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Jane Frazee

Born
July 18, 1915
Died
September 6, 1985
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.
Known For
Buck Privates
(1941)
Judy Gray
Hellzapoppin'
(1941)
Kitty Rand
Full Filmography
Acting
Melody and Moonlight
(1940)
Kay Barnett
Buck Privates
(1941)
Judy Gray
Sing Another Chorus
(1941)
Edna
Hellzapoppin'
(1941)
Kitty Rand
San Antonio Rose
(1941)
Hope Holloway
Angels with Broken Wings
(1941)
Jane Lord
Moonlight in Hawaii
(1941)
Toby Spencer
Get Hep to Love
(1942)
Ann Winters
Moonlight in Havana
(1942)
Gloria Jackson
What's Cookin'?
(1942)
Anne Payne
Moonlight Masquerade
(1942)
Vicki Forrester
Almost Married
(1942)
Gloria Dobson
When Johnny Comes Marching Home
(1942)
Joyce Benton
Don't Get Personal
(1942)
Mary Reynolds
Rhythm of the Islands
(1943)
Joan Holton
Hi'ya, Chum
(1943)
Sunny Lee
Keep 'Em Slugging
(1943)
Star of Movie House Film
Kansas City Kitty
(1944)
Eileen Hasbrook
Beautiful But Broke
(1944)
Sally Richards
The Big Bonanza
(1944)
Chiquita McSweeney
Practically Yours
(1944)
Jane Frazee - Vocalist
Rosie the Riveter
(1944)
Rosalind 'Rosie' Warren
She's a Sweetheart
(1944)
Maxine Lecour
Swing in the Saddle
(1944)
Penny Morrow
Cowboy Canteen
(1944)
Connie Gray
Swingin' on a Rainbow
(1945)
Lynn Ford
Ten Cents a Dance
(1945)
Jeanne Hollis
A Guy Could Change
(1946)
Barbara Adams
Calendar Girl
(1947)
Patricia O'Neill
Springtime in the Sierras
(1947)
Taffy Baker
On the Old Spanish Trail
(1947)
Candy
Incident
(1948)
Marion Roberts
Under California Stars
(1948)
Caroline Bullfincher
Grand Canyon Trail
(1948)
Carol Martin aka Carol Vanderpool
The Gay Ranchero
(1948)
Betty Richards
Last of the Wild Horses
(1948)
Jane Cooper
Rhythm Inn
(1951)
Carol Denton
So You Want to Know Your Relatives
(1954)
Alice McDoakes (uncredited)
So You Want a Model Railroad
(1955)
Alice McDoakes
So You Don't Trust Your Wife
(1955)
Alice McDoakes
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