Actor
Janet Julian
July 10, 1959 · Evanston, Illinois, USA
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).
Notable work
Often works with
Anne Lockhart
4 titles together
Knight Rider, Battlestar Galactica, The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
George Murdock
2 titles together
Knight Rider, Battlestar Galactica
Val Avery
2 titles together
Columbo, The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
Larry Manetti
2 titles together
Battlestar Galactica, Swamp Thing
Hank Worden
2 titles together
Big Wednesday, Big Wednesday
Robert Donner
2 titles together
The Waltons, Alias Smith and Jones
Full filmography · 25
Fudge
as Jaguar Maiden
1995
Diagnosis: Murder
as Melanie
19937.1
Swamp Thing
as Dr. Ann Fisk
1990
Murder, She Wrote
as Ellen Harper and as Bonnie Hartman
19847.5
Knight Rider
as Jody Tompkins
19827.5
Falcon Crest
as Diane 'Cookie' Nash
19815.5
Simon & Simon
cast
19816.7
Here's Boomer
as Samantha
1981
Enos
cast
1980
California Fever
cast
1979
240-Robert
cast
1979
B. J. and the Bear
cast
19795.6