An iconic figure of the 1960s, Julie Christie was an Academy Award-winning actress who appeared in a small but substantial number of classic films in her native England and America during the ‘60s and early 1970s. She was perhaps best known to international audiences as Lara in David Lean’s “Doctor Zhivago” (1965), but also enjoyed memorable leading roles in Robert Altman’s “McCabe and Mrs. Miller” (1971) and “Shampoo” (1975), both starring her longtime romantic companion Warren Beatty. An independent attitude and interest in political affairs reduced her screen appearances in the 1980s, but
