Grayson Hall

Grayson Hall was an American actress born Shirley Grossman in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on September 18th, 1922. She is best known for playing the role psychiatrist Doctor Julia Hoffman in the 1960s gothic soap opera Dark Shadows. She was introduced in episode 265 and remained a series regular throughout the remainder of the show's production. Like most of the standard cast members from the series, Hall played multiple character in addition to Julia Hoffman. Other characters include Countess Natalie du Pres during the 1795 flashback storyline, Magda Rakosi, during the 1897 flashback storyline, a parallel time counterpart to Julia Hoffman and Julia Collins (which was actually just an alias of Julia Hoffman) during the 1840 flashback storyline. Hall reprised the role of Julia Hoffman for the 1970 film House of Dark Shadows. She also appeared in the film's 1971 Night of Dark Shadows in the role of Carlotta Drake, a character unique to the film and not based on any pre-existing character from the series. Between her various characters, Hall appeared in a total of 474 episodes of the series. Grayson Hall was married to Sam Hall, one of the primary writers for Dark Shadows.