Justine Johnstone

infobox actress
name=Justine Johnstone

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birthdate=birth date|1895|1|31
birthplace=Englewood, New Jersey
deathdate=death date and age|1982|9|3|1895|1|13
deathplace=Santa Monica, California
occupation=Stage, film actress, pathologist, scientist

Justine Johnstone (January 31, 1895 – September 4, 1982) was an American stage and silent screen actress who retired to become a pathologist and expert on syphilis. She also was part of the team that developed the modern intravenous drip technique. [Autumn Stanley, "Mothers and Daughters of Invention; Note for a Revised History of Technology", Rutgers University Press, 1995]

She attended Emma Willard School in Troy, New York. An original Ziegfeld Follies performer and a performer in the Folies-Bergere, she appeared in the 1917 Broadway production "Over the Top", which starred Fred Astaire.

Johnstone was married to producer Walter Wanger on 13 September 1919; they divorced in 1938, with Johnstone claiming that Wanger was "abrupt, surly, and discourteous". [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,931038,00.html]

After giving up performing, Johnstone (now known as Justine Wanger) enrolled in Columbia University, where she studied plant research and served as a research assistant to Samuel Hirschberg and Harold T. Hyman. With them she was partner in developing the development of the modern I.V. unit. She later studied and made developments in endocrinology and cancer research and installed a laboratory in her house in Hollywood. [Autumn Stanley, "Mothers and Daughters of Invention; Note for a Revised History of Technology", Rutgers University Press, 1995]

Justine Wanger died in Santa Monica, California from congestive heart failure, aged 87.

Filmography

* "Never the Twain Shall Meet" (1925) .... Maisie Morrison
* "Moonlight and Honeysuckle" (1921) (uncredited) .... Bit Part
* "A Heart to Let" (1921) .... Agatha
* "Sheltered Daughters" (1921) .... Jenny Dark
* "The Plaything of Broadway" (1921) .... Lola
* "Blackbirds" (1920) .... Countess Leonie
* "Nothing But Lies" (1920) .... Ann Nigh
* "The Crucible" (1914/I) (as Justina Johnstone) .... Amelia

External links

*ibdb|47120|Justine Johnstone
*imdb|0426926|Justine Johnstone

References

Persondata
NAME= Johnstone, Justine
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=
SHORT DESCRIPTION=Stage, film actress
DATE OF BIRTH=1895-1-31
PLACE OF BIRTH=Englewood, New Jersey
DATE OF DEATH=1982-9-3
PLACE OF DEATH=Santa Monica, California