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Janice Rule

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Actor 1931–2003 On stage 19491961

Mary Janice Rule (August 15, 1931 – October 17, 2003) was an American actress and psychotherapist. Beginning her career as a dancer, she gained early recognition in the original 1953 Broadway production of William Inge's Picnic. Rule appeared in over 20 films, including Bell, Book and Candle (1958) with James Stewart, The Swimmer (1968) with Burt Lancaster, and Robert Altman's 3 Women (1977) with Shelley Duvall and Sissy Spacek. Her television work included appearances in The Twilight Zone, Route 66, and The Fugitive. Rule began studying psychoanalysis in 1973 and received her PhD in 1983, specializing in treating fellow actors. She practiced psychotherapy in New York and Los Angeles and con…

On stage 7 productions, 12 years

1949 Miss Liberty Imperial Theatre · Original · directed by Moss Hart 308 perf.
1950 Great to Be Alive! Winter Garden Theatre · Original · directed by Helen Tamiris 52 perf.
1953 Picnic Music Box Theatre · Revival · directed by Marshall Jamison 477 perf.
1954 The Flowering Peach Belasco Theatre · Original 135 perf.
1955 The Carefree Tree Phoenix Theatre · Original · directed by Jack Landau 24 perf.
1958 The Night Circus John Golden Theatre · Original · directed by Frank Corsaro 7 perf.
1961 The Happiest Girl in the World Martin Beck Theatre · Original · directed by Cyril Ritchard 96 perf.

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Norma Kaiser 2 productions

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In the literature5 passages

  • The singing and dancing chorus included a number of performers who later became well known in plays and musicals (Swen Swenson, Janice Rule, Russell Nype, Jeanne Bal, and future choreographer Ted Cappy).ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
  • Cast: Eddie Albert, Allyn Ann McLerie, Mary McCarty, Charles Dingle, Philip Bourneuf, Ethel Griffies, Herbert Berghof, Tommy Rail, Janice Rule, Maria Karnilova, Dody Goodmanebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
  • Lainie Kazan presumed this was “the modus operandi of all musical stars,” until she realized that Janice Rule and Michele Lee had never behaved this way. Kazan could only assume that once a star got to Barbra’s rank, they “had that kind of power to stop rehearsals and throw off schedules, that they could be difficult and that was okay.” B…ebooks/Mann, William J_/Hello, Gorgeous_ Becoming Barbra Streisand - William J. Mann.txt
  • TONY TANNER, DANNY SEWELL, NORMAN BARRS. (seated) ERIC BERRY, LAWRENCE KEITH, JANICE RULE in “THE HOMECOMING”theatre-pdfs/A Pictorial History of the American Theatre, 1860-1985 (Blum).txt
  • Janice Rule, 72, Norwood, Ohio-born actress, died October 17, 2003, in New York, New York, of undisclosed causes. She made her Broadway debut in Williamtheatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 2003-04 Season, v. 60 (Willis).txt

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