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Jane Harker

Jane Harker

Known For Acting
Birthday Nov 13, 1923
Died Sep 10, 1988 (64)
Birthplace San Francisco, California, USA
Popularity 2 (history)
Updated Jul 07, 2025 (Update)
Entry Date Apr 30, 2024
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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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Filmography

So You Want to Build a House

So You Want to Build a House

1948

as Alice McDoakes (uncredited)

So You Want an Apartment

So You Want an Apartment

1948

as Alice McDoakes (uncredited)

So You Want to Hold Your Wife

So You Want to Hold Your Wife

1947

as Alice McDoakes (uncredited)

So You're Going to Be a Father

So You're Going to Be a Father

1947

as Alice McDoakes (uncredited)

So You're Going on a Vacation

So You're Going on a Vacation

1947

as Alice McDoakes (uncredited)

So You Want to Be a Salesman

So You Want to Be a Salesman

1947

as Alice McDoakes (uncredited)

So You Want to Be in Pictures

So You Want to Be in Pictures

1947

as Actress Playing Alice McDoakes (uncredited)

The Unfaithful

The Unfaithful

1947

as Joan

That Way with Women

That Way with Women

1947

as Angela

Love and Learn

Love and Learn

1947

as Receptionist

Possessed

Possessed

1947

as First College Girl (uncredited)

Humoresque

Humoresque

1947

as Party Guest (uncredited)

So You Want to Play the Horses

So You Want to Play the Horses

1946

as Alice McDoakes (uncredited)

Her Kind of Man

Her Kind of Man

1946

as Bubbles (uncredited)

Never Say Goodbye

Never Say Goodbye

1946

as Mary Scott (uncredited)

Deception

Deception

1946

as Music Student (uncredited)

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