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Jane Greer

Jane Greer

Jane Greer was a film and television actress who was perhaps best known for her role as femme fatale Kathie Moffat in the 1947 film noir Out of the Past. A beauty-contest winner and professional model from her teens, Greer began her show-business career as a big-band singer. She sang in Washington, DC, with the orchestra of Enric Madriguera. She "sang phonetically in Spanish" with the group. Howard Hughes spotted Greer modeling in the June 8, 1942 issue of Life, and sent her to Hollywood to become an actress. Hughes lent her to RKO to star in many films (another source says Greer's husband, Rudy Vallee, "helped her get out of her contract with Hughes and secure another pact with RKO Studios") including Dick Tracy, Out of the Past, They Won't Believe Me, and the comedy/suspense film The Big Steal, with Out of the Past co-star Robert Mitchum. Hughes refused to let her work for a time; when she finally began film acting, she appeared in You're in the Navy Now, The Prisoner of Zenda, Run for the Sun, and Man of a Thousand Faces. In 1984, she was cast in Against All Odds, a remake of Out of the Past, as the mother of the character she had played in 1947. In 1952, Greer obtained a release from her contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios. She said, "When there is a good role at MGM, the producers want Lana or Ava. There is no chance for another actress to develop into important stardom at the studio". Greer's noteworthy roles in television included guest appearances on episodes of numerous shows over the decades, such as Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Bonanza, Quincy, M.E., Murder, She Wrote, and a 1975 gig with Peter Falk and Robert Vaughn in an episode of Columbo titled Troubled Waters. She even got to make fun of Out of the Past in a parody with Robert Mitchum on TV's Saturday Night Live in 1987. Greer joined the casts of Falcon Crest in 1984 and Twin Peaks in 1990 in recurring roles until her retirement in 1996. Greer was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1634 Vine Street for her contributions to the motion picture industry. The star was dedicated on February 8, 1960. Greer died of cancer on August 24, 2001, at the age of 76, in Bel Air, Los Angeles. Her body was interred at Los Angeles' Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jane Greer, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Personal information

Birthday

1924-09-09

Birth Place

Washington, D.C., USA

Movies and TV shows :

A Christmas for Boomer

A Christmas for Boomer

1979

0.0

Movie
Against All Odds

Against All Odds

1984

5.7

Movie
poster

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

1955

7.7

TV
Billie

Billie

1965

5.0

Movie
poster

Bonanza

1959

7.5

TV
poster

Burke's Law

1963

6.0

TV
poster

Columbo

1971

8.1

TV
Desperate Search

Desperate Search

1952

5.7

Movie
poster

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

1956

5.5

TV
Dick Tracy

Dick Tracy

1945

5.2

Movie
Down Among the Sheltering Palms

Down Among the Sheltering Palms

1953

5.0

Movie
poster

Falcon Crest

1981

5.6

TV
Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light

Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light

2006

7.1

Movie
Gary Cooper: The Face of a Hero

Gary Cooper: The Face of a Hero

1998

7.0

Movie
George White's Scandals

George White's Scandals

1945

5.3

Movie
Immediate Family

Immediate Family

1989

6.0

Movie
Just Between Friends

Just Between Friends

1986

5.2

Movie
Man of a Thousand Faces

Man of a Thousand Faces

1957

6.7

Movie
poster

Murder, She Wrote

1984

7.5

TV
No Time at All

No Time at All

1958

0.0

Movie
Out of the Past

Out of the Past

1947

7.6

Movie
Pan-Americana

Pan-Americana

1945

3.6

Movie
poster

Playhouse 90

1956

7.5

TV
poster

Quincy, M.E.

1976

7.5

TV
Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star

Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star

1991

7.0

Movie
Run for the Sun

Run for the Sun

1956

5.9

Movie
Sinbad the Sailor

Sinbad the Sailor

1947

5.9

Movie
Station West

Station West

1948

6.1

Movie
Sunset Pass

Sunset Pass

1946

3.5

Movie
poster

Suspicion

1957

5.9

TV
The Bamboo Blonde

The Bamboo Blonde

1946

6.0

Movie
The Big Steal

The Big Steal

1949

6.5

Movie
The Clown

The Clown

1953

5.4

Movie
The Company She Keeps

The Company She Keeps

1951

5.9

Movie
The Falcon's Alibi

The Falcon's Alibi

1946

5.2

Movie
poster

The Ford Television Theatre

1952

7.0

TV
poster

The Insiders

1985

5.0

TV
The Outfit

The Outfit

1973

6.8

Movie
The Prisoner of Zenda

The Prisoner of Zenda

1952

6.7

Movie
poster

The RKO Story: Tales From Hollywood

1987

8.0

TV
The Shadow Riders

The Shadow Riders

1982

6.4

Movie
They Won't Believe Me

They Won't Believe Me

1947

6.6

Movie
poster

Thriller

1960

6.4

TV
poster

Twin Peaks

1990

8.3

TV
Two O'Clock Courage

Two O'Clock Courage

1945

6.2

Movie
Where Love Has Gone

Where Love Has Gone

1964

6.1

Movie
You for Me

You for Me

1952

4.5

Movie
You're in the Navy Now

You're in the Navy Now

1951

4.4

Movie