Janet Julian | |
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Born | Janet Louise Johnson July 10, 1959 Evanston, Illinois, U.S. |
Occupation | Actress |
Janet Julian (born July 10, 1959), also credited under her birth name Janet Louise Johnson, is an American actress who has starred in film and television.
Julian was born in Evanston, Illinois. She got her big break when she won the role of Nancy Drew in the 1970s television series The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries when Pamela Sue Martin left the show in 1978. Her other well-known TV role came a year later on the Cult TV series B. J. and the Bear as Tommy. She was credited as Janet Louise Johnson in these early roles. She also starred on the evening soap opera Falcon Crest in 1989 as Cookie Nash.
Janet's first film role was in the 1978 movie Big Wednesday; her most well-known film role was in the 1990 cult film King of New York. She has made guest appearances on some TV shows, among them Battlestar Galactica, The Fall Guy, Knight Rider, Fudge, Columbo, Swamp Thing, 240 Robert, Murder, She Wrote, and Diagnosis: Murder.
Janet quit acting in 1994 to raise her three children with husband Michael Lansbury, and she later became a parent educator. Janet (now Lansbury) has served on the Board of Directors of Resources for Infant Educarers (RIE) since 1995 and teaches RIE Parent/Infant Guidance Classes. In 2009, Janet began a parent education blog (http://www.janetlansbury.com).
Film | |||
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Year | Film | Role | Other notes |
1978 | Big Wednesday | Party Girl #8 | |
1981 | Smokey Bites the Dust | Peggy Sue Turner | |
1982 | Humongous | Sandy Ralston | |
1984 | Fear City | Ruby | |
1986 | Ghost Warrior aka Swordkill | Chris Welles | |
Choke Canyon | Vanessa Pilgrim | ||
Stand by Me | (production secretary) | ||
1990 | King of New York | Jennifer | |
Taking Care of Business | Woman on Plane | ||
1991 | Heaven is a Playground | Dalton Ellis | |
Television | |||
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
1973 | Alias Smith and Jones | Belle Haney | Episode: Only Three to a Bed |
The Waltons | Naomi Atkins | Episode: The Triangle | |
1978 | The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries | Nancy Drew | Episode: Voodoo Doll (1) Episode: Voodoo Doll (2) Episode: Mystery on the Avalanche Express Episode: Arson and Old Lace |
1978, 1979 | Battlestar Galactica | Lt. Brie | Episode: Lost Planet of the Gods (1) Episode: Lost Planet of the Gods (2) Episode: War of the Gods (1) |
1979 | The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo | Tommy | Episode: The Day that Shark Ate Lobo |
California Fever | Sharon | Episode: Centerfold | |
240-Robert | Carol | Episode: Earthquake | |
1979–1981 | B. J. and the Bear | Tommy | 8 episodes |
1980 | Here's Boomer | Samantha | Episode: Private Eye |
1981 | Enos | Episode: The Hostage | |
1982 | Today's F.B.I. | Episode: Bank Job | |
The Fall Guy | Elizabeth | Episode: Hell on Wheels | |
1983 | Simon & Simon | Model Tracy Penn | Episode: Design for Killing |
1984 | Knight Rider | Jody Tompkins | Episode: The Ice Bandits |
1989 | Falcon Crest | Cookie Nash | 6 episodes |
Columbo: Sex and the Married Detective | Jill | NBC TV-Movie | |
1991–1993 | Swamp Thing | Dr. Ann Fisk | 6 episodes |
1991, 1993 | Murder, She Wrote | Bonnie Hartman Ellen Harper |
Episode: The List of Yuri Lermentov Episode: The Phantom Killer |
1994 | Diagnosis: Murder | Melanie | Episode: Woman Trouble |
1995 | Fudge | Jaguar Maiden | Episode: My Grandmother the Card |