Jane Frazee

Jane Frazee

  • Birthday: 1915-07-18
  • Deathday: 1985-09-06
  • Place of birth: Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA
  • Also know as: Mary Jane Frehse

Biography

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

Kansas City Kitty

1944

As Eileen Hasbrook

Buck Privates

1941

As Judy Gray

Sing Another Chorus

1941

As Edna

Incident

1948

As Marion Roberts

Under California Stars

1948

As Caroline Bullfincher

Hellzapoppin'

1941

As Kitty Rand

Grand Canyon Trail

1948

As Carol Martin aka Carol Vanderpool

San Antonio Rose

1941

As Hope Holloway

Get Hep to Love

1942

As Ann Winters

Beautiful But Broke

1944

As Sally Richards

The Big Bonanza

1944

As Chiquita McSweeney

The Gay Ranchero

1948

As Betty Richards

Calendar Girl

1947

As Patricia O'Neill

Springtime in the Sierras

1947

As Taffy Baker

Last of the Wild Horses

1948

As Jane Cooper

Moonlight in Havana

1942

As Gloria Jackson

Angels with Broken Wings

1941

As Jane Lord

What's Cookin'?

1942

As Anne Payne

Practically Yours

1944

As Jane Frazee - Vocalist

Moonlight Masquerade

1942

As Vicki Forrester

Swingin' on a Rainbow

1945

As Lynn Ford

Rosie the Riveter

1944

As Rosalind 'Rosie' Warren

She's a Sweetheart

1944

As Maxine Lecour

Melody and Moonlight

1940

As Kay Barnett

Swing in the Saddle

1944

As Penny Morrow

Moonlight in Hawaii

1941

As Toby Spencer

Almost Married

1942

As Gloria Dobson

When Johnny Comes Marching Home

1942

As Joyce Benton

Rhythm of the Islands

1943

As Joan Holton

Hi'ya, Chum

1943

As Sunny Lee

Cowboy Canteen

1944

As Connie Gray

Don't Get Personal

1942

As Mary Reynolds

So You Want a Model Railroad

1955

As Alice McDoakes

A Guy Could Change

1946

As Barbara Adams

Keep 'Em Slugging

1943

As Star of Movie House Film

Ten Cents a Dance

1945

As Jeanne Hollis

Rhythm Inn

1951

As Carol Denton

So You Want to Know Your Relatives

1954

As Alice McDoakes (uncredited)

So You Don't Trust Your Wife

1955

As Alice McDoakes

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