (the daughter of Louis David Lemire and Elisabeth Mary Joyce). Florence was born in Minnesota. Louis was French-Canadian, from Saint-Jacques, Montcalm, Québec, the son of Callixte Dosithee Lemire dit Marsolet and Sophronie Piquet. Elisabeth was the daughter of Irish immigrants, Maurice Joyce and Ann Perryman.
Julia’s maternal grandfather was Harry Edwin Duffy (the son of John W. Duffy and Ellen Gallery). Harry was born in Minnesota. John was born in New York, to Irish immigrants. Ellen was Irish, the daughter of Daniel Gallery and Katherine Duffy.
Julia’s maternal grandmother was Helen Virginia Cox (the daughter of Thomas Cox and Mary Ellen Barnes). Helen was born in Minnesota. Thomas was born in Winchester, Hampshire, England, the son of Thomas Cox, who was English; and of Mary B., who was Irish. Julia’s great-grandmother Mary was the daughter of Irish immigrants, Michael Barnes and Hellene Dwyer.