Jane Harker

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

0.873

Gender

Female

Birthday

13-Nov-1923

Age

(103 years old)

Place of Birth

San Francisco, California, USA

Also Known As
  • Jane Ellen Harker

Jane Harker

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.


Credits

So You Want to Be in Pictures So You Want to Be in Pictures (1947) Character: Actress Playing Alice McDoakes (uncredited)
Aspiring actor Joe McDoakes blows his first part at Warner Bros. and has to settle for being a stand-in.
So You Want an Apartment So You Want an Apartment (1948) Character: Alice McDoakes (uncredited)
Joe McDoakes and his wife go apartment hunting.
So You're Going to Be a Father So You're Going to Be a Father (1947) Character: Alice McDoakes (uncredited)
In this comedic short, Joe McDoakes goes through the problems and anxieties of becoming a new father.
So You Want to Hold Your Wife So You Want to Hold Your Wife (1947) Character: Alice McDoakes (uncredited)
In this comedic short, Joe McDoakes attempts to save his five-year marriage to Alice.
So You Want to Play the Horses So You Want to Play the Horses (1946) Character: Alice McDoakes (uncredited)
In this outing, Joe loves playing the horses and shows what you can do to improve your odds of winning.
So You Want to Build a House So You Want to Build a House (1948) Character: Alice McDoakes (uncredited)
In this comedic short, Joe McDoakes is evicted from his apartment and decides to build his own home. As the project progresses, his dream house turns into a nightmare.
So You're Going on a Vacation So You're Going on a Vacation (1947) Character: Alice McDoakes (uncredited)
Joe takes his wife on a much-needed vacation, and almost survives.
So You Want to Be a Salesman So You Want to Be a Salesman (1947) Character: Alice McDoakes (uncredited)
Joe McDoakes begins a new job as a vacuum cleaner salesman but can't seem to sell any.
Possessed Possessed (1947) Character: First College Girl (uncredited)
After being found wandering the streets of Los Angeles, a severely catatonic woman tells a doctor the complex story of how she wound up there.
Night and Day Night and Day (1946) Character: Specialty Trio Member (uncredited)
When his first stage show fails, songwriter Cole Porter goes off to fight in WWI until, injured, he lands in a hospital. He impresses nurse Linda Lee with his creativity, but their budding romance must wait as Cole heads home. Back in New York, he mounts a series of popular shows, and when his work brings him back to Europe, he eventually marries Linda. But success doesn't spare him from marital complications or bad news about a beloved relative.
Love and Learn Love and Learn (1947) Character: Receptionist
A wealthy socialite bored with her life meets and falls in love with a struggling songwriter on the verge of leaving New York and quitting the music business.
Humoresque Humoresque (1947) Character: Party Guest (uncredited)
A classical musician from a working class background is sidetracked by his love for a wealthy, neurotic socialite.
The Man I Love The Man I Love (1946) Character: Cigarette Girl (uncredited)
Tough torch singer Petey Brown, visiting her family, finds a nest of troubles: her sister, brother, and the neighbor's wife are involved in various ways with shady nightclub owner Nicky Toresca. Petey has what it takes to handle Nicky, but then she meets San Thomas, formerly great jazz pianist now on the skids, and falls for him hard.
The Time, The Place and The Girl The Time, The Place and The Girl (1946) Character: Bar Patron (uncredited)
The stuffy manager of lovely opera singer Vicki Cassel and her uncle, a classical conductor, is determined to close down the noisy nightclub next door to the Cassels' home. The club's owners--Steve, a handsome ladies' man, and Jeff, his clownish sidekick--hatch a plan to keep the club open. Steve arranges to meet--and woo--Vicki and then invite her and her uncle to the club. When Vicki's snobbish aunt and the manager discover that Vicki now favors popular music over the classics, they arrange to get the club closed. But that doesn't keep Steve and Jeff down. Instead, they decide to put on a Broadway show if they can get a backer. They find their "angel" in Vicki's uncle who agrees to finance the show only if Vicki is the leading lady. But again, Vicki's aunt and manager may be the spoiler in everyone's plans.
That Way with Women That Way with Women (1947) Character: Angela
A bored millionaire matches his daughter with his partner in a gas station.
Deception Deception (1946) Character: Music Student (uncredited)
After marrying her long lost love, a pianist finds the relationship threatened by a wealthy composer who is besotted with her.
Two Guys from Milwaukee Two Guys from Milwaukee (1946) Character: Woman with Sailor on top of bus (uncredited)
Balkan Prince Henry has two wishes, to meet Lauren Bacall and see the "real" America. He befriends cabbie Buzz Williams and, without knowing the microphone is live, the two stage a debate on democracy versus monarchy broadcast back to the Prince's homeland. A plebiscite there puts Henry out of a job. Flying to Milwaukee to become a beer salesman, he meets Bacall on the seat next to his, but a tap on his shoulder means he must give up his seat (and dream) to Bogie.
Her Kind of Man Her Kind of Man (1946) Character: Bubbles (uncredited)
A nightclub singer can't choose between a charismatic small-time gangster and an honest newspaperman.
The Unfaithful The Unfaithful (1947) Character: Joan
Christine Hunter kills an intruder and tells her husband and lawyer that it was an act of self-defense. It's later revealed that he was actually her lover and she had posed for an incriminating statue he created.
Never Say Goodbye Never Say Goodbye (1946) Character: Mary Scott (uncredited)
Phil and Ellen Gayley have been divorced for a year, and their 7-year old daughter, Flip, is very unhappy that her parents are not together. Flip starts a correspondence with a Marine, sending a picture of her beautiful mother as the author of Flip's flirtatious letters. When the Marine shows up to meet his pen pal, Ellen takes the opportunity to make her ex-husband jealous.



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