- Wrote and sang "Homecoming Queen's Got a Gun" (1984), a novelty song which parodies 1950s-1960s teenage tragedy songs.
- Coincidentally worked at MTV at the same time as Downtown Julie Brown. She went by either West Coast Julie Brown or Miss Julie Brown to separate herself.
- Lily Tomlin got her her SAG card; Tomlin came to see her act in San Francisco and cast Brown in The Incredible Shrinking Woman (1981).
- Her song "Every Boy's Got One" was featured on the soundtrack for the comedy movie Moving Violations (1985).
- Wore a huge padded "fat suit" in her satire Plump Fiction (1997).
- Has English, Irish and Mexican ancestry.
- Attended and graduated from Van Nuys High School in Los Angeles, California, where she was chosen princess of the homecoming court.
- Attended and graduated from Los Angeles Valley College. Attended the American Conservatory Theater, where set met future collaborator Charlie Coffey.
- Played the Wicked Witch of the West in a Girl Scout production of "The Wizard of Oz".
- Sang the songs "Brand New Girl" and "Cause I'm a Blonde" for the sci-fi musical comedy Earth Girls Are Easy (1988).
- Sister of screenwriter Paul Brown.
- Born at 11:12 AM (PDT).
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