{{short description|American actress}} {{BLP sources|date=October 2024}} {{Infobox person | name = Janet Julian | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_name = <!-- Valid citation required for full name for BLP. (WP:BLPPRIVACY) --> | birth_date = <!-- Valid citation required for date of birth for BLP. (WP:BLPPRIVACY) --> | birth_place = [[Evanston, Illinois]], U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | alma_mater = [[University of California, Los Angeles]] | education = [[North Hollywood High School]] | occupation = {{hlist|[[Actress]]|[[model (person)|model]]|[[author]]|[[teacher]]}} | years_active = 1973–1995 (actress)<br>1995–present (teacher) | spouse = Michael Lansbury<ref>{{cite web |last1=Levy |first1=Ariel |title=Janet Lansbury's Gospel of Less Anxious Parenting |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/01/17/janet-lansburys-gospel-of-less-anxious-parenting |website=New Yorker |date=7 January 2022 |access-date=2022-05-20}}</ref> | children = 3 | relatives = {{ubl| * [[Angela Lansbury]] (aunt) * [[Bruce Lansbury]] (uncle) }} | website = {{url|janetlansbury.com}} }}
'''Janet Lansbury''' ({{nee}} Janet Louise Johnson) is an American educator and former actress, credited as '''Janet Julian''' for much of her career.<ref name=":0" />
==Early life== Janet Louise Johnson was born in [[Evanston, Illinois]], and raised there and in Southern California.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=About Me |url=https://www.janetlansbury.com/about/ |access-date=2022-05-20 |website=Janet Lansbury |language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091013130038/http://www.janetlansbury.com/about/ |url-status=live |archive-date=October 13, 2009}}</ref> She graduated from [[North Hollywood High School]]<ref name="ra">{{cite web |title=Famous North Hollywood High School Alumni |url=https://www.ranker.com/list/famous-north-hollywood-high-school-alumni-and-students/reference |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240104153018/https://www.ranker.com/list/famous-north-hollywood-high-school-alumni-and-students/reference |archive-date=January 4, 2024 |access-date=January 4, 2024}}</ref> and attended the [[University of California, Los Angeles]] before moving to New York to become a model. She was a print and commercial model including commercials for [[Herbal Essences]] shampoo.<ref name=sha>{{cite web|url=https://shapingyouth.org/the-supermodels-then-and-now-a-chat-with-janet-lansbury/|access-date=January 4, 2024|first=Amy|last=Jussel|title=The Supermodels, Then and Now + A Chat With Janet Lansbury|date=February 1, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240104125322/https://shapingyouth.org/the-supermodels-then-and-now-a-chat-with-janet-lansbury/|archive-date=January 4, 2024}}</ref>
==Acting career== Lansbury got her big break when she won the role of [[Nancy Drew]] in the 1970s television series ''[[The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries]]'' when [[Pamela Sue Martin]] left the show in 1978. Her other well-known TV role came a year later on the [[cult following|cult TV series]] ''[[B. J. and the Bear]]'' as Tommy. She starred on the evening [[soap opera]] ''[[Falcon Crest]]'' in 1989 as Cookie Nash.
Lansbury made guest appearances on several TV shows, among them ''[[Battlestar Galactica (1978 TV series)|Battlestar Galactica]]''; ''[[The Fall Guy]]''; ''[[Knight Rider (1982 TV series)|Knight Rider]]''; [[Simon & Simon]], ''[[Fudge (TV series)|Fudge]]''; ''[[Columbo (TV series)|Columbo]]''; '' [[Swamp Thing]]''; ''[[240 Robert]]''; ''[[Murder, She Wrote]]''; and ''[[Diagnosis: Murder]]''. Her first film role was in the 1978 movie ''[[Big Wednesday]]''. She starred in two films directed by [[Abel Ferrara]]: ''[[Fear City]]'' (1984) and ''[[King of New York]]'' (1990).
== Teaching == Lansbury left acting in 1995 to raise her three children with husband Michael Lansbury, and she later became a parent educator. She has served on the Board of Directors of Resources for Infant Educarers ([http://www.rie.org/ RIE]) since 1995 and teaches RIE Parent/Infant Guidance Classes. In 2009, she began a parent education [http://www.janetlansbury.com/ blog]. She later published two books, ''Elevating Child Care: A Guide to Respectful Parenting'' and ''No Bad Kids: Toddler Discipline Without Shame.'' In 2015, Lansbury launched ''Janet Lansbury Unruffled,'' a podcast series about respectful parenting.
== Personal life == Julian has been married to Michael Lansbury, the nephew of actress [[Angela Lansbury]], since 1990. They have three children together.
== Filmography ==
=== Film === {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Film ! Role ! Other notes |- | 1978 | ''[[Big Wednesday]]'' | Party Girl |Credited as Janet Johnson |- | 1981 | ''[[Smokey Bites the Dust]]'' | Peggy Sue Turner | |- | 1982 | ''[[Humongous (1982 film)|Humongous]]'' | Sandy Ralston | |- | rowspan="2" | 1984 | ''[[Fear City]]'' | Ruby | |- | ''Ghost Warrior'' | Chris Welles | |- | 1986 | ''[[Choke Canyon|On Dangerous Ground]]'' | Vanessa Pilgrim | |- | rowspan="2" | 1990 | ''[[King of New York]]'' | Jennifer | |- | ''[[Taking Care of Business (film)|Taking Care of Business]]'' | Woman on Plane | |- | 1991 | ''[[Heaven Is a Playground (film)|Heaven Is a Playground]]'' | Dalton Ellis | |}
=== Television === {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Other notes |- | rowspan="2" | 1973 | ''[[Alias Smith and Jones]]'' | Belle Haney | Episode: "Only Three to a Bed"<br>Credited as Janet Johnson |- | ''[[The Waltons]]'' | Naomi Atkins | Episode: "The Triangle"<br>Credited as Janet Johnson |- | 1978 | ''[[The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries]]'' | [[Nancy Drew]] | 4 episodes |- | 1978–79 | ''[[Battlestar Galactica (1978 TV series)|Battlestar Galactica]]'' | Lt. Brie | 4 episodes |- | rowspan="3" | 1979 | ''[[The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo]]'' | Tommy | Episode: "The Day that Shark Ate Lobo" |- | ''[[California Fever (TV series)|California Fever]]'' | Sharon | Episode: "Centerfold" |- | ''[[240-Robert]]'' | Carol | Episode: "Earthquake" |- | 1979–81 | ''[[B. J. and the Bear]]'' | Tommy | 8 episodes |- | 1980 | ''[[Here's Boomer]]'' | Samantha | Episode: "Private Eye" |- | 1981 | ''[[Enos (TV series)|Enos]]'' | | Episode: "The Hostage" |- | rowspan="2" | 1982 | ''[[Today's FBI]]'' | | Episode: "Bank Job" |- | ''[[The Fall Guy]]'' | Elizabeth | Episode: "Hell on Wheels" |- | 1983 | ''[[Simon & Simon]]'' | Tracy Penn | Episode: "Design for Killing" |- | 1984 | ''[[Knight Rider (1982 TV series)|Knight Rider]]'' | Jody Tompkins | Episode: "The Ice Bandits" |- | rowspan="2" | 1989 | ''[[Falcon Crest]]'' | Cookie Nash | 6 episodes |- | ''[[Columbo]]'' | Jill | Episode: "Sex and the Married Detective" |- | rowspan="2" | 1991–93 | ''[[Swamp Thing (1990 TV series)|Swamp Thing]]'' | Dr. Ann Fisk | 4 episodes |- | ''[[Murder, She Wrote]]'' | Bonnie Hartman, Ellen Harper | 2 episodes |- | 1994 | ''[[Diagnosis: Murder]]'' | Melanie | Episode: "Woman Trouble" |- | 1995 | ''[[Fudge (TV series)|Fudge]]'' | Jaguar Maiden | Episode: "My Grandmother the Card" |}
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== External links == * {{IMDb name|0432201}} * {{TV Guide person|3031004002}} * {{Rotten Tomatoes person|janet_julian}}
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