- Occupation: Actor
- Active: '80s-'90s
- Major Genres: Drama, Horror
- Career Highlights: Heaven Is a Playground, Ghost Warrior, Swordkill
- First Major Screen Credit: Smokey Bites the Dust (1981)
| Actor: Janet Julian |
| Filmography: Janet Julian |
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| Janet Julian | |
| Born | Janet Louise Johnson July 10, 1959 Evanston, Illinois, U.S. |
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| 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 show B.J. and the Bear as Tommy. She also starred on the evening soap opera Falcon Crest in 1989 as Cookie Nash. She was credited as Janet Louise Johnson in these early roles.
Janet's first film role was in the 1978 movie Big Wednesday; her other well-known film role was in the 1982 horror film Humongous. She has made guest appearances on some TV shows, among them Battlestar Galactica, The Fall Guy, Miami Vice, Knight Rider, Fudge, and 240 Robert.
Julian was the production secretary for the 1986 hit film Stand By Me.
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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 | Chris Welles | |
| Choke Canyon | Vanessa Pilgrim | ||
| 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 |
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| Ghost Warrior (1986 Adventure Film) | |
| Nancy Drew (2002 Children's/Family Film) | |
| Dan Bortolotti (children's author/illustrator) |
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