Jane Frazee
ActingAlso Known 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.
Movies
(42 total)
Hellzapoppin'
as Kitty Rand
Buck Privates
as Judy Gray
Last of the Wild Horses
as Jane Cooper
Incident
as Marion Roberts
Under California Stars
as Caroline Bullfincher
Calendar Girl
as Patricia O'Neill
Springtime in the Sierras
as Taffy Baker
On the Old Spanish Trail
as Candy
Keep 'Em Slugging
as Star of Movie House Film
Angels with Broken Wings
as Jane Lord
Moonlight Masquerade
as Vicki Forrester
Don't Get Personal
as Mary Reynolds
Grand Canyon Trail
as Carol Martin aka Carol Vanderpool
Beautiful But Broke
as Sally Richards
The Big Bonanza
as Chiquita McSweeney
Rosie the Riveter
as Rosalind 'Rosie' Warren
Kansas City Kitty
as Eileen Hasbrook
What's Cookin'?
as Anne Payne
Rhythm Inn
as Carol Denton
San Antonio Rose
as Hope Holloway
