Julia Heflin

Julia was married to journalist and public relations advisor Martin Heflin, whose brother Van Heflin and sister Frances Heflin, were both film and Broadway actors. Julia's daughter, Marta Heflin, appeared on Broadway and in Hollywood films, and worked as a cabaret singer in New York until her death in 2013.

On August 20, 2007, Heflin died of respiratory failure at the Washington Home hospice, aged 96. She is remembered as a "fiery, feisty woman who held her charges to high standards."

From 1956 to 1977, Heflin served as the Director of Speech and Drama at Mount Vernon College until being named professor emeritus. While serving as Faculty Advisor to the Prep Players and Curtain Callers student theatre groups, Heflin also produced several theatre performances at Mount Vernon.

Fresh out of college, Julia joined the Hedgerow Repertory Theatre, where she acted and was assigned to the production office. She then worked briefly on Broadway in the 1930s before heading to the Soviet Union.

Julia Dorn Heflin (July 22, 1911 – August 20, 2007) was an American journalist, theatre producer and teacher. Throughout her long and varied career, Heflin taught drama with Lee Strasberg, worked on Broadway, staged a production of Clifford Odets's Waiting for Lefty on the streets of Moscow, and led the drama department at Mount Vernon College in Washington, D.C. for 22 years.