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Jane Greer
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Jane Greer (born Bettejane Greer; September 9, 1924 – August 24, 2001) was an American film and television actress. Although best known for her femme fatale role in the noir Out o…
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Jane Greer (born Bettejane Greer; September 9, 1924 – August 24, 2001) was an American film and television actress. Although best known for her femme fatale role in the noir Out of the Past (1947), her noteworthy roles in television include guest appearances on episodes of numerous shows over the decades, such as Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Bonanza, Quincy, M.E., Murder, She Wrote, and a 1975 gig with Peter Falk and Robert Vaughn in an episode of Columbo titled Troubled Waters. She even got to make fun of Out of the Past in a parody with Robert Mitchum on TV's Saturday Night Live in 1987. Greer joined the casts of Falcon Crest in 1984 and Twin Peaks in 1990 in recurring roles until her retirement in 1996. Greer was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1634 Vine Street for her contributions to the motion picture industry. The star was dedicated on February 8, 1960. In 2009, The Guardian named her one of the best actors never to have received an Academy Award nomination.
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2014
Discovering: Robert Mitchum
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2006
Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light
Movie Self
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1998
Gary Cooper: The Face of a Hero
Movie Self
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1996
Perfect Mate
Movie
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1995
Secret Lives
TV show
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1991
Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star
Movie Self
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1990
Twin Peaks
TV show Vivian Smythe Niles
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1989
Immediate Family
Movie Michael's Mother
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1987
The RKO Story: Tales From Hollywood
TV show Self
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1986
Just Between Friends
Movie Ruth Chadwick
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1985
The Insiders
TV show Mrs. West
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1984
Murder, She Wrote
TV show Bonnie Phelps
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1984
Against All Odds
Movie Mrs. Wyler
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1982
The Shadow Riders
Movie Ma Traven
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1981
Falcon Crest
TV show Charlotte Pershing
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1979
A Christmas for Boomer
Movie
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1976
Quincy, M.E.
TV show
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1975
Saturday Night Live
TV show Kathie (uncredited)
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1973
The Outfit
Movie Alma Macklin
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1971
Columbo
TV show Sylvia Danziger
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1965
Billie
Movie Agnes Carol
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1964
Where Love Has Gone
Movie Marian Spicer
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1963
Burke's Law
TV show Lonnie Smith
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1960
Thriller
TV show Ann Moffat
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1959
Bonanza
TV show Julia Bulette
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1958
No Time at All
Movie Karen
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1957
Suspicion
TV show Clare Stengler
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1957
Man of a Thousand Faces
Movie Hazel Bennet Chaney
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1956
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
TV show Ellen Morrow
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1956
Playhouse 90
TV show Karen
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1956
Run for the Sun
Movie Katherine 'Katie' Connors
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1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TV show Mrs. Cannon-Hughes
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1953
Revlon Mirror Theatre
TV show
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1953
Down Among the Sheltering Palms
Movie Diana Forrester
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1953
The Clown
Movie Paula Henderson
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1952
Desperate Search
Movie Julie Heldon
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1952
The Prisoner of Zenda
Movie Antoinette de Mauban
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1952
The Ford Television Theatre
TV show Mona Patton
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1952
You for Me
Movie Katie McDermad
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1951
You're in the Navy Now
Movie Ellie C. Harkness
