Janice Rule Biography

Fast Facts

• Appeared on the January 8, 1951, cover of Life magazine in recognition of her being a rising young actress
• Earned a doctorate in Psychology from the Southern California Psychoanalytic Institute in Los Angeles in 1983
• Got started in show business as a dancer at Chicago's Chez Paree nightclub and as a chorus girl in "Miss Liberty" on Broadway
• Quote: "(On turning down a role opposite Marlon Brando in "On the Waterfront"): "I knew I couldn't shoot in a movie all day and work on a stage at night [in "Picnic"] and do my best in both․""
• Most commonly played socialite characters who were neurotic and bitter
• Best known for her roles in "3 Women," "The Swimmer," and "The Chase․"
• Continued to appear in movies after becoming a psychoanalyst and setting up her practice in New York, and spent much of her time analyzing her actor friends
• Was part of the original 1953 cast of William Inge's "Picnic," in which Paul Newman made his Broadway debut