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Janice Rule

Janice Rule
Janice Rule
Born: Aug 15, 1931 in Norwood, Ohio
Died: Oct 17, 2003 in New York, New York
Occupation: Actor
Active: '50s-'80s
Major Genres: Drama, Western
Career Highlights: 3 Women, The Swimmer, American Flyers
First Major Screen Credit: Goodbye, My Fancy (1951)
6 Videos for Janice Rule
American Flyers (1985) Doctors' Wives (1970) Invitation to a Gunfighter (1964)
Missing (1982) Alvarez Kelly (1966) Bell, Book and Candle (1958)
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Biography:

A former showgirl and nightclub singer, Janice Rule was signed to a Warner Bros. contract in 1951. It would be nearly ten years before Rule's truly worthwhile roles would outnumber her inconsequential parts. She all but cornered the market in bitter, neurotic socialites in the 1960s, playing such parts as the small-town wealthy shrew who drunkenly swallows a string of valuable pearls in The Chase (1966) and Burt Lancaster's vitriolic ex-mistress in The Swimmer (1968).

Playing these profoundly disturbed screen characters must have been cathartic for Ms. Rule, who took time off from acting in the late 1970s to become a professional psychoanalyst. From 1961 through 1979, Janice Rule was married to actor Ben Gazzara. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide.