Jane Harker

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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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1948
So You Want to Build a House
Movie Alice McDoakes (uncredited)
1948
So You Want an Apartment
Movie Alice McDoakes (uncredited)
1947
So You Want to Hold Your Wife
Movie Alice McDoakes (uncredited)
1947
So You Want to Be a Salesman
Movie Alice McDoakes (uncredited)
1947
So You're Going on a Vacation
Movie Alice McDoakes (uncredited)
1947
The Unfaithful
Movie Joan
1947
So You Want to Be in Pictures
Movie Actress Playing Alice McDoakes (uncredited)
1947
Possessed
Movie First College Girl (uncredited)
1947
So You're Going to Be a Father
Movie Alice McDoakes (uncredited)
1947
Love and Learn
Movie Receptionist
1947
That Way with Women
Movie Angela
1947
Humoresque
Movie Party Guest (uncredited)
1946
The Man I Love
Movie Cigarette Girl (uncredited)
1946
The Time, The Place and The Girl
Movie Bar Patron (uncredited)
1946
Never Say Goodbye
Movie Mary Scott (uncredited)
1946
Deception
Movie Music Student (uncredited)