Janice Rule

infobox actress

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birthdate=birth date|1931|8|15
birthplace=Norwood, Ohio
deathdate=death date and age|2003|10|17|1931|8|15
deathplace=New York City, New York
occupation=Stage, film, television actress
spouse=N. Richard Nash, Robert Thom, Ben Gazzara

Janice Rule (15 August 1931 – 17 October 2003) was an American actress.

Born in Norwood, Ohio, her career included stage, screen and television work. Among her noteworthy film roles were Emily Stewart in "The Chase", Virginia in "Goodbye My Fancy", Willie in Robert Altman's "3 Women", journalist Kate Newman in Costa Gavras' 1982 political thriller "Missing", Burt Lancaster's bitter ex-lover in "The Swimmer", and Kevin Costner's mother in the bicycle racing film "American Flyers".

She made dozens of television appearances starting in the early 1950s on live television. A few of her filmed TV series included "Route 66", "The Defenders", "The Fugitive", "The Twilight Zone", and "Murder She Wrote".

Rule was married three times, to N. Richard Nash (1956 - 1956), Robert Thom (1960 - 1961), and Ben Gazzara (1961 - 1979). She died from a cerebral hemorrhage, aged 72, in New York City, New York.

Filmography

*"L.A. Bad" (1986)
*"American Flyers" (1985)
*"Missing" (1982)
*"3 Women" (1977)
*"Kid Blue" (1973)
*"Gumshoe" (1971)
*"The Devil and Miss Sarah" (1971)
*"Trial Run" (1969) (TV)
*"Shadow on the Land" (1968)
*"The Swimmer" (1968)
*"The Ambushers" (1967)
*"Welcome to Hard Times" (1967)
*"Alvarez Kelly" (1966)
*"The Chase" (1966)
*"Invitation to a Gunfighter" (1964)
*"The Subterraneans" (1960)
*"Bell Book and Candle" (1958)
*"Gun for a Coward" (1957)
*"A Woman's Devotion" (1956)
*"Rogue's March" (1953)
*"Holiday for Sinners" (1952)
*"Starlift" (1951)
*"Goodbye, My Fancy" (1951)
*"Fourteen Hours" (1951) (uncredited)

External links

*imdb name|name=Janice Rule|id=0750023
*ibdb|58626
*findagrave|8008736