Jane Frazee
Known for: Acting
A professional entertainer since the age of six, blue-eyed brunette Jane Frazee and her older sister Ruth Frazee had a vaudeville sister act and appeared in nightclubs and on radio together. They journeyed to Hollywood, but the act broke up when Ruth failed her screen tests and Jane passed hers. Jane was quite attractive with a pleasant singing voice, and went on to play in numerous westerns and light musicals after signing with Republic Pictures. She later appeared in a number of films for Universal Pictures, which put her to the test by having her warble amidst the antics of Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Buck Privates (1941) and Ole Olsen and Chic Johnson in Hellzapoppin' (1941). She married actor/director Glenn Tryon in 1942 and had a son, Timothy, but the couple divorced in 1947. Moving into TV guest appearances in the early 1950s, Jane later retired and started a successful real estate business. She died in Newport Beach, California at age 67 following complications from a stroke on September 6, 1985.
Filmography
Series
Adventures of Superman
Farmwoman
1952
Series
The Abbott and Costello Show
Gilda
1952
Series
The Gene Autry Show
1950
Series
Racket Squad
1951
The Beulah Show
Alice Henderson
1950
Film
Buck Privates
Judy Gray
1941
Film
She's a Sweetheart
Maxine Lecour
1944
Film
Ten Cents a Dance
Jeanne Hollis
1945
Film
Hellzapoppin'
Kitty Rand
1941
Film
Last of the Wild Horses
Jane Cooper
1948
Film
Springtime in the Sierras
Taffy Baker
1947
So You Don't Trust Your Wife
Alice McDoakes (uncredited)
1955
Film
Swing in the Saddle
Penny Morrow
1944
Film
Swingin' on a Rainbow
Lynn Ford
1945
Film
Get Hep to Love
Ann Winters
1942
Film
Moonlight Masquerade
Vicki Forrester
1942
Film
Angels with Broken Wings
Jane Lord
1941
Film
A Guy Could Change
Barbara Adams
1946
Film
Don't Get Personal
Mary Reynolds
1942
Film
The Big Bonanza
Chiquita McSweeney
1944
Film
On the Old Spanish Trail
Candy
1947
Film
Rhythm of the Islands
Joan Holton
1943
Film
Practically Yours
Jane Frazee - Vocalist
1944
Film
Hi'ya, Chum
Sunny Lee
1943
Film
When Johnny Comes Marching Home
Joyce
1942
So You're Taking in a Roomer
Alice McDoakes (uncredited)
1954
Film
The Gay Ranchero
Betty Richards
1948
So You Want to Know Your Relatives
Alice McDoakes (uncredited)
1954
Moonlight in Hawaii
Toby Spencer
1941
So You Want a Model Railroad
Alice McDoakes (uncredited)
1955
Film
Calendar Girl
Patricia O'Neill
1947
Film
Rosie the Riveter
Rosalind 'Rosie' Warren
1944
Film
Grand Canyon Trail
Carol Martin aka Carol Vanderpool
1948
Film
Incident
Marion Roberts
1948
Film
Under California Stars
Caroline Bullfincher
1948
Sing Another Chorus
Edna
1941
Film
Melody and Moonlight
Kay Barnett
1940
Film
Keep 'Em Slugging
Star of Movie House Film
1943
Film
Cowboy Canteen
Connie Gray
1944
So You Think the Grass Is Greener
Alice McDoakes (uncredited)
1956
Film
Kansas City Kitty
Eileen Hasbrook
1944
Film
San Antonio Rose
Hope Holloway
1941
Film
What's Cookin'?
Anne Payne
1942
Film
Almost Married
Gloria Dobson
1942
Film
Moonlight in Havana
Gloria Jackson
1942
Film
Rhythm Inn
Carol Denton
1951
Film
Beautiful But Broke
Sally Richards
1944