Jane Harker

Known for

Acting

Born

November 13, 1923

Birthplace

San Francisco, California, USA

Died

September 10, 1988 (aged 64)

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 'chees...

Best known work

Filmography

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