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Jane Harker

Jane Harker

Birthday: 1923-11-13 | Place of Birth: 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.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

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 Be in Pictures

as    Actress Playing 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
So You're Going to Be a Father

as    Alice McDoakes (uncredited)

1946
So You Want to Play the Horses

as    Alice McDoakes (uncredited)

1946
Her Kind of Man

as    Bubbles (uncredited)