Jane Greer

Jane Greer was a film and television actress who was perhaps best known for her role as femme fatale Kathie Moffat in the 1947 film noir Out of the Past. A beauty-contest winner and professional model from her teens, Greer began her show-business career as a big-band singer. She sang in Washington, DC, with the orchestra of Enric Madriguera. She "sang phonetically in Spanish" with the group. Howard Hughes spotted Greer modeling in the June 8, 1942 issue of Life, and sent her to Hollywood to become an actress. Hughes lent her to RKO to star in many films (another source says Greer's husband, Rudy Vallee, "helped her get out of her contract with Hughes and secure another pact with RKO Studios") including Dick Tracy, Out of the Past, They Won't Believe Me, and the comedy/suspense film The Big Steal, with Out of the Past co-star Robert Mitchum. Hughes refused to let her work for a time; when she finally began film acting, she appeared in You're in the Navy Now, The Prisoner of Zenda, Run for the Sun, and Man of a Thousand Faces. In 1984, she was cast in Against All Odds, a remake of Out of the Past, as the mother of the character she had played in 1947. In 1952, Greer obtained a release from her contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios. She said, "When there is a good role at MGM, the producers want Lana or Ava. There is no chance for another actress to develop into important stardom at the studio". Greer's noteworthy roles in television included guest appearances on episodes of numerous shows over the decades, such as Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Bonanza, Quincy, M.E., Murder, She Wrote, and a 1975 gig with Peter Falk and Robert Vaughn in an episode of Columbo titled Troubled Waters. She even got to make fun of Out of the Past in a parody with Robert Mitchum on TV's Saturday Night Live in 1987. Greer joined the casts of Falcon Crest in 1984 and Twin Peaks in 1990 in recurring roles until her retirement in 1996. Greer was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1634 Vine Street for her contributions to the motion picture industry. The star was dedicated on February 8, 1960. Greer died of cancer on August 24, 2001, at the age of 76, in Bel Air, Los Angeles. Her body was interred at Los Angeles' Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jane Greer, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For: Acting

Born: Washington, D.C., USA, 1924-09-09

Died: 2001-08-24

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1945	Pan-Americana	Miss Downing (uncredited)	36
2	1945	Two O'Clock Courage	Helen Carter (as Bettejane Greer)	61
3	1945	George White's Scandals	Billie Randall	53
4	1945	Dick Tracy	Judith Owens	49
5	1946	The Falcon's Alibi	Lola Carpenter	52
6	1946	Sunset Pass	Lolite Baxter	48
7	1946	The Bamboo Blonde	Eileen Sawyer	60
8	1947	Sinbad the Sailor	Pirouze	60
9	1947	They Won't Believe Me	Janice Bell	66
10	1947	Out of the Past	Kathie Moffat	76
11	1948	Station West	Charlie	61
12	1949	The Big Steal	Joan 'Chiquita' Graham	65
13	1951	The Company She Keeps	Diane Stuart aka Mildred Lynch	59
14	1951	You're in the Navy Now	Ellie C. Harkness	44
15	1952	You for Me	Katie McDermad	45
16	1952	The Prisoner of Zenda	Antoinette de Mauban	68
17	1952	Desperate Search	Julie Heldon	57
18	1953	The Clown	Paula Henderson	56
19	1953	Down Among the Sheltering Palms	Diana Forrester	50
20	1956	Run for the Sun	Katherine 'Katie' Connors	59
21	1957	Man of a Thousand Faces	Hazel Bennet Chaney	67
22	1958	No Time at All	Karen	0
23	1964	Where Love Has Gone	Marian Spicer	62
24	1965	Billie	Agnes Carol	50
25	1973	The Outfit	Alma	68
26	1979	A Christmas for Boomer		0
27	1982	The Shadow Riders	Ma Traven	65
28	1984	Against All Odds	Mrs. Wyler	57
29	1986	Just Between Friends	Ruth Chadwick	52
30	1989	Immediate Family	Michael's Mother	59
31	1991	Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star	Self	70
32	1998	Gary Cooper: The Face of a Hero	Self	70
33	2006	Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light	Self	71

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1952	The Ford Television Theatre	Mona Patton	73
2	1952	The Ford Television Theatre		73
3	1955	Alfred Hitchcock Presents	Mrs. Cannon-Hughes	77
4	1956	Playhouse 90	Karen	76
5	1956	Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre	Ellen Morrow	55
6	1956	Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre	Ellie Matson	55
7	1956	Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre	Julie Benton	55
8	1957	Suspicion	Clare Stengler	59
9	1959	Bonanza	Julia Bulette	75
10	1960	Thriller	Ann Moffat	64
11	1963	Burke's Law	Lonnie Smith	60
12	1971	Columbo	Sylvia Danziger	81
13	1976	Quincy, M.E.		75
14	1981	Falcon Crest	Charlotte Pershing	55
15	1984	Murder, She Wrote	Bonnie Phelps	75
16	1985	The Insiders	Mrs. West	50
17	1987	The RKO Story: Tales From Hollywood	Self	80
18	1990	Twin Peaks	Vivian Smythe Niles	83

Jane Greer

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Television