Jane Harker

San Francisco, California, USA

1923-11-13

Biography: 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.

Movies:

The Unfaithful

Deception

Humoresque

Her Kind of Man

That Way with Women

Never Say Goodbye

So You Want an Apartment

So You're Going on a Vacation

So You Want to Hold Your Wife

So You Want to Play the Horses

So You Want to Be in Pictures

So You Want to Build a House

So You're Going to Be a Father

So You Want to Be a Salesman

Love and Learn

The Man I Love

Possessed

The Time, The Place and The Girl

Two Guys from Milwaukee

Night and Day

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