 of James Garner. One such person was writer-producer Juanita Bartlett. Juanita was one of the driving forces behind the Rockford Files, which was how I first got to know her back in 1995. Plus, thanks to James Garner, Juanita became one of the first women to establish herself as a writer and producer in television in the early 1970s, a time when the industry was changing, but still very much male-driven.