Julia Louis-Dreyfus: A Stellar Career in Comedy and DramaJulia Scarlett Elizabeth Louis-Dreyfus was born on January 13, 1961, in New York City. She grew up in an affluent family; her father, Gérard Louis-Dreyfus, chaired the Louis Dreyfus Company, a global commodities and shipping conglomerate. Julia's parents divorced when she was young, and she spent her childhood in Washington, D.C., and New York. She attended the Holton-Arms School in Bethesda, Maryland, and later Northwestern University,...