Jane Harker

Jane Harker

1923-11-13 – 1988-09-10 (age 64) San Francisco, California, USA
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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.

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Known For

Possessed
Possessed

1947

as First College Girl (uncredited)

Night and Day
Night and Day

1946

as Specialty Trio Member (uncredited)

Never Say Goodbye
Never Say Goodbye

1946

as Mary Scott (uncredited)

The Time, The Place and The Girl
The Time, The Place and The Girl

1946

as Bar Patron (uncredited)

Deception
Deception

1946

as Music Student (uncredited)

Humoresque
Humoresque

1947

as Party Guest (uncredited)

The Man I Love
The Man I Love

1946

as Cigarette Girl (uncredited)

The Unfaithful
The Unfaithful

1947

as Joan

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So You Want to Play the Horses

1946

as Alice McDoakes (uncredited)

Love and Learn
Love and Learn

1947

as Receptionist

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So You Want to Build a House

1948

as Alice McDoakes (uncredited)

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So You're Going to Be a Father

1947

as Alice McDoakes (uncredited)

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So You're Going on a Vacation

1947

as Alice McDoakes (uncredited)

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So You Want to Hold Your Wife

1947

as Alice McDoakes (uncredited)

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So You Want to Be in Pictures

1947

as Actress Playing Alice McDoakes (uncredited)

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So You Want an Apartment

1948

as Alice McDoakes (uncredited)

Two Guys from Milwaukee
Two Guys from Milwaukee

1946

as Woman with Sailor on top of bus (uncredited)

Her Kind of Man
Her Kind of Man

1946

as Bubbles (uncredited)

That Way with Women
That Way with Women

1947

as Angela

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So You Want to Be a Salesman

1947

as Alice McDoakes (uncredited)