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.

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Deception

(1946) Music Student (uncredited)

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The Unfaithful

(1947) Joan

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Humoresque

(1947) Party Guest (uncredited)

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Her Kind of Man

(1946) Bubbles (uncredited)

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Acting

Year	Character	Movie/Tv
1948	Alice McDoakes (uncredited)	So You Want to Build a House 1948-05-15 Movie
	Alice McDoakes (uncredited)	So You Want an Apartment 1948-01-03 Movie
1947	Alice McDoakes (uncredited)	So You Want to Hold Your Wife 1947-11-22 Movie
	Alice McDoakes (uncredited)	So You Want to Be a Salesman 1947-09-13 Movie
	Alice McDoakes (uncredited)	So You're Going on a Vacation 1947-07-05 Movie
	Joan	The Unfaithful 1947-07-01 Movie
	Actress Playing Alice McDoakes (uncredited)	So You Want to Be in Pictures 1947-06-07 Movie
	Alice McDoakes (uncredited)	So You're Going to Be a Father 1947-05-10 Movie
	Receptionist	Love and Learn 1947-05-02 Movie
	Angela	That Way with Women 1947-02-14 Movie
	Party Guest (uncredited)	Humoresque 1947-01-25 Movie
1946	Mary Scott (uncredited)	Never Say Goodbye 1946-11-09 Movie
	Music Student (uncredited)	Deception 1946-10-26 Movie
	Alice McDoakes (uncredited)	So You Want to Play the Horses 1946-10-05 Movie
	Bubbles (uncredited)	Her Kind of Man 1946-05-11 Movie
Year	Character	Movie/Tv