Known For
Acting
Born
Jul 10, 1959
Place of Birth
Evanston, Illinois, USA
Credits
26 titles
Janet Julian
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).
Known For
Filmography
Fudge
Jaguar Maiden
Diagnosis: Murder
Melanie
Heaven Is a Playground
Dalton Ellis
Taking Care of Business
Woman on Plane
Swamp Thing
Dr. Ann Fisk
King of New York
Jennifer
Choke Canyon
Vanessa Pilgrim
Ghost Warrior
Chris Welles
Murder, She Wrote
Ellen Harper
Fear City
Ruby
Knight Rider
Jody Tompkins
Humongous
Sandy Ralston
Falcon Crest
Diane 'Cookie' Nash
Simon & Simon
Smokey Bites the Dust
Peggy Sue Turner
Here's Boomer
Samantha
Enos
California Fever
240-Robert
B. J. and the Bear
Battlestar Galactica
Lieutenant Brie
Big Wednesday
Party Girl
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
Nancy Drew
The Waltons
Columbo
Jill
Alias Smith and Jones