Statuesque blonde Juliet Graham was born Bonnie Schiffer in Manhattan. Her father's family was Jewish while her mother's family were Episcopalians who where originally from England. Graham was raised in Fresh Meadows, Queens prior to moving with her family to Jamaica Estates. Juliet not only attended a Jewish school, but also went to an Episcopalian church. Graham was a nonconformist in high school and first started acting in high school plays. Moreover, Juliet was an avid reader of Ayn Rand in her teenage years. Following graduation from high school, Graham went on to attend Queens College as an English literature major with a minor in education. While in college Juliet made her own hippie jewelry and eventually got a job working in a head shop before going on to get another job applying fake tattoos and working at a costume store called Royal Rags. Graham also began experimenting with such drugs as LSD, heroin, cocaine, and mescaline around this time as well as attended summer school in London, England.