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
Cast Credits
So You Want to Build a House
Character: Alice McDoakes (uncredited)
MOVIE • 1948
So You Want an Apartment
Character: Alice McDoakes (uncredited)
MOVIE • 1948
So You Want to Hold Your Wife
Character: Alice McDoakes (uncredited)
MOVIE • 1947
So You Want to Be a Salesman
Character: Alice McDoakes (uncredited)
MOVIE • 1947
So You're Going on a Vacation
Character: Alice McDoakes (uncredited)
MOVIE • 1947

The Unfaithful
Character: Joan
MOVIE • 1947
So You Want to Be in Pictures
Character: Actress Playing Alice McDoakes (uncredited)
MOVIE • 1947

Possessed
Character: First College Girl (uncredited)
MOVIE • 1947
So You're Going to Be a Father
Character: Alice McDoakes (uncredited)
MOVIE • 1947

Love and Learn
Character: Receptionist
MOVIE • 1947

That Way with Women
Character: Angela
MOVIE • 1947

Humoresque
Character: Party Guest (uncredited)
MOVIE • 1947

The Man I Love
Character: Cigarette Girl (uncredited)
MOVIE • 1946

The Time, The Place and The Girl
Character: Bar Patron (uncredited)
MOVIE • 1946

Never Say Goodbye
Character: Mary Scott (uncredited)
MOVIE • 1946

Deception
Character: Music Student (uncredited)
MOVIE • 1946
So You Want to Play the Horses
Character: Alice McDoakes (uncredited)
MOVIE • 1946

Two Guys from Milwaukee
Character: Woman with Sailor on top of bus (uncredited)
MOVIE • 1946

Night and Day
Character: Specialty Trio Member (uncredited)
MOVIE • 1946

Her Kind of Man
Character: Bubbles (uncredited)
MOVIE • 1946