Yes, it's time to bid adieu to that intriguing minx, Ms. Julianka (whatever the heck, her last name was!).
Julianka was one of those short-lived Dark Shadows characters who, I for one, would have like to have seen been given a longer life span on the show. She really made a vivid and lasting impression on many Dark Shadows fans during her brief time in Collinsport, ME.
I particularly enjoyed Julianka's foreign, yet always elegant and cultured accent. Julianka sounded more like Sophia Loren or, possibly, Isabel Allende than some uneducated and itinerant world traveler. Clearly, Julianka was not burdened with the broken English speech pattern of, say, Magda or Sandor.
I guess it's sort of like the rather puzzling and disparate physical characteristics of those two sisters: the auburn-haired, fair-complected Jenny, and her older sibling, the raven-haired, dark-complected Magda. (I once read where some wag, impishly speculated that the reason for this puzzling difference was because Jenny, unlike her sister Magda, hailed from the north of Romania!)
Julianka had extremely beautiful eyes and long, lustrous hair. You know, I always thought that the comely country singer, Crystal Gayle, was the hands down winner of the "Mary Magalene Lenghty Locks Award," but, after seeing Julianka again, I'll re-cast my vote for the diminutive, but definitely Rapunzel-like gypsy woman.
Diana Davila, the young actress who portrayed Julianka, also appeared in the wonderful film comedy "Play It Again, Sam," (which also featured the great Jerry Lacy as the ghost of Bogie).
I'll never forget the scene in which the hopelessly love-starved Woody Allen spots the attractive Ms. Davila, standing in front of a painting in some San Francisco art museum. Mr. Allen strikes up a conversation and casually asks Ms. Davila's character for a date on Saturday night. The wonderfully spacy Ms. Davila responds that she'll be busy Saturday night, committing suicide. To which the desperate Mr. Allen replies," Well, what are you doing on Friday night?"
Arrivederci, Ms, Julianka, I hope you're happy up there, pulling off the"gadjo" in that big gypsy camp in the sky!
Bob the Bartender, honorary member of the Cale tribe.