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Julanne Johnston

American actress

Julanne Johnston
Publicity photo from Stars of the Photoplay (1924)
Born	(1900-05-01)May 1, 1900 Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.
Died	December 26, 1988(1988-12-26) (aged 88) Grosse Pointe, Michigan, U.S.
Resting place	Woodlawn Cemetery
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1917–1934
Spouse	David W. Rust
Children	1

Several scenes of Julanne Johnston in The Thief of Bagdad

Julanne Johnston (May 1, 1900 – December 26, 1988^[1]) was an American silent film actress.

Biography

Johnston was born and educated in Indianapolis, Indiana, then her family moved to Hollywood, where she took dancing lessons at the Denishawn School and acted with the Hollywood Community Theatre for two years. She also attended the Hollywood School for Girls.^[2]

Johnston began her career as a solo dancer and toured with Ruth St. Denis during summer vacations from school.^[3] In 1924, she was selected to be a WAMPAS Baby Star.^[4]

Douglas Fairbanks saw Johnston dance in a theater before the premiere of his film Robin Hood, and this exposure resulted in his signing her to be the leading lady in The Thief of Bagdad,^[3] with Anna May Wong in 1924.^[5] The same year, she was on William Randolph Hearst's yacht the Oneida during the weekend in November 1924 when film director and producer Thomas Ince later died of apparent heart failure (many conspiracy theories exist about Ince's death).

Johnston retired from acting in 1934.^[6]

Personal life

Johnston married David W. Rust, and they lived in Detroit, Michigan. They had one child, David Wendell Rust. Johnston lost her 62-year-old husband and her 29-year-old son within the space of six years.

She died in Grosse Pointe, Michigan, at the age of 88. Her remains were buried at Woodlawn Cemetery in Detroit.

Partial filmography

Youth (1917, uncredited)
Better Times (1919)
Miss Hobbs (1920) - Millicent Farey
Fickle Women (1920) - Janie Cullison
Seeing It Through (1920) - Janice Wilson
The Young Rajah (1922) - Dancing Girl (uncredited)
Madness of Youth (1923) - The Dancer
The Brass Bottle (1923)
Tea: With a Kick! (1923) - Gwen Van Peebles
The Thief of Bagdad (1924) - The Princess
Garragan (1924)
The City of Temptation (1925) - Wanda Menkoff
Big Pal (1925) - Helen Truscott
The Big Parade (1925) - Justine Devereux (uncredited)
The Prude's Fall (1925) - Sonia Roubetsky
Captain Fearless (1925)
Pleasures of the Rich (1926) - Phyliss Worthing
Aloma of the South Seas (1926) - Sylvia
Dame Chance (1926) - Gail Vernon
Twinkletoes (1926) - Lilac
Venus of Venice (1927) - Jean
Die selige Exzellenz (1927) - Vanda Mekoff
Good Time Charley (1927) - Elaine Keene
Her Wild Oat (1927) - Miss Whitley
The Whip Woman (1928) - Mme. Haldane
Name the Woman (1928) - Nina Palmer
The Olympic Hero (1928) - Mary Brown
Oh, Kay! (1928) - Constance Appleton
Synthetic Sin (1929) - Member of Frank's Gang #5
The Younger Generation (1929) - Irma Striker (uncredited)
Prisoners (1929) - Lenke
Smiling Irish Eyes (1929) - Goldie Devore
The Show of Shows (1929) - Performer in 'Ladies of the Ensemble' Number
General Crack (1929) - Court Lady
Strictly Modern (1930) - Aimee Spencer
Golden Dawn (1930) - Sister Hedwig
Madam Satan (1930) - Miss Conning Tower
Stepping Sisters (1932) - Minor Role (uncredited)
Midnight Club (1933, uncredited)
Morning Glory (1933, uncredited)
Bolero (1934, uncredited)
The Scarlet Empress (1934) - Catherine's Lady-in-Waiting (uncredited)
Cleopatra (1934, uncredited)

References

^ Silent Film Necrology, p. 270, 2nd Edition, c. 2001, by Eugene M. Vazzana. ISBN 0-7864-1059-0.
^ Stars of the Photoplay. Photoplay Publishing Company. 1924. Retrieved January 26, 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Colleen Moore heads great cast in 'Oh Kay' at Capitol". Lebanon Daily News. Pennsylvania, Lebanon. September 22, 1928. p. 19. Retrieved January 26, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Baby Cinema Glaxy on Way to S.F." The San Francisco Examiner. January 2, 1924. p. 17. Retrieved January 26, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Julanne Johnston;allmovie biography
^ Lowe, Denise (January 27, 2014). An Encyclopedic Dictionary of Women in Early American Films: 1895-1930. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-317-71896-3. Retrieved January 26, 2021.