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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

20

Gender

Female

Birthday

1923-11-13

Day of Death

1988-09-10 (65 years old)

Place of Birth

San Francisco, California, USA

Also Known As

Jane Ellen Harker

Jane Harker

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.

Known For

Acting

The Unfaithful

1947

The Unfaithful

as

Joan

Deception

1946

Deception

as

Music Student (uncredited)

Humoresque

1947

Humoresque

as

Party Guest (uncredited)

So You Want an Apartment

1948

So You Want an Apartment

as

Alice McDoakes (uncredited)

Her Kind of Man

1946

Her Kind of Man

as

Bubbles (uncredited)

Never Say Goodbye

1946

Never Say Goodbye

as

Mary Scott (uncredited)

So You're Going on a Vacation

1947

So You're Going on a Vacation

as

Alice McDoakes (uncredited)

So You Want to Hold Your Wife

1947

So You Want to Hold Your Wife

as

Alice McDoakes (uncredited)

So You Want to Play the Horses

1946

So You Want to Play the Horses

as

Alice McDoakes (uncredited)

So You Want to Be in Pictures

1947

So You Want to Be in Pictures

as

Actress Playing Alice McDoakes (uncredited)

So You Want to Build a House

1948

So You Want to Build a House

as

Alice McDoakes (uncredited)

So You're Going to Be a Father

1947

So You're Going to Be a Father

as

Alice McDoakes (uncredited)

So You Want to Be a Salesman

1947

So You Want to Be a Salesman

as

Alice McDoakes (uncredited)

Love and Learn

1947

Love and Learn

as

Receptionist

The Man I Love

1946

The Man I Love

as

Cigarette Girl (uncredited)

Possessed

1947

Possessed

as

First College Girl (uncredited)

The Time, The Place and The Girl

1946

The Time, The Place and The Girl

as

Bar Patron (uncredited)

Two Guys from Milwaukee

1946

Two Guys from Milwaukee

as

Woman with Sailor on top of bus (uncredited)

Night and Day

1946

Night and Day

as

Specialty Trio Member (uncredited)

Production

Crew

Directing