Janet Julian
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).
Acting
TV
Knight Rider
as Jody Tompkins
1982
TV
Columbo
as Jill
1971
Movie
King of New York
as Jennifer
1990
TV
Murder, She Wrote
as Ellen Harper
1984
TV
Murder, She Wrote
as Bonnie Hartman
1984
TV
Battlestar Galactica
as Lieutenant Brie
1978
Movie
Big Wednesday
as Party Girl
1978
Movie
Taking Care of Business
as Woman on Plane
1990
TV
Diagnosis: Murder
as Melanie
1993
Movie
Fear City
as Ruby
1984
TV
The Waltons
1972
TV
Simon & Simon
1981
TV
Falcon Crest
as Diane 'Cookie' Nash
1981
Movie
Humongous
as Sandy Ralston
1982
Movie
Ghost Warrior
as Chris Welles
1984
TV
Alias Smith and Jones
1971
TV
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
as Nancy Drew
1977
TV
B. J. and the Bear
1979
TV
Swamp Thing
as Dr. Ann Fisk
1990
Movie
Choke Canyon
as Vanessa Pilgrim
1986
Movie
Smokey Bites the Dust
as Peggy Sue Turner
1981
Movie
Heaven Is a Playground
as Dalton Ellis
1991
TV
Here's Boomer
as Samantha
1981
TV
Enos
1980