Jane Harker

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.

Known For

The Man I Love

Night and Day

Possessed

Deception

Humoresque

Never Say Goodbye

The Unfaithful

That Way with Women

All Movies (20)

• So You Want to Build a House1948 · as Alice McDoakes (uncredited)
• So You Want an Apartment1948 · as Alice McDoakes (uncredited)
• So You Want to Hold Your Wife1947 · as Alice McDoakes (uncredited)
• So You Want to Be a Salesman1947 · as Alice McDoakes (uncredited)
• So You're Going on a Vacation1947 · as Alice McDoakes (uncredited)
• The Unfaithful1947 · as Joan
• So You Want to Be in Pictures1947 · as Actress Playing Alice McDoakes (uncredited)
• Possessed1947 · as First College Girl (uncredited)
• So You're Going to Be a Father1947 · as Alice McDoakes (uncredited)
• Love and Learn1947 · as Receptionist
• That Way with Women1947 · as Angela
• Humoresque1947 · as Party Guest (uncredited)
• The Man I Love1946 · as Cigarette Girl (uncredited)
• The Time, The Place and The Girl1946 · as Bar Patron (uncredited)
• Never Say Goodbye1946 · as Mary Scott (uncredited)
• Deception1946 · as Music Student (uncredited)
• So You Want to Play the Horses1946 · as Alice McDoakes (uncredited)
• Two Guys from Milwaukee1946 · as Woman with Sailor on top of bus (uncredited)
• Night and Day1946 · as Specialty Trio Member (uncredited)
• Her Kind of Man1946 · as Bubbles (uncredited)