
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).
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Films
18
TV Shows
Known For
27 Credits
Columbo
as Jill
1971

Murder, She Wrote
as Ellen Harper
1984

Murder, She Wrote
as Bonnie Hartman
1984

Diagnosis: Murder
as Melanie
1993

Miami Vice
1984

Knight Rider
as Jody Tompkins
1982

Falcon Crest
as Diane 'Cookie' Nash
1981

The Waltons
1972

Simon & Simon
1981

Battlestar Galactica
as Lieutenant Brie
1978

The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
as Nancy Drew
1977

Alias Smith and Jones
1971