Janet Julian

Janet Lansbury (née Janet Louise Johnson) is an American educator and former actress, credited as Janet Julian for much of her career.

Early life

Janet Louise Johnson was born in Evanston, Illinois, and raised there and in Southern California. She graduated from North Hollywood High School 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.

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 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; The Fall Guy; Knight Rider; Simon & Simon, Fudge; 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 () since 1995 and teaches RIE Parent/Infant Guidance Classes. In 2009, she began a parent education . 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

Television

External links

• at IMDb
• at TV Guide
• at Rotten Tomatoes