Janelle Johnson

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Janelle Johnson
BornDecember 2, 1923
DiedDecember 2, 1995(1995-12-02) (aged 72)
OccupationActress
Spouses
(m. 1944; died 1963)
Robert Scott
(m. 1965; died 1985)
Children4, including Micky Dolenz
RelativesAmi Dolenz (granddaughter)

Janelle Johnson (December 2, 1923 – December 2, 1995[

Monkees. Her English daughter-in-law was Samantha Juste, co-host of BBC television's Top of the Pops in its early days. Her granddaughter, Ami Dolenz
, also became a film actress.

Background and career

Johnson was born in

Jane "Poni" Adams
.

Personal life

Johnson met her Trieste-born Slovene husband, George Dolenz, while performing in a stage play called Return Engagement, but largely gave up acting after their marriage.[2]

The couple had four children: Micky, the eldest, and three daughters. After Dolenz's death in 1963, she married, on April 23, 1965, Robert Leroy Schmitz, a minister of religion who was the officiant at the 1968 wedding of Micky Dolenz and Samantha Juste. Schmitz, who also used the surname Scott, died in 1985.[citation needed]

Johnson died of cancer in

Los Gatos, California, on her 72nd birthday.[citation needed
]

References

  1. ^ Eichenwald, Wes (July 28, 2013). "Mickey Dolenz's Austin roots". Austin American-Statesman. Texas, Austin. p. D 8. Retrieved March 30, 2020.
  2. ^ a b Micky Dolenz & Mark Bego (1993) I'm a Believer

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