---
name: "Julanne Johnston"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/julanne-johnston"
fi1m_id: "julanne-johnston"
imdb_id: "nm0426710"
tmdb_id: 29981
wikidata_id: "Q1972434"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "30 April 1900"
died: "26 December 1988"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-25T06:12:29.061796+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Julanne Johnston

## Identity

Julanne Johnston

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/julanne-johnston
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** julanne-johnston
- **IMDb ID:** nm0426710
- **TMDB ID:** 29981
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1972434
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julanne_Johnston, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1972434, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0426710/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/29981

Actor. Born 30 April 1900 in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. Died 26 December 1988.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 30 April 1900, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
- **Died:** 26 December 1988
- **Also known as:** Julanne Johnson, Juliane Johnston, Julianne Johnston, Julianne Johnstone, Julanne Rust
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 2: 1 acting, 1 other
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julanne_Johnston, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1972434, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0426710/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/29981

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*The Thief of Bagdad*](https://film.one/film/the-thief-of-bagdad-1924.md) (82)
- **Tubi:** [*The Big Parade*](https://film.one/film/the-big-parade.md) (80)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Julanne Johnston was an American silent film actress. Born in Indianapolis, Indiana, she studied dancing and toured with the Ruth St. Denis Dancers, which led to her first screen roles. She was named a WAMPAS Baby Star in 1924.

Johnston is best known for playing the Princess in *The Thief of Bagdad* (1924). Her other credits include an uncredited role as Justine Devereux in *The Big Parade* (1925) and appearances in *The Scarlet Empress* (1934) and *Cleopatra* (1934). She retired from acting in 1934. She married David W. Rust and later lived in the Detroit area, where she volunteered at the Detroit Institute of Arts. Johnston died in Grosse Pointe, Michigan, in 1988.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

### Performed in (1) — the average rests on these

- *The Thief of Bagdad* (1924), Fi1m 82, as The Princess — [page](https://film.one/film/the-thief-of-bagdad-1924.md)

### Also credited (1) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited

- *The Big Parade* (1925), Fi1m 80, as Justine Devereux (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/the-big-parade.md)

## Complete filmography (31)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Cleopatra* (1934), as Undetermined Role (uncredited)
- *The Scarlet Empress* (1934), Actor
- *Madam Satan* (1930), as Miss Conning Tower
- *Golden Dawn* (1930), as Sister Hedwig
- *Strictly Modern* (1930), as Aimee Spencer
- *Smiling Irish Eyes* (1929), as Goldie Devore
- *Prisoners* (1929), as Lenke
- *The Younger Generation* (1929), as Irma Striker
- *Oh Kay!* (1928), as Constance Appleton
- *The Olympic Hero* (1928), as Mary Brown
- *Name the Woman* (1928), as Nina Palmer
- *The Whip Woman* (1928), as Mme. Haldane
- *Her Wild Oat* (1927), as Miss Whitley
- *Good Time Charley* (1927), as Elaine Keene - Mother
- *His Late Excellency* (1927), as Vanda Mekoff
- *Venus of Venice* (1927), as Jean
- *Twinkletoes* (1926), as Lilac
- *Aloma of the South Seas* (1926), as Sylvia
- *Pleasures of the Rich* (1926), as Phyliss Worthing
- *The Prude's Fall* (1925), as Sonia Roubetsky
- *The Big Parade* (1925), as Justine Devereux (uncredited) — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/the-big-parade.md)
- *Big Pal* (1925), as Helen Truscott
- *The City of Temptation* (1925), as Wanda Menkoff
- *Garragan* (1924), Actor
- *The Thief of Bagdad* (1924), as The Princess — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/the-thief-of-bagdad-1924.md)
- *The Brass Bottle* (1923), Actor
- *The Young Rajah* (1922), as Dancing Girl
- *Fickle Women* (1920), as Janie Cullison
- *Miss Hobbs* (1920), as Millicent Farey
- *Seeing It Through* (1920), as Janice Wilson
- *Better Times* (1919), Actor

## Gallery

- ![Julanne Johnston, silent films Subjects (LCTGM): actresses, motion pictures (1927)](https://film.one/media/person/3849761/gallery-dfcd73da5d9c.jpg) Julanne Johnston, silent films Subjects (LCTGM): actresses, motion pictures (1927) — Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Julanne_Johnston%2C_silent_films_%28SAYRE_4876%29.jpg/1280px-Julanne_Johnston%2C_silent_films_%28SAYRE_4876%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Still from the film Aloma of the South Seas (1926). Subjects (LCTGM): motion pictures, actresses](https://film.one/media/person/3849761/gallery-201094034b73.jpg) Still from the film Aloma of the South Seas (1926). Subjects (LCTGM): motion pictures, actresses — Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Aloma_of_the_South_Seas_%28SAYRE_14415%29.jpg/1280px-Aloma_of_the_South_Seas_%28SAYRE_14415%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Still with Douglas Fairbanks and Julanne Johnston in the American film The Thief of Bagdad (1924). Subjects (LCTGM): actors, actresses, motion pictures (1925)](https://film.one/media/person/3849761/gallery-76e4a2767f5f.jpg) Still with Douglas Fairbanks and Julanne Johnston in the American film The Thief of Bagdad (1924). Subjects (LCTGM): actors, actresses, motion pictures (1925) — Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Douglas_Fairbanks_and_Julanne_Johnston_in_%22The_Thief_of_Bagdad%22_%28SAYRE_4908%29.jpg/1280px-Douglas_Fairbanks_and_Julanne_Johnston_in_%22The_Thief_of_Bagdad%22_%28SAYRE_4908%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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