Jane Harker
Born: 1923-11-13 in San Francisco, California, USA
Died: 1988-09-10
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
1948
- So You Want to Build a House as Alice McDoakes (uncredited)
- So You Want an Apartment as Alice McDoakes (uncredited)
1947
- Possessed as First College Girl (uncredited)
- The Unfaithful as Joan
- Humoresque as Party Guest (uncredited)
- Love and Learn as Receptionist
- So You Want to Be in Pictures as Actress Playing Alice McDoakes (uncredited)
- So You Want to Be a Salesman as Alice McDoakes (uncredited)
- So You Want to Hold Your Wife as Alice McDoakes (uncredited)
- That Way with Women as Angela
- So You're Going to Be a Father as Alice McDoakes (uncredited)
- So You're Going on a Vacation as Alice McDoakes (uncredited)
1946
- Night and Day as Specialty Trio Member (uncredited)
- The Man I Love as Cigarette Girl (uncredited)
- Deception as Music Student (uncredited)
- Never Say Goodbye as Mary Scott (uncredited)
- The Time, The Place and The Girl as Bar Patron (uncredited)
- Two Guys from Milwaukee as Woman with Sailor on top of bus (uncredited)
- Her Kind of Man as Bubbles (uncredited)
- So You Want to Play the Horses as Alice McDoakes (uncredited)