Jane Frazee
Born: 1915-07-18 in Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA
Died: 1985-09-06
Known For: Acting
Biography
A professional entertainer since the age of six, blue-eyed brunette Jane Frazee and her older sister Ruth Frazee had a vaudeville sister act and appeared in nightclubs and on radio together. They journeyed to Hollywood, but the act broke up when Ruth failed her screen tests and Jane passed hers. Jane was quite attractive with a pleasant singing voice, and went on to play in numerous westerns and light musicals after signing with Republic Pictures. She later appeared in a number of films for Universal Pictures, which put her to the test by having her warble amidst the antics of Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Buck Privates (1941) and Ole Olsen and Chic Johnson in Hellzapoppin' (1941). She married actor/director Glenn Tryon in 1942 and had a son, Timothy, but the couple divorced in 1947. Moving into TV guest appearances in the early 1950s, Jane later retired and started a successful real estate business. She died in Newport Beach, California at age 67 following complications from a stroke on September 6, 1985.
Filmography
1956
- So You Think the Grass Is Greener as Alice McDoakes (uncredited)
1955
- So You Want a Model Railroad as Alice McDoakes (uncredited)
- So You Don't Trust Your Wife as Alice McDoakes (uncredited)
1954
- So You Want to Know Your Relatives as Alice McDoakes (uncredited)
- So You're Taking in a Roomer as Alice McDoakes (uncredited)
1952
- Adventures of Superman as Farmwoman
- The Abbott and Costello Show as Gilda
1951
- Racket Squad
- Rhythm Inn as Carol Denton
1950
- The Gene Autry Show
- The Beulah Show as Alice Henderson
1948
- Under California Stars as Caroline Bullfincher
- The Gay Ranchero as Betty Richards
- Grand Canyon Trail as Carol Martin aka Carol Vanderpool
- Last of the Wild Horses as Jane Cooper
- Incident as Marion Roberts
1947
- On the Old Spanish Trail as Candy
- Springtime in the Sierras as Taffy Baker
- Calendar Girl as Patricia O'Neill
1946
- A Guy Could Change as Barbara Adams
1945
- Swingin' on a Rainbow as Lynn Ford
- Ten Cents a Dance as Jeanne Hollis
1944
- Practically Yours as Jane Frazee - Vocalist
- Swing in the Saddle as Penny Morrow
- Rosie the Riveter as Rosalind 'Rosie' Warren
- The Big Bonanza as Chiquita McSweeney
- Cowboy Canteen as Connie Gray
- She's a Sweetheart as Maxine Lecour
- Beautiful But Broke as Sally Richards
- Kansas City Kitty as Eileen Hasbrook
1943
- Keep 'Em Slugging as Star of Movie House Film
- Rhythm of the Islands as Joan Holton
- Hi'ya, Chum as Sunny Lee
1942
- Get Hep to Love as Ann Winters
- Moonlight Masquerade as Vicki Forrester
- Don't Get Personal as Mary Reynolds
- What's Cookin'? as Anne Payne
- Almost Married as Gloria Dobson
- When Johnny Comes Marching Home as Joyce Benton
- Moonlight in Havana as Gloria Jackson
1941
- Hellzapoppin' as Kitty Rand
- Buck Privates as Judy Gray
- Sing Another Chorus as Edna
- Moonlight in Hawaii as Toby Spencer
- San Antonio Rose as Hope Holloway
- Angels with Broken Wings as Jane Lord
1940
- Melody and Moonlight as Kay Barnett