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Janice Rule

Janice Rule

Birthday: 1931-08-15 | Place of Birth: Norwood, Ohio, USA

Mary Janice Rule (August 15, 1931 – October 17, 2003) was an American actress and psychotherapist, earning her PhD while still acting, then acting occasionally while working in her new profession. She was pictured on the cover of Life magazine on January 8, 1951, as being someone to watch in the entertainment industry. Rule had a brief engagement to Farley Granger in 1956. Rule was briefly married, during 1955, to television and film writer N. Richard Nash. Her second marriage was to television and film writer Robert Thom in 1956; they had one daughter, Kate, before divorcing in 1961. Her last marriage was to actor Ben Gazzara in 1961, having one daughter together before their divorce in 1982. During the 1960s she became interested in psychoanalysis. She began her formal studies in 1973, specializing in treating her fellow actors, and received her PhD 10 years later from the Southern California Psychoanalytic Institute in Los Angeles. She practiced in New York and Los Angeles, and continued to act occasionally until her death from a cerebral hemorrhage in 2003. She was cremated after her death. CLR From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

1985
American Flyers

as    Mrs. Sommers

1977
3 Women

as    Willie Hart

1973
Kid Blue

as    Janet Conforto

1971
Gumshoe

as    Mrs. Blankerscoon

1971
The Devil and Miss Sarah

as    Sarah Turner

1968
Shadow on the Land

as    Capt. Everett

1968
The Swimmer

as    Shirley Abbott

1967
Welcome to Hard Times

as    Molly Riordan

1967
The Ambushers

as    Sheila Sommers

1966
The Chase

as    Emily Stewart

1964
Invitation to a Gunfighter

as    Ruth Adams

1957
Gun for a Coward

as    Aud Niven

1956
A Woman's Devotion

as    Stella Stevenson

1953
Rogue's March

as    Jane Wensley

1951
Goodbye, My Fancy

as    Virginia Merrill