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