Jane Harker
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.
Known For
Credits
- 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)