Actor
Jane Harker
November 13, 1923 · San Francisco, California, USA
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.
Often works with
George O'Hanlon
8 titles together
So You Want an Apartment, So You Want to Be in Pictures, So You Want to Hold Your Wife
Art Gilmore
8 titles together
So You Want an Apartment, So You Want to Be in Pictures, So You Want to Hold Your Wife
Monte Blue
6 titles together
Possessed, The Man I Love, Never Say Goodbye
Don McGuire
5 titles together
Possessed, Humoresque, The Man I Love
Clifton Young
5 titles together
Possessed, So You Want an Apartment, So You Want to Build a House
Tom D'Andrea
5 titles together
Humoresque, Night and Day, Never Say Goodbye
Full filmography · 20
So You Want to Build a House
as Alice McDoakes (uncredited)
1948So You Want an Apartment
as Alice McDoakes (uncredited)
1948So You Want to Hold Your Wife
as Alice McDoakes (uncredited)
1947So You Want to Be a Salesman
as Alice McDoakes (uncredited)
1947So You're Going on a Vacation
as Alice McDoakes (uncredited)
1947
The Unfaithful
as Joan
19475.9So You Want to Be in Pictures
as Actress Playing Alice McDoakes (uncredited)
1947
Possessed
as First College Girl (uncredited)
19476.9So 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)
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