Early Life
London was born in Santa Rosa, California in 1926, who was the daughter of Jack and Josephine Peck, who were also a vaudeville song-and-dance team. In 1930, when she was only 3, her family moved to San Bernardino, California, where Julie made her debut singing professionally on their public radio station. In 1941, When she was 14, the family moved to Hollywood, California. Shortly after that, she began appearing in movies. She graduated from the Hollywood Professional School in 1945.
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