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Julia ChildChef / TV Personality
Born: 15 August 1912 Died: 12 August 2004 Birthplace: Pasadena, California Best known as: American TV chef and cookbook author Name at birth: Julia McWilliams In the late 1940s Julia Child began studying French cooking while living in Paris. During the 1950s she co-founded a cooking school, L'Ecole des Trois Gourmandes, and with her partners began working on a cookbook. In 1961 Mastering the Art of French Cooking was published, and its success helped launch a cooking show on PBS television. Unflappable and droll, she shared her passion for food with American TV audiences for half a century. Child authored several books and won numerous awards around the world, and is often credited with having improved American culinary habits. Extra credit: Child was played by Meryl Streep in the 2009 movie Julie and Julia... During World War II she worked for the Office of Strategic Services, the forerunner of the Central Intelligence Agency. She was stationed in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) and China. Copyright © 1998-2006 by Who2?, LLC. All rights reserved. More on Julia Child from Infoplease:
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