Jane Frazee

Born: 1915-07-18

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.


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Hellzapoppin'

as Kitty Rand
Released: 1941-12-25

Olsen and Johnson, a pair of stage comedians, try to turn their play into a movie and bring...

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Buck Privates

as Judy Gray
Released: 1941-01-31

Petty con artists Slicker Smith and Herbie Brown mistakenly join the Army evading the cops. The...

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Under California Stars

as Caroline Bullfincher
Released: 1948-04-30

On vacation at his ranch, western actor Roy quickly finds himself involved with a horse rustling...

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Keep 'Em Slugging

as Star of Movie House Film
Released: 1943-03-01

A gang of tough street kids decide to go straight and get jobs in order to free draft-age men...

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San Antonio Rose

as Hope Holloway
Released: 1941-06-20

San Antonio Rose is an amiably wacky mini-musical evenly divided between its "official" stars,...

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Beautiful But Broke

as Sally Richards
Released: 1944-01-28

Theatrical agent Waldo Main is inducted into the army, and turns his now clientless agency over...

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Swingin' on a Rainbow

as Lynn Ford
Released: 1945-09-01

A young girl goes to New York to find a band leader who has stolen all the songs she wrote and...

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Rhythm Inn

as Carol Denton
Released: 1951-02-11

A bandleader, desperate to get his band's instruments out of hock, promises the pawnshop...

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Grand Canyon Trail

as Carol Martin aka Carol Vanderpool
Released: 1948-11-04

Sintown is just a deserted ghost town until Vanerpool starts looking for silver. Cookie and...

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Incident

as Marion Roberts
Released: 1948-10-30

An innocent man -- due to a case of mistaken identity -- is beaten. Once recovered, the...

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Hi'ya, Chum

as Sunny Lee
Released: 1943-02-25

Entertainers get stranded in a small boomtown, and open up a restaurant.

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Cowboy Canteen

as Connie Gray
Released: 1944-02-09

Song and comedy revue, featuring Western talents, along with a theatrical troupe taking their...

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The Gay Ranchero

as Betty Richards
Released: 1948-01-14

Manzanita Springs ia a combination small airline and spa and Vance Brados wants it. He pays...

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Almost Married

as Gloria Dobson
Released: 1942-05-22

To avoid a costly breach of contract suit, a rich young man marries a nightclub singer.

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Practically Yours

as Jane Frazee - Vocalist
Released: 1944-12-20

In this screwball comedy a WW2 US pilot bombs a Japanese aircraft carrier, is assumed to be...

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On the Old Spanish Trail

as Candy
Released: 1947-10-15

A cowboy turns bounty hunter to pay off his debts.

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Rhythm of the Islands

as Joan Holton
Released: 1943-04-16

Rhythm of the Islands is set in the South Seas, presumably far away from the shooting war. The...

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Last of the Wild Horses

as Jane Cooper
Released: 1948-12-27

A cowboy must clear himself of a murder he did not commit.

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Springtime in the Sierras

as Taffy Baker
Released: 1947-07-15

Jean Loring has her men illegally killing and selling game. Roy suspects her and gets himself...

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When Johnny Comes Marching Home

as Joyce Benton
Released: 1942-12-24

By popular consensus, Allan Jones' best Universal mini-musical of the 1940s was the timely When...

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Calendar Girl

as Patricia O'Neill
Released: 1947-01-31

Around the turn of the century, two young men, Johnnie Bennett, a composer and Steve Adams, an...

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Get Hep to Love

as Ann Winters
Released: 1942-10-02

Orphan prodigy singer runs away from her oppressive aunt and tricks a rural couple into adopting...

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Moonlight in Havana

as Gloria Jackson
Released: 1942-10-16

Allan Jones stars as hotshot baseball player Johnny Norton, in Havana for spring training. It...

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Don't Get Personal

as Mary Reynolds
Released: 1942-01-02

Elmer Whippet inherits the Whippet Pickles company and sets out to meet the two stars, Mary...

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She's a Sweetheart

as Maxine Lecour
Released: 1944-12-07

In this musical drama, a woman turns her mansion into a boarding house for soldiers on furlough,...

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Rosie the Riveter

as Rosalind 'Rosie' Warren
Released: 1944-04-08

In this romantic wartime comedy, four female defense plant workers share a house with four male...

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The Big Bonanza

as Chiquita McSweeney
Released: 1944-12-30

Having been falsely court marshaled for cowardice and sentenced to prison by the Army, Jed...

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A Guy Could Change

as Barbara Adams
Released: 1946-01-27

A playboy is reformed by his daughter and fiancee.

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Ten Cents a Dance

as Jeanne Hollis
Released: 1945-06-07

Two privates on a 36 hour pass meet two dance hall dames, complications ensue!

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Moonlight Masquerade

as Vicki Forrester
Released: 1942-06-10

Two business partners, John Bennett, Sr. and Robert Forrester, are starting to get nervous when...

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Swing in the Saddle

as Penny Morrow
Released: 1944-07-30

In this tuneful western, two curious actresses head West to find out the name of their secret...

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Angels with Broken Wings

as Jane Lord
Released: 1941-05-27

Charlotte Lord, a widow in her early forties and owner of Manhattan's smartest modiste shop, is...

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Kansas City Kitty

as Eileen Hasbrook
Released: 1944-08-24

A piano teacher and her roommate decide invest their savings in a music publishing company....

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Melody and Moonlight

as Kay Barnett
Released: 1940-10-10

Jane Frazee made her starring film debut in the Republic B-plus musical Melody and Moonlight....

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What's Cookin'?

as Anne Payne
Released: 1942-02-20

J. P. Courtney wants to update the music on the radio program he sponsors, but his wife, Agatha...

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The Gene Autry Show

as uncredited
First aired: 1950-07-23

The Gene Autry Show is an American western/cowboy television series which aired for 91 episodes...

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Adventures of Superman

as uncredited
First aired: 1952-09-19

Announcer: "The Adventures of Superman. Faster than a speeding bullet! More powerful than a...

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Racket Squad

as uncredited
First aired: 1951-06-07

Racket Squad is an American TV crime drama series starring Reed Hadley as Captain John Braddock,...

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