Personal Life
Harris was born Julia Ann Harris in Grosse Pointe, Michigan, the daughter of Elsie L. (née Smith), a nurse, and William Pickett Harris, an investment banker. She graduated from Grosse Pointe Country Day School, a school that later merged with two others to form the University Liggett School. In New York City she attended The Hewitt School.
Harris currently lives in Chatham, Cape Cod, Massachusetts and until recently, maintained a residence in the Detroit area near to where she grew up. Thrice divorced, she has one son, Peter Gurian. Harris has survived breast cancer, a severe fall requiring surgery, and a stroke in 2001.
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