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Nationality
  
American

Role
  
Actress

Name
  
Janet Julian

Years active
  
1978-1994

Occupation
  
Actress, teacher


Janet Julian Zebradelic Janet Julian on Simon amp Simon

Full Name
  
Janet Louise Johnson

Born
  
July 10, 1959 (age 64) (
1959-07-10
)
Evanston, Illinois, U.S.

Spouse
  
Michael Lansbury (m. 1990)

Education
  
North Hollywood High School

Siblings
  
Ginger Johnson, Heather Johnson, Beth Johnson

Movies and TV shows
  
King of New York, The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mys, Humongous, Ghost Warrior, Choke Canyon

Similar People
  
Paul Lynch, Ovidio G Assonitis, Abel Ferrara, Charles Bail, Alfonso Brescia

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.

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Janet Julian Zebradelic Janet Julian on The Fall Guy

Early life

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Janet Louise Johnson was born on July 10, 1959 in Evanston, Illinois.

Acting

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 starred on the evening soap opera Falcon Crest in 1989 as Cookie Nash.

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She 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. Her first film role was in the 1978 movie Big Wednesday. She also appeared in the 1990 cult film King of New York.

Educator

Janet left acting in 1994 to raise her three children with husband Michael Lansbury, and she later became a parent educator. Janet 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, she began a parent education blog.

Filmography

Actress
1995
Fudge (TV Series) as
Jaguar Maiden
- My Grandmother the Card (1995) - Jaguar Maiden
1994
Diagnosis Murder (TV Series) as
Melanie
- Woman Trouble (1994) - Melanie
1991
Murder, She Wrote (TV Series) as
Ellen Harper / Bonnie Hartman
- The Phantom Killer (1993) - Ellen Harper
- The List of Yuri Lermentov (1991) - Bonnie Hartman
1992
Swamp Thing (TV Series) as
Dr. Ann Fisk
- Swamp of Dreams (1993) - Dr. Ann Fisk
- Changes (1992) - Dr. Ann Fisk
- Sonata (1992) - Dr. Ann Fisk
- Better Angels (1992) - Dr. Ann Fisk
1991
Heaven Is a Playground as
Dalton Ellis
1990
Taking Care of Business as
Woman on Plane
1990
King of New York as
Jennifer
1989
Sex and the Married Detective (TV Movie) as
Jill
1989
Falcon Crest (TV Series) as
Diane 'Cookie' Nash
- Dinner at Eight (1989) - Diane 'Cookie' Nash
- And Baby Makes Three (1989) - Diane 'Cookie' Nash
- True Confessions (1989) - Diane 'Cookie' Nash
- There Goes the Bride (1989) - Diane 'Cookie' Nash
- Suspicion (1989) - Diane 'Cookie' Nash
- Solomon's Choice (1989) - Diane 'Cookie' Nash
1986
Choke Canyon as
Vanessa Pilgrim
1984
Knight Rider (TV Series) as
Jody Tompkins
- The Ice Bandits (1984) - Jody Tompkins
1984
Ghost Warrior as
Chris Welles
1984
Fear City as
Ruby
1983
Simon & Simon (TV Series) as
Model Tracy Penn
- Design for Killing (1983) - Model Tracy Penn
1982
The Fall Guy (TV Series) as
Elizabeth 'Mad Dog' McClosky
- Hell on Wheels (1982) - Elizabeth 'Mad Dog' McClosky
1982
Humongous as
Sandy Ralston
1982
Today's F.B.I. (TV Series)
- Bank Job (1982)
1981
Smokey Bites the Dust as
Peggy Sue Turner
1981
Enos (TV Series)
- The Hostage (1981)
1979
B.J. and the Bear (TV Series) as
Tommy / Tommie / Amanda Smith
- B.J. and the Seven Lady Truckers: Part 2 (1981) - Tommy (as Janet Louise Johnson)
- Siege (1980) - Tommy (as Janet Louise Johnson)
- Silent Night, Unholy Night (1979) - Tommy (as Janet Louise Johnson)
- Gasohol (1979) - Tommy (uncredited)
- Cain's Son-in-Law (1979) - Tommy (as Janet Louise Johnson)
- Cain's Cruiser (1979) - Tommy (as Janet Louise Johnson)
- Snow White and the Seven Lady Truckers: Part 2 (1979) - Tommy (as Janet Louise Johnson)
- Snow White and the Seven Lady Truckers: Part 1 (1979) - Tommie (as Janet Louise Johnson)
- Shine On (1979) - Amanda Smith (as Janet Louise Johnson)
1980
Here's Boomer (TV Series) as
Samantha
- Private Eye (1980) - Samantha
1979
240-Robert (TV Series) as
Carol
- Earthquake (1979) - Carol (as Janet Louise Johnson)
1979
California Fever (TV Mini Series) as
Sharon
- Centerfold (1979) - Sharon (as Janet Louise Johnson)
1979
The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo (TV Series) as
Tommy
- The Day That Shark Ate Lobo (1979) - Tommy (uncredited)
1978
Battlestar Galactica (TV Series) as
Lieutenant Brie / Lt. Brie
- War of the Gods (1979) - Lieutenant Brie (as Janet Louise Johnson)
- The Living Legend (1978) - Lt. Brie
- Lost Planet of the Gods: Part 2 (1978) - Lieutenant Brie (as Janet Louise Johnson)
- Lost Planet of the Gods (1978) - Lieutenant Brie (as Janet Louise Johnson)
1978
Big Wednesday as
Party Girl (as Janet Johnson)
1978
The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries (TV Series) as
Nancy Drew
- Campus Terror (1978) - Nancy Drew (credit only)
- Arson and Old Lace (1978) - Nancy Drew (as Janet Louise Johnson)
- Mystery on the Avalanche Express (1978) - Nancy Drew (as Janet Louise Johnson)
- Voodoo Doll, Part II (1978) - Nancy Drew (as Janet Louise Johnson)
- Voodoo Doll: Part 1 (1978) - Nancy Drew (as Janet Louise Johnson)
1973
The Waltons (TV Series) as
Naomi Atkins
- The Triangle (1973) - Naomi Atkins (as Janet Johnson)
1973
Alias Smith and Jones (TV Series) as
Belle Haney
- Only Three to a Bed (1973) - Belle Haney (as Janet Johnson)
Miscellaneous
1986
Stand by Me (production secretary)
Archive Footage
1986
Smokey and the Bear (Video) as
Amanda Smith (uncredited)
1979
B.J. and the Bear (TV Series) as
Amanda Smith
- BJ's Sweethearts (1979) - Amanda Smith

References

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