
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.
Filmography
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So You Want to Build a House
1948
as Alice McDoakes (uncredited)
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So You Want an Apartment
1948
as Alice McDoakes (uncredited)
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So You Want to Hold Your Wife
1947
as Alice McDoakes (uncredited)
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So You Want to Be a Salesman
1947
as Alice McDoakes (uncredited)
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So You're Going on a Vacation
1947
as Alice McDoakes (uncredited)

The Unfaithful
1947
as Joan
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So You Want to Be in Pictures
1947
as Actress Playing Alice McDoakes (uncredited)

Possessed
1947
as First College Girl (uncredited)

So You're Going to Be a Father
1947
as Alice McDoakes (uncredited)

Love and Learn
1947
as Receptionist

That Way with Women
1947
as Angela

Humoresque
1947
as Party Guest (uncredited)

The Man I Love
1946
as Cigarette Girl (uncredited)

The Time, The Place and The Girl
1946
as Bar Patron (uncredited)

Never Say Goodbye
1946
as Mary Scott (uncredited)

Deception
1946
as Music Student (uncredited)
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So You Want to Play the Horses
1946
as Alice McDoakes (uncredited)

Two Guys from Milwaukee
1946
as Woman with Sailor on top of bus (uncredited)

Night and Day
1946
as Specialty Trio Member (uncredited)

Her Kind of Man
1946
as Bubbles (uncredited)