Janice Rule

Janice Rule Headshot

Actress • Therapist

Birth Date: August 15, 1931

Death Date: October 17, 2003

Birth Place: Norwood, Ohio

An attractive leading lady who worked constantly during the 1950s and '60s in theater, features and TV, Janice Rule began her career as a nightclub dancer in Chicago and NYC. Her first film was "Goodbye My Fancy" (1951). Perhaps her best screen role was as one of the title characters, a mysterious embittered muralist, in Robert Altman's "3 Women" (1977). By this time, Rule had begun to concentrate on a second career as a psychoanalyst, although she continued to make occasional film and TV appearances through the 1980s.

Credits

The Ray Bradbury TheaterStream

Actor
Anna (age 60)
Series
1985

Rainy Day Friends

Actor
Elaine
Movie
1985

American Flyers

Actor
Mrs. Sommers
Movie
1985

Murder, She WroteStream

Guest Star
Margaret Stone
Series
1984

Missing

Actor
Kate Newman
Movie
1982
94%

Trois femmes

Actor
Movie
1977

3 Women

Actor
Willie Hart
Movie
1977

Barnaby JonesStream

Guest Star
Series
1973

Kid Blue

Actor
Janet Conforto
Movie
1973

The Streets of San FranciscoStream

Guest Star
Beverly Landau
Series
1972

Gumshoe

Actor
Mrs. Blankerscoon
Movie
1972

Doctors' Wives

Actor
Amy Brennan
Movie
1971

The Devil and Miss Sarah

Actor
Sarah Turner
Movie
1971

Dan August: The Jealousy Factor

Actor
Thelma Venable
Movie
1971

Dan August

Guest Star
Thelma Venable
Series
1970

Lady on the Rocks

Actor
Madeline Grey
Movie
1970

Trial Run

Actor
Lucille Harkness
Movie
1969

The Name of the Game

Guest Star
Series
1968

The SwimmerStream

Actor
Shirley Abbott
Movie
1968
100%

Shadow on the Land

Actor
Capt. Everett
Movie
1968

Welcome to Hard Times

Actor
Molly Riordan
Movie
1967

The AmbushersStream

Actor
Sheila Sommers
Movie
1967

The Chase

Actor
Emily Stewart
Movie
1966

Alvarez KellyStream

Actor
Liz Pickering
Movie
1966

Invitation to a GunfighterStream

Actor
Ruth Adams
Movie
1964

The FugitiveStream

Guest Star
Barbara Webb
Series
1963

Golden Showcase

Actor
Nerica
Show
1961

Ben Casey

Guest Star
Dr. Elizabeth Willard
Series
1961

Dr. Kildare

Guest Star
Series
1961

Route 66Stream

Guest Star
Series
1960

Moment of Fear

Self
Show
1960

The Subterraneans

Actor
Roxanne
Movie
1960

The Twilight ZoneStream

Actor
Helen Foley
Series
1959
92%

Bell, Book and CandleStream

Actor
Merle Kittridge
Movie
1958
75%

Wagon TrainStream

Guest Star
Maggie Thomas
Series
1957

Have Gun -- Will TravelStream

Guest Star
Series
1957

Gun for a Coward

Actor
Aud Niven
Movie
1957

A Woman's Devotion

Actor
Stella Stevenson
Movie
1956

The Alcoa Hour

Actor
Rosie McLeod
Show
1955

The United States Steel Hour

Actor
Marianne Lindsey
Show
1953

Rogue's March

Actor
Jane Wensley
Movie
1953

Holiday for Sinners

Actor
Susan Corvier
Movie
1952

Goodbye, My Fancy

Actor
Virginia Merrill
Movie
1951

Starlift

Actor
Neil Wayne
Movie
1951