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

Jill

Miami Vice

Falcon Crest

Diane 'Cookie' Nash

Diagnosis: Murder

Melanie

Murder, She Wrote

Ellen Harper

Murder, She Wrote

Bonnie Hartman

The Waltons

Knight Rider

Jody Tompkins

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
1991	Heaven Is a Playground	Dalton Ellis
1990	Taking Care of Business	Woman on Plane
1990	King of New York	Jennifer
1986	Choke Canyon	Vanessa Pilgrim
1984	Ghost Warrior	Chris Welles
1984	Fear City	Ruby
1982	Humongous	Sandy Ralston
1981	Smokey Bites the Dust	Peggy Sue Turner
1978	Big Wednesday	Party Girl

Year	TV Show	Role
1995	Fudge	Jaguar Maiden
1993	Diagnosis: Murder	Melanie
1990	Swamp Thing	Dr. Ann Fisk
1984	Murder, She Wrote	Ellen Harper
1984	Miami Vice
1984	Murder, She Wrote	Bonnie Hartman
1982	Knight Rider	Jody Tompkins
1981	Falcon Crest	Diane 'Cookie' Nash
1981	Simon & Simon
1981	Here's Boomer	Samantha
1980	Enos
1979	B. J. and the Bear
1979	240-Robert
1979	California Fever
1978	Battlestar Galactica	Lieutenant Brie
1977	The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries	Nancy Drew
1972	The Waltons
1971	Columbo	Jill
1971	Alias Smith and Jones