11/13/1923
San Francisco, California, USA:
Jane Ellen Harker was born on November 13, 1923 in San Francisco, California. She was an actress, known for The Unfaithful (1947), That Way with Women (1947) and Love and Learn (1947). She was married to Samuel Lefcourt Lanier (born: Lefkovits). She died on September 10, 1988 in St. Johns, Florida, USA. A popular glamour girl of the late 1940s, she is best remembered as Alice from a number of the 'Joe McDoakes' film shorts. She became a Warner Bros. contract player and made her 1946 silver screen bow in "Her Kind of Man." Jane went on to numerous cinematic appearances including "Deception," "Night and Day," and "Humoresque" (all 1946), while building a following by posing for several 'cheesecake' magazines both domestic and foreign; in 1947 she had her best known film role in "The Unfaithful," also was seen in "Love and Learn," and "Possessed," and made the first of her eight appearances as Alice McDoakes opposite George O'Hanlon as Joe. Jane was last seen on screen in the 1948 film "So You Want to Build a House," then essentially dropped from view. She lived out her remaining days in Florida.
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So You Want to Build a House (1948) as Alice McDoakes (uncredited) |
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So You Want an Apartment (1948) as Alice McDoakes (uncredited) |
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So You Want to Hold Your Wife (1947) as Alice McDoakes (uncredited) |
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So You Want to Be a Salesman (1947) as Alice McDoakes (uncredited) |
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So You're Going on a Vacation (1947) as Alice McDoakes (uncredited) |
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The Unfaithful (1947) as Joan |
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So You Want to Be in Pictures (1947) as Actress Playing Alice McDoakes (uncredited) |
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Possessed (1947) as First College Girl (uncredited) |
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So You're Going to Be a Father (1947) as Alice McDoakes (uncredited) |
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Love and Learn (1947) as Receptionist |
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That Way with Women (1947) as Angela |
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Humoresque (1947) as Party Guest (uncredited) |
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The Man I Love (1946) as Cigarette Girl (uncredited) |
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The Time, The Place and The Girl (1946) as Bar Patron (uncredited) |
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Never Say Goodbye (1946) as Mary Scott (uncredited) |
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Deception (1946) as Music Student (uncredited) |
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So You Want to Play the Horses (1946) as Alice McDoakes (uncredited) |
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Two Guys from Milwaukee (1946) as Woman with Sailor on top of bus (uncredited) |
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Night and Day (1946) as Specialty Trio Member (uncredited) |
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Her Kind of Man (1946) as Bubbles (uncredited) |