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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

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Alice McDoakes (uncredited)

So You Want to Build a House

1948

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Alice McDoakes (uncredited)

So You Want an Apartment

1948

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Alice McDoakes (uncredited)

So You Want to Hold Your Wife

1947

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5.5

Alice McDoakes (uncredited)

So You Want to Be a Salesman

1947

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Alice McDoakes (uncredited)

So You're Going on a Vacation

1947

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Joan

The Unfaithful

1947

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Actress Playing Alice McDoakes (uncredited)

So You Want to Be in Pictures

1947

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First College Girl (uncredited)

Possessed

1947

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Alice McDoakes (uncredited)

So You're Going to Be a Father

1947

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Receptionist

Love and Learn

1947

Credits

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So You Want to Build a House

as Alice McDoakes (uncredited)

1948

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So You Want an Apartment

as Alice McDoakes (uncredited)

1948

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So You Want to Hold Your Wife

as Alice McDoakes (uncredited)

1947

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So You Want to Be a Salesman

as Alice McDoakes (uncredited)

1947

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So You're Going on a Vacation

as Alice McDoakes (uncredited)

1947

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The Unfaithful

as Joan

1947

5.8

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So You Want to Be in Pictures

as Actress Playing Alice McDoakes (uncredited)

1947

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Possessed

as First College Girl (uncredited)

1947

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So You're Going to Be a Father

as Alice McDoakes (uncredited)

1947

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Love and Learn

as Receptionist

1947

5.5

That Way with Women

as Angela

1947

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Humoresque

as Party Guest (uncredited)

1947

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The Man I Love

as Cigarette Girl (uncredited)

1946

6.1

The Time, The Place and The Girl

as Bar Patron (uncredited)

1946

5.4

Never Say Goodbye

as Mary Scott (uncredited)

1946

6.2

Deception

as Music Student (uncredited)

1946

6.5

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So You Want to Play the Horses

as Alice McDoakes (uncredited)

1946

6.0

Two Guys from Milwaukee

as Woman with Sailor on top of bus (uncredited)

1946

4.4

Night and Day

as Specialty Trio Member (uncredited)

1946

5.9

Her Kind of Man

as Bubbles (uncredited)

1946

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