Jane Nigh
Jane Nigh | |
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Born | Bonnie Lenora Nigh February 25, 1925 |
Died | October 5, 1993 Bakersfield, California, U.S. | (aged 68)
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1944–1961 |
Spouses | Victor Cutler
(m. 1946; div. 1946)John E. Baker
(m. 1952; div. 1961)Norman Davidson, Jr.
(m. 1963; div. 1964)
(m. 1966; div. 1968) |
Children | 4 |
Bonnie Lenora "Jane" Nigh[2] (February 25, 1925 – October 5, 1993)[citation needed] was an American actress who appeared in more than 40 films and television shows.[3]
Early years
Her sister Nancy was also an actress, and her mother worked in research at a film studio.[4] Nigh worked as a stenographer at a Sears Roebuck store before she became an actress.[2]
Career
She was discovered in 1944 by Arthur Wenzler while working in a defense plant. (Another source identifies Ivan Kahn as the
When her Fox contract lapsed, she began freelancing and appeared in minor features for
In 1952 Nigh joined the cast of the TV series
Personal life
Nigh was married four times, to three men, all ending in divorce. Her longest marriage was to her second husband, Navy lieutenant John Baker,[5] while she was married twice to Norman Davidson Jr.[citation needed]
She had four children, three girls and a boy, though her first, a girl, died very soon after birth in 1952.[7]
Filmography
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1944 | Laura | Secretary | Uncredited |
1944 | Something for the Boys | Army Wife | Uncredited |
1945 | State Fair | Eleanor | |
1945 | House of Dracula | Villager | Uncredited |
1946 | Whistle Stop | Josie Veech | |
1946 | Dragonwyck | Tabitha Wells | Uncredited |
1947 | The Shocking Miss Pilgrim | Cynthia's Sister | (scenes deleted) |
1947 | Unconquered | Evelyn | |
1948 | Sitting Pretty | Mabel Phillips | Uncredited |
1948 | Give My Regards to Broadway | May Norwick | |
1948 | Cry of the City | Nurse | Uncredited |
1948 | Leather Gloves | Cathy | |
1949 | Red, Hot and Blue | Angelica Roseanne aka No-No | |
1949 | Zamba | Carol | |
1949 | Fighting Man of the Plains | Florence Peel | |
1949 | Captain Carey, U.S.A. | Nancy | |
1950 | Blue Grass of Kentucky | Pat Armistead | |
1950 | Operation Haylift | Pat Rogers | |
1950 | Motor Patrol | Sherry Bliss | |
1950 | County Fair | Loretta Ryan | |
1950 | Border Treasure | Stella | |
1950 | Rio Grande Patrol | Sherry Bliss | |
1951 | Blue Blood | Eileen Buchanan | |
1951 | Disc Jockey | Marion | |
1952 | Fort Osage | Ann Pickett | |
1952 | Rodeo | Nancy Cartwright | |
1957 | Hold That Hypnotist | Cleo Daniels |
References
- ^ Newspapers.com.
- ^
- ISBN 978-0-7864-6477-7. P. 104.
- ^ "Jane Nigh - The Private Life and Times of Jane Nigh. Jane Nigh Pictures". www.glamourgirlsofthesilverscreen.com.
External links
- Jane Nigh at IMDb