Mary Janice Rule (August , â€" October , ) was an American actress
"at her most convincing playing embittered, neurotic socialites". She
studied psychoanalysis in her later life, earning a PhD in , and
practicing in New York and Los Angeles. She continued to act
occasionally.Janice Rule was born in Norwood, Ohio, to parents of
Irish origin. Her father was a dealer in industrial diamonds. She
began dancing at the Chez Paree nightclub at age , which paid for
ballet lessons, and was a dancer in the Broadway production of Miss
Liberty. Rule also studied acting at the Chicago Professional
School.She was pictured on the cover of Life magazine on January , as
being someone to watch in the entertainment industry. Given a contract
by Warner Bros., her first credited screen role was as Virginia in
Goodbye, My Fancy (), which featured Joan Crawford in the lead. The
established star belittled the younger woman, making Rule's work on
the film difficult, although Crawford years later wrote a letter of
apology to Rule for treating her badly on this film. Rule's Warner
contract was allowed to lapse after only two films. She was troubled
by the attitude toward women's beauty at the studios in the early s:
"Because I was afraid of being robbed of my individuality, I fought
with the makeup people, the hairdressers, and I didn't understand
problems of the publicity department," she was reported as saying in .
"at her most convincing playing embittered, neurotic socialites". She
studied psychoanalysis in her later life, earning a PhD in , and
practicing in New York and Los Angeles. She continued to act
occasionally.Janice Rule was born in Norwood, Ohio, to parents of
Irish origin. Her father was a dealer in industrial diamonds. She
began dancing at the Chez Paree nightclub at age , which paid for
ballet lessons, and was a dancer in the Broadway production of Miss
Liberty. Rule also studied acting at the Chicago Professional
School.She was pictured on the cover of Life magazine on January , as
being someone to watch in the entertainment industry. Given a contract
by Warner Bros., her first credited screen role was as Virginia in
Goodbye, My Fancy (), which featured Joan Crawford in the lead. The
established star belittled the younger woman, making Rule's work on
the film difficult, although Crawford years later wrote a letter of
apology to Rule for treating her badly on this film. Rule's Warner
contract was allowed to lapse after only two films. She was troubled
by the attitude toward women's beauty at the studios in the early s:
"Because I was afraid of being robbed of my individuality, I fought
with the makeup people, the hairdressers, and I didn't understand
problems of the publicity department," she was reported as saying in .
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