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
Columbo
Murder, She Wrote
Murder, She Wrote
Knight Rider
Falcon Crest
The Waltons
Diagnosis: Murder
Simon & Simon
All Movies (9)
- Heaven Is a Playground1991 · as Dalton Ellis
- Taking Care of Business1990 · as Woman on Plane
- King of New York1990 · as Jennifer
- Choke Canyon1986 · as Vanessa Pilgrim
- Ghost Warrior1984 · as Chris Welles
- Fear City1984 · as Ruby
- Humongous1982 · as Sandy Ralston
- Smokey Bites the Dust1981 · as Peggy Sue Turner
- Big Wednesday1978 · as Party Girl
All TV Shows (18)
- Fudge1995 · as Jaguar Maiden
- Diagnosis: Murder1993 · as Melanie
- Swamp Thing1990 · as Dr. Ann Fisk
- Murder, She Wrote1984 · as Ellen Harper
- Murder, She Wrote1984 · as Bonnie Hartman
- Knight Rider1982 · as Jody Tompkins
- Falcon Crest1981 · as Diane 'Cookie' Nash
- Simon & Simon1981
- Here's Boomer1981 · as Samantha
- Enos1980
- California Fever1979
- 240-Robert1979
- B. J. and the Bear1979
- Battlestar Galactica1978 · as Lieutenant Brie
- The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries1977 · as Nancy Drew
- The Waltons1972
- Columbo1971 · as Jill
- Alias Smith and Jones1971