Adams’ son Mitchell Danton told The Hollywood Reporter that Adams died early Sunday morning in Los Angeles.
Actress Julie Adams, best known for her role as Kay Lawrence in the beloved 1954 monster movie Creature from the Black Lagoon, has died at the age of 92.
Her many other credits included 1965’s Elvis Presley-starring Tickle Me, Dennis Hopper’s 1971 film The Last Movie, the TV show Murder, She Wrote, and 2006’s Oliver Stone-directed World Trade Center.
Those who have paid tribute to Adams include Patton Oswalt and director Guillermo del Toro, whose Oscar-winning film The Shape of Water was clearly influenced by Creature from the Black Lagoon.
“I mourn Julie Adams passing,” wrote del Toro on Twitter. “It hurts in a place deep in me, where monsters swim.”
“Julie Adams has returned to the Black Lagoon,” wrote Oswalt. “The scene of you swimming while The Creature mirrored your moves underwater is every awkward heart yearning for someone in the sunshine to reach down and just see them. Iconic forever.”
I mourn Julie Adams passing. It hurts in a place deep in me, where monsters swim. https://t.co/yYGWR1oDyH
— Guillermo del Toro (@RealGDT) February 4, 2019
Julie Adams has returned to the Black Lagoon. The scene of you swimming while The Creature mirrored your moves underwater is every awkward heart yearning for someone in the sunshine to reach down and just see them. Iconic forever. #RIPJulieAdams
— Patton Oswalt (@pattonoswalt) February 4, 2019
