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Julanne Johnston

{{short description|American actress (1900–1988)}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Julanne Johnston

| image = Julanne Johnston Stars of the Photoplay.jpg

| alt =

| caption = Publicity photo from Stars of the Photoplay (1924)

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1900|5|1}}

| birth_place = Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1988|12|26|1900|5|1}}

| death_place = Grosse Pointe, Michigan, U.S.

| spouse = David W. Rust

| occupation = Actress

| yearsactive = 1917–1934

| children = 1

| resting_place = Woodlawn Cemetery

}}

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Julanne Johnston (May 1, 1900 – December 26, 1988Silent Film Necrology, p. 270, 2nd Edition, c. 2001, by Eugene M. Vazzana. {{ISBN|0-7864-1059-0}}.) 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 Neely Dickson's Hollywood Community Theatre for two years. She also attended the Hollywood School for Girls.{{cite book |title=Stars of the Photoplay |date=1924 |publisher=Photoplay Publishing Company |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=urg2AAAAIAAJ&q=%22Julanne+Johnston%22&pg=RA6-PP1 |access-date=January 26, 2021 |language=en}}

Johnston began her career as a solo dancer and toured with Ruth St. Denis during summer vacations from school.{{cite news |title=Colleen Moore heads great cast in 'Oh Kay' at Capitol |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/68537400/lebanon-daily-news/ |access-date=January 26, 2021 |work=Lebanon Daily News |date=September 22, 1928 |location=Pennsylvania, Lebanon |page=19|via = Newspapers.com}} In 1924, she was selected to be a WAMPAS Baby Star.{{cite news |title=Baby Cinema Glaxy on Way to S.F. |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/68538876/the-san-francisco-examiner/ |access-date=January 26, 2021 |work=The San Francisco Examiner |date=January 2, 1924 |page=17|via = Newspapers.com}}

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, with Anna May Wong in 1924.[https://allmovie.com/artist/julanne-johnston-p35857 Julanne Johnston;allmovie biography] 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).{{Citation needed |date=July 2024}}

Johnston retired from acting in 1934.{{cite book |last1=Lowe |first1=Denise |title=An Encyclopedic Dictionary of Women in Early American Films: 1895-1930 |date=January 27, 2014 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-317-71896-3 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=68e2AgAAQBAJ&q=%22Julanne+Johnston%22&pg=PA1947-IA42 |access-date=January 26, 2021 |language=en}}

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.{{Citation needed |date=July 2024}}

She died in Grosse Pointe, Michigan, at the age of 88. Her remains were buried at Woodlawn Cemetery in Detroit.{{Citation needed |date=July 2024}}

Partial filmography

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Category:1900 births

Category:1988 deaths

Category:Actresses from Indianapolis

Category:American film actresses

Category:American silent film actresses

Category:20th-century American actresses

Category:Burials at Woodlawn Cemetery (Detroit)