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Jane Harker

Jane Harker

Born: 1923-11-13 • 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.

Filmography
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So You Want to Build a House
1948 • Alice McDoakes (uncredited)
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So You Want an Apartment
1948 • Alice McDoakes (uncredited)
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So You Want to Hold Your Wife
1947 • Alice McDoakes (uncredited)
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So You Want to Be a Salesman
1947 • Alice McDoakes (uncredited)
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So You're Going on a Vacation
1947 • Alice McDoakes (uncredited)
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The Unfaithful
1947 • Joan
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So You Want to Be in Pictures
1947 • Actress Playing Alice McDoakes (uncredited)
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Possessed
1947 • First College Girl (uncredited)
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So You're Going to Be a Father
1947 • Alice McDoakes (uncredited)
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Love and Learn
1947 • Receptionist
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That Way with Women
1947 • Angela
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Humoresque
1947 • Party Guest (uncredited)
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The Man I Love
1946 • Cigarette Girl (uncredited)
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The Time, The Place and The Girl
1946 • Bar Patron (uncredited)
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Never Say Goodbye
1946 • Mary Scott (uncredited)
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Deception
1946 • Music Student (uncredited)
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So You Want to Play the Horses
1946 • Alice McDoakes (uncredited)
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Two Guys from Milwaukee
1946 • Woman with Sailor on top of bus (uncredited)
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Night and Day
1946 • Specialty Trio Member (uncredited)
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Her Kind of Man
1946 • Bubbles (uncredited)