Jane Harker
Date of birth: 1923-11-13
Place of birth: San Francisco, California, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Jane Ellen 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.
Movie Credits
The Unfaithful
1947-07-01
Christine Hunter kills an intruder and tells her husband and lawyer that it was an act of self-defen
Deception
1946-10-26
After marrying her long lost love, a pianist finds the relationship threatened by a wealthy composer
Humoresque
1947-01-25
A classical musician from a working class background is sidetracked by his love for a wealthy, neuro
So You Want an Apartment
1948-01-03
Joe McDoakes and his wife go apartment hunting.
Her Kind of Man
1946-05-11
A nightclub singer can't choose between a charismatic small-time gangster and an honest newspaperman
Never Say Goodbye
1946-11-09
Phil and Ellen Gayley have been divorced for a year, and their 7-year old daughter, Flip, is very un
That Way with Women
1947-02-14
A bored millionaire matches his daughter with his partner in a gas station.
So You're Going on a Vacation
1947-07-05
Joe takes his wife on a much-needed vacation, and almost survives.
So You Want to Hold Your Wife
1947-11-22
In this comedic short, Joe McDoakes attempts to save his five-year marriage to Alice.
So You Want to Play the Horses
1946-10-05
In this outing, Joe loves playing the horses and shows what you can do to improve your odds of winni
So You Want to Be in Pictures
1947-06-07
Aspiring actor Joe McDoakes blows his first part at Warner Bros. and has to settle for being a stand
So You Want to Build a House
1948-05-15
In this comedic short, Joe McDoakes is evicted from his apartment and decides to build his own home.
So You're Going to Be a Father
1947-05-10
In this comedic short, Joe McDoakes goes through the problems and anxieties of becoming a new father
So You Want to Be a Salesman
1947-09-13
Joe McDoakes begins a new job as a vacuum cleaner salesman but can't seem to sell any.
Love and Learn
1947-05-02
A wealthy socialite bored with her life meets and falls in love with a struggling songwriter on the
The Man I Love
1946-12-26
Tough torch singer Petey Brown, visiting her family, finds a nest of troubles: her sister, brother,
Possessed
1947-05-29
After being found wandering the streets of Los Angeles, a severely catatonic woman tells a doctor th
The Time, The Place and The Girl
1946-12-26
The stuffy manager of lovely opera singer Vicki Cassel and her uncle, a classical conductor, is dete
Two Guys from Milwaukee
1946-07-26
Balkan Prince Henry has two wishes, to meet Lauren Bacall and see the "real" America. He befriends c
Night and Day
1946-07-02
When his first stage show fails, songwriter Cole Porter goes off to fight in WWI until, injured, he