Johnstone, Justine (1895–1982)
Johnstone, Justine (1895–1982)
American actress, dancer, and pathologist. Name variations: Justine Wanger. Born Jan 31, 1895, in Englewood, NJ; died Sept 3, 1982, in Santa Monica, CA; m. Walter Wanger (film producer), 1919 (div. 1938).
Famed for her beauty, was a model for artist Harrison Fisher before making Broadway debut as a show girl in Folies Bergère (1911), followed by Ziegfield Folllies of 1915 and 1916, and Stop! Look! Listen! (1915), Betty (1916) and Oh, Boy (1917); opened a nightclub with Billie Allen in Shubert Alley; starred in silent films (1920–21), including The Crucible, Sheltered Daughters, and A Heart to Let; retired from screen (1926), entered medical school and became a noted pathologist and innovator in the treatment of syphilis.
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