Janet Julian
Born: 1959-07-10 in Evanston, Illinois, USA
Known For: Acting
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).
Filmography
1995
- Fudge as Jaguar Maiden
1993
- Diagnosis: Murder as Melanie
1991
- Heaven Is a Playground as Dalton Ellis
1990
- Swamp Thing as Dr. Ann Fisk
- King of New York as Jennifer
- Taking Care of Business as Woman on Plane
1986
- Choke Canyon as Vanessa Pilgrim
1984
- Murder, She Wrote as Ellen Harper
- Fear City as Ruby
- Ghost Warrior as Chris Welles
1982
- Knight Rider as Jody Tompkins
- Humongous as Sandy Ralston
1981
- Falcon Crest as Diane 'Cookie' Nash
- Simon & Simon
- Here's Boomer as Samantha
- Smokey Bites the Dust as Peggy Sue Turner
1980
1978
- Battlestar Galactica as Lieutenant Brie
- Big Wednesday as Party Girl
1977
- The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries as Nancy Drew
1972
1971
- Columbo as Jill
- Alias Smith and Jones