Janice Rule
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Janice Rule | |
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Born | August 15, 1931 Norwood, Ohio |
Died | October 17, 2003 (aged 72) New York City, New York |
Occupation | Stage, film, television actress |
Spouse(s) | N. Richard Nash, Robert Thom, Ben Gazzara |
Janice Rule (Norwood, Ohio, 15 August 1931 – New York, New York, 17 October 2003) was an American actress.
Her career included stage, screen and television work. Among her noteworthy film roles were her portrayal of Virginia in Goodbye My Fancy, Willie in Robert Altman's 3 Women, as journalist Kate Newman in Costa Gavras' 1982 political thriller Missing, as Dean Martin's romantic interest in the Matt Helm spy spoof The Ambushers, as Burt Lancaster's bitter ex-lover in The Swimmer, and as Kevin Costner's mother in the bicycle racing film American Flyers.
She made dozens of television appearances starting in the early 1950s on live television. A few of her filmed TV series included Route 66, The Defenders, The Fugitive, The Twilight Zone, and Murder She Wrote.
Rule was married three times, to N. Richard Nash (1956 - 1956), Robert Thom (1960 - 1961), and Ben Gazzara (1961 - 1979). She died from a cerebral hemorrhage, aged 72.
[edit] External links
- Janice Rule at the Internet Movie Database
- Janice Rule at the Internet Broadway Database
- Janice Rule at Find A Grave