Janice Rule

Actor

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Birth Place

Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

Born

August 15, 1931

Biography

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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 c...

Filmography

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Rainy Day Friends (1988)

American Flyers (1985)

Kid Blue (1972)

Doctors' Wives (1971)

Photos & Videos

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Starlift (1951) -- (Movie Clip) James Cagney, Janice Rule

Starlift (1951) -- (Movie Clip) You Oughta Be In Pictures

Family & Companions

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Farley Granger

Companion

Actor. Lived together briefly.

Ben Gazzara

Husband

Actor. Second husband; married on November 25, 1961; divorced in 1979; has one daughter with Rule.

Biography

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.

Filmography

Cast (Feature Film)

Rainy Day Friends (1988)

American Flyers (1985)

Kid Blue (1972)

Doctors' Wives (1971)

Mrs. Blankerscoon

The Devil and Miss Sarah (1971)

The Swimmer (1968)

Welcome to Hard Times (1967)

The Ambushers (1967)

The Chase (1966)

Alvarez Kelly (1966)

Invitation to a Gunfighter (1964)

The Subterraneans (1960)

Bell, Book and Candle (1959)

Merle Kittridge

Gun for a Coward (1957)

A Woman's Devotion (1956)

Stella Stevenson

Rogue's March (1953)

Holiday for Sinners (1952)

Fourteen Hours (1951)

Goodbye, My Fancy (1951)

Virginia Merrill

Starlift (1951)

Cast (Special)

Tonight in Samarkand (1961)

Cast (TV Mini-Series)

The Word (1978)

Life Events

1951

Screen debut in "Goodbye My Fancy"

1953

Broadway debut in "Picnic"

Photo Collections

Bell, Book and Candle - Movie Posters

Bell, Book and Candle - Movie Posters

Videos

Starlift (1951) -- (Movie Clip) James Cagney, Janice Rule Air Force men Mike (Dick Wesson, doing the impression) and Rick (Ron Hagerthy) are hoping to meet the fictional movie star Nell Wayne (Janice Rule), who comes from Rick’s hometown, killing time with Ruth Roman, Doris Day and James Cagney, all in San Francisco for a premiere, in the Warner Bros. novelty feature Starlift, 1951.

Starlift (1951) -- (Movie Clip) You Oughta Be In Pictures Visiting the hospital at Travis Air Force Base, Doris Day (before her song), Janice Rule (as fictional movie star Nell Wayne) and Ruth Roman do schtick with the airmen, then the tune by Dana Suesse and Edward Heyman, in the Warner Bros. all-star Korean War home-front patriotic feature, Starlift, 1951.

Ambushers, The (1967) -- (Movie Clip) I've Got Relatives There Now in Acapulco, Dean Martin as photographer-playboy secret agent Matt Helm with Janice Rule as Sheila, the rescued formerly brainwashed astronaut helping him find her abductors, posing as newlyweds, observing the chopper arrival of villain Albert Salmi, when Francesca (Senta Berger) introduces herself, in the 3rd Helm feature, The Ambushers, 1967.

Ambushers, The (1967) -- (Movie Clip) I Go Pretty Fast Little besides clever skimpy outfits for the first scene with Dean Martin in the lead role in the third film in the Matt Helm spy-spoof series, first with Linda Foster, then Janice Rule whom we saw captured and maybe-brainwashed in the opening, in The Ambushers 1967, also starring Senta Berger.

Bell Book And Candle (1959) -- (Movie Clip) Just An Old Bugaboo Shep (James Stewart) has kind-of dragged fianceè Merle (Janice Rule) to the Zodiac in Manhattan to meet new friends Gillian and aunt Queenie (Kim Novak, Elsa Lanchester), whom he does not know are witches, discovering a history, and brother Danny (Jack Lemmon) in the band, in Bell Book And Candle, 1959.

Bell Book and Candle - (Original Trailer) Beautiful witch Kim Novak places a love spell on James Stewart in the comedy Bell Book And Candle (1959) also starring Jack Lemmon.

Chase, The - (Original Trailer) A convict's escape ignites passions in his hometown in The Chase (1966) starring Marlon Brando, Jane Fonda and Robert Redford.

Alvarez Kelly - (Original Trailer) A suave Mexican cattleman (William Holden) inadvertently gets involved in the Civil War in Alvarez Kelly (1966) co-starring Richard Widmark.

Swimmer, The - (Original Trailer) A tortured man reflects on past mistakes while "swimming" home through his neighbors' pools in The Swimmer (1968) starring Burt Lancaster.

Missing - (Original Trailer) After an American disappears during a Latin American coup, his father (Jack Lemmon) and wife (Sissy Spacek) discover U.S. involvement in Missing (1982).

Goodbye, My Fancy - (Original Trailer) When she returns to her alma mater to pick up an honorary degree, a congresswoman (Joan Crawford) re-ignites an old flame in Goodbye, My Fancy (1951).

Family

Elizabeth Gazzara

Daughter

Editor. Father Ben Gazzara.

Companions

Farley Granger

Companion

Actor. Lived together briefly.

Ben Gazzara

Husband

Actor. Second husband; married on November 25, 1961; divorced in 1979; has one daughter with Rule.

Bibliography

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