Acting credits
26
Active
Consistent number of acting credits.
Actor
Janet Julian
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
2.3
Moderate attention
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Movies: 9Series: 17
TMDB ID: 59109
IMDb ID: nm0432201
Known for: Acting
Born: July 10, 1959
Age: 66
Place of birth: Evanston, Illinois, USA
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1971 - 1993
Years active: 23
Average TMDB rating: 6.61
Wikidata: Q6153419
Also known as
Janet Louise Johnson • Janet Johnson
Biography
Janet Julian is an American former actress best known for her work on television and in genre films during the late 1970s through the early 1990s. She began her acting career in the early 1970s, appearing on shows such as Alias Smith and Jones before landing one of her breakout roles as Nancy Drew in The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries when she replaced Pamela Sue Martin in 1978. Around the same time she also appeared as Lt. Brie on Battlestar Galactica and as Tommy on the cult series B.J. and the Bear. Julian made guest appearances on a range of popular TV series including Knight Rider, Simon & Simon, Columbo, Swamp Thing, Murder, She Wrote and Diagnosis: Murder. In film, she had roles in the 1978 surf drama Big Wednesday and genre favorites like the slasher Humongous (1982), the crime thriller Fear City (1984), and the acclaimed Abel Ferrara picture King of New York (1990).
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Janet Julian.
5.7
Heaven Is a Playground
as Dalton Ellis
1991 Movie
6.3
Taking Care of Business
as Woman on Plane
1990 Movie
6.8
King of New York
as Jennifer
1990 Movie
4.9
Choke Canyon
as Vanessa Pilgrim
1986 Movie
5.0
Ghost Warrior
as Chris Welles
1984 Movie
5.3
Fear City
as Ruby
1984 Movie
4.9
Humongous
as Sandy Ralston
1982 Movie
2.2
Smokey Bites the Dust
as Peggy Sue Turner
1981 Movie
6.9
Big Wednesday
as Party Girl
1978 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Janet Julian.
7.1
Diagnosis: Murder
as Melanie • 1 eps
1993 Series
6.1
Swamp Thing
as Dr. Ann Fisk • 4 eps
1990 Series
7.5
Murder, She Wrote
as Ellen Harper • 1 eps
1984 Series
7.5
Miami Vice
1 eps
1984 Series
7.5
Knight Rider
as Jody Tompkins • 1 eps
1982 Series
5.5
Falcon Crest
as Diane 'Cookie' Nash • 6 eps
1981 Series
6.7
Simon & Simon
1 eps
1981 Series
5.5
Here's Boomer
as Samantha • 1 eps
1981 Series
7.0
Enos
1 eps
1980 Series
7.5
California Fever
1 eps
1979 Series
5.5
240-Robert
1 eps
1979 Series
5.5
B. J. and the Bear
1 eps
1979 Series
7.1
Battlestar Galactica
as Lieutenant Brie • 3 eps
1978 Series
7.1
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
as Nancy Drew • 5 eps
1977 Series
7.2
The Waltons
1 eps
1972 Series
8.1
Columbo
as Jill • 1 eps
1971 Series
7.0
Alias Smith and Jones
1 eps
1971 Series