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Justine Olive Johnstone (Mrs. Walter Wanger; January 31, 1895 – September 4, 1982) was an American stage, and silent screen actress, turned pathologist.Working under her married name, she was part of the team that developed the modern intravenous drip technique.
Jul 8, 2020 · Justine Johnstone’s good looks made a splash on Broadway and in silent films of the 1910s and 1920s. Starstruck classmates remembered that “her air had a meaning, her movements a grace.” The press dubbed her “the most beautiful woman in the world” and declared that “every flapper in New York seems to be imitating Justine Johnstone’s…[voice].”
Johnston was born in Evanston, Illinois. She was occasionally mistaken for Justine Johnstone, a similarly named silent film actress, who is not her mother and with whom she had no connection. Johnston performed throughout the Mid-Pacific during World War II. She appeared on Broadway in such musicals as the original production of the Tony ...
Justine Johnstone. Actress: The Plaything of Broadway. Justine Johnstone was born Gustina Johnson in 1895 to a poor Scandinavian immigrant family in New Jersey. She later described her mother and father as "stern parents of Viking ancestry." Despite their severity and poverty, Johnstone grew up in a household that honored the written word and the stage. The future actress lived in the melting pot of Hoboken, a cosmopolitan theatre capital...
Justine Johnstone. Biography: (1895-1982) The smartest showgirl on Broadway in the 1910s, Justine Johnstone rocketed from a Hoboken beauty contest to the Follies chorus, to feature spots in the Princess Theatre musicals, to success on Broadway, to silent movie stardom. The lighting staff of the Princess honored Johnstone's magical presence on ...
Jul 23, 2018 · In doing so Kathleen Vestuto not only paints the portrait of Justine Johnstone the woman but, more importantly, Justine Johnstone the person, and does so by making us feel we're living with her through the New York and Los Angeles of the 1920s through the 1960s, and beyond. This is an exceptional work, and a thoroughly enjoyable read. Don't ...
- Kathleen Vestuto
Jul 26, 2018 · As a Ziegfeld Follies girl and film actress, Justine Johnstone (1895-1982) was celebrated as "the most beautiful woman in the world." Her career took an unexpected turn when she abruptly retired from acting at 31. For the remainder of her life, she dedicated herself to medical research and social activism.
