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Janice Rule
Age: 72 (passed away Oct. 17th, 2003)
Height: 5' 6"
Birth Place: Norwood, Ohio, USA
Born: Aug. 15th, 1931
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BIOGRAPHY: One of the most versatile actresses, Janice Rule was born in Norwood, Ohio, on August 15, 1931. Janice made her screen debut in the star-studded movie Goodbye, My Fancy (1951). She played the rival for James Stewart (I)'s affections, and was driven away by witch Kim Novak (I), in Bell Book and Candle (1958), a pre-"Bewitched" (1964) comedy. Janice appeared in the first season of the ground-breaking science fiction series "The Twilight Zone" (1959) playing "Helen Foley" (named after Rod Serling's favorite teacher). In 1961, Janice married Ben Gazzara and they had one daughter, Elizabeth Gazzara (I) (they divorced in 1979). After marrying, Janice took off a few years from movie acting, then returned to the silver screen and gave her best performances. In a change of pace role, she was the party girl in The Chase (1966); and Janice showed a real flair for comedy as "Matt Helm"'s partner in The Ambushers (1967) with 'Dean Martin'. She did a wonderful job realistically portraying a frontier woman in Welcome to Hard Times (1967), and received acclaim for her performance as a disturbed artist in 3 Women (1977). The last movie Janice appeared in was American Flyers (1985), and her last TV appearance was in the science fiction genre, "The Ray Bradbury Theater" (1985) in 1992. From science fiction, to comedy, to portraying loose women, to playing strong women - Janice Rule covered the whole spectrum of human emotion and life.
TRIVIA:
- Once briefly engaged to actor 'Farley Granger' (qv).
- Lost a studio contract because she was careless about the way she dressed. At the time, actresses under contract were expected to appear in public only after the studio wardrobe and makeup artists had outfitted them as if they were appearing in a movie.
- Mother of 'Elizabeth Gazzara (I)' (qv).
- Starred in the original Broadway production of "Picnic".
- Became a successful psychotherapist in Manhattan after giving up acting.
- Started off her career as a nightclub dancer at the age of 15, joining the chorus line at Chicago's Chez Paree. She made her Broadway debut three years later as a chorine in the musical "Miss Liberty."
- Born at 5:15am-EDT
- Studied psychoanalysis and earned a doctorate in 1983 from the Southern California Psychoanalytic Institute. She had a private practice in New York City.
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