Jane Harker

Jane Harker

Birthday: 1923-11-13

Place of Birth: San Francisco, California, USA

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.

Movies

The Unfaithful
The Unfaithful

Christine Hunter kills an intruder and tells her husband and lawyer that it was an act of self-defen...

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Deception
Deception

After marrying her long lost love, a pianist finds the relationship threatened by a wealthy composer...

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Humoresque
Humoresque

A classical musician from a working class background is sidetracked by his love for a wealthy, neuro...

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So You Want an Apartment
So You Want an Apartment

Joe McDoakes and his wife go apartment hunting....

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Her Kind of Man
Her Kind of Man

A nightclub singer can't choose between a charismatic small-time gangster and an honest newspaperman...

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Never Say Goodbye
Never Say Goodbye

Phil and Ellen Gayley have been divorced for a year, and their 7-year old daughter, Flip, is very un...

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That Way with Women
That Way with Women

A bored millionaire matches his daughter with his partner in a gas station....

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So You're Going on a Vacation
So You're Going on a Vacation

Joe takes his wife on a much-needed vacation, and almost survives....

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So You Want to Hold Your Wife
So You Want to Hold Your Wife

In this comedic short, Joe McDoakes attempts to save his five-year marriage to Alice....

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So You Want to Play the Horses
So You Want to Play the Horses

In this outing, Joe loves playing the horses and shows what you can do to improve your odds of winni...

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So You Want to Be in Pictures
So You Want to Be in Pictures

Aspiring actor Joe McDoakes blows his first part at Warner Bros. and has to settle for being a stand...

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So You Want to Build a House
So You Want to Build a House

In this comedic short, Joe McDoakes is evicted from his apartment and decides to build his own home....

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So You're Going to Be a Father
So You're Going to Be a Father

In this comedic short, Joe McDoakes goes through the problems and anxieties of becoming a new father...

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So You Want to Be a Salesman
So You Want to Be a Salesman

Joe McDoakes begins a new job as a vacuum cleaner salesman but can't seem to sell any....

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Love and Learn
Love and Learn

A wealthy socialite bored with her life meets and falls in love with a struggling songwriter on the ...

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The Man I Love
The Man I Love

Tough torch singer Petey Brown, visiting her family, finds a nest of troubles: her sister, brother, ...

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Possessed
Possessed

After being found wandering the streets of Los Angeles, a severely catatonic woman tells a doctor th...

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

The stuffy manager of lovely opera singer Vicki Cassel and her uncle, a classical conductor, is dete...

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Two Guys from Milwaukee
Two Guys from Milwaukee

Balkan Prince Henry has two wishes, to meet Lauren Bacall and see the "real" America. He befriends c...

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Night and Day
Night and Day

When his first stage show fails, songwriter Cole Porter goes off to fight in WWI until, injured, he ...

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