Jane Frazee
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Born | Mary Jane Frehse July 18, 1915 Saint Paul, Minnesota, U.S. |
Died | September 6, 1985 | (aged 70)
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Years active | 1921–1956 |
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Children | 1 |
Mary Jane Frehse (July 18, 1915[citation needed] – September 6, 1985),[1] was an American actress, singer, and dancer.[1]
Professional life
Jane, age six, and her 12-year-old sister Ruth formed a singing
After World War II, most of the larger Hollywood studios curtailed their lower-budget productions and produced fewer features. This affected scores of actors, who sought refuge at the smaller studios that had been making low-budget features all along. Thus, Jane Frazee found steady if unprestigious work at Monogram Pictures and Lippert Pictures, in addition to her Republic duties. This led to the even lower-budgeted and faster-paced field of westerns, and television (including the early adventure series Adventures of Superman).
The actress ended her screen career co-starring in
Personal life and death
On May 28, 1942, Frazee married associate producer Glenn Tryon in Yuma, Arizona.[3] They were divorced on April 16, 1947, in Las Vegas, Nevada,[4] and had one son, Timothy.[citation needed] On April 24, 1948, Frazee married Whitey Christensen, a screen double for Roy Rogers, in Las Vegas, Nevada.[5]
Frazee died of pneumonia at the Flagship Health Center in Newport Beach, California, in 1985 at age 67.[1]
Filmography
Billed with sister Ruth as The Frazee Sisters
- Captain Blue Blood (1935)
- Study and Understudy (1936)
- Up in Lights (1938)
- Rollin' in Rhythm (1939)
- Pharmacy Frolics (1939)
- Arcade Varieties (1939)
- Swing Styles (1939)
Films
- Melody and Moonlight (1940)
- Music in the Morgan Manner (1941) (as Herself)
- Buck Privates (1941)
- Angels with Broken Wings (1941)
- San Antonio Rose (1941)
- Sing Another Chorus (1941)
- Moonlight in Hawaii (1941)
- Hellzapoppin' (1941)
- Don't Get Personal (1942)
- What's Cookin'? (1942)
- Almost Married (1942)
- Moonlight Masquerade (1942)
- Get Hep to Love (1942)
- Moonlight in Havana (1942)
- When Johnny Comes Marching Home (1942)
- Hi'ya, Chum (1943)
- Keep 'Em Slugging (1943) (in footage from Hi'ya, Chum)
- Rhythm of the Islands (1943)
- Beautiful but Broke (1944)
- Cowboy Canteen (1944)
- Rosie the Riveter (1944)
- Swing in the Saddle (1944)
- Kansas City Kitty (1944)
- She's a Sweetheart (1944)
- Practically Yours (1944)
- The Big Bonanza (1944)
- Ten Cents a Dance (1945)
- Swingin' on a Rainbow (1945)
- George White's Scandals(1945)
- A Guy Could Change (1946)
- Calendar Girl (1947)
- Springtime in the Sierras (1947)
- On the Old Spanish Trail (1947)
- The Gay Ranchero (1948)
- Under California Stars (1948)
- Incident (1948)
- Grand Canyon Trail (1948)
- Last of the Wild Horses (1948)
- Rhythm Inn (1951)
Joe McDoakes short subjects
Jane Frazee co-starred as Joe's wife Alice, without screen credit:
- So You Want to Be Your Own Boss (1954)
- So You Want to Go to a Nightclub (1954)
- So You're Taking in a Roomer (1954)
- So You Want to Know Your Relatives (1954)
- So You Don't Trust Your Wife (1955)
- So You Want to Be a Gladiator (1955)
- So You Want a Model Railroad (1955)
- So You Think the Grass is Greener (1956)
References
- ^ .
- ^ The New York Times Biography of Jane Frazee
- Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Divorces". Billboard. May 17, 1947. p. 47.
- ^ "Marriages". Billboard. May 8, 1948. p. 54.
External links
- Jane Frazee at IMDb