Jane Frazee
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.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.4739 |
| Birthday | 1915-07-18 |
| Place of Birth | Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA |
| Also Known As | Mary Jane Frehse, |
1941
Buck Privates
6.73/74
Petty con artists Slicker Smith and Herbie Brown mistakenly join the Army evading the cops. The cop chasing them winds up as their drill instructor. A...
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Buck Privates
1948
Incident
5.364/11
An innocent man -- due to a case of mistaken identity -- is beaten. Once recovered, the stockbroker tries to find the actual intended target -- a gang...
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Incident
1948
Under California Stars
5.318/11
On vacation at his ranch, western actor Roy quickly finds himself involved with a horse rustling operation and a boy ward of one of the rustlers, lead...
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Under California Stars
1941
Hellzapoppin'
7.2/109
Olsen and Johnson, a pair of stage comedians, try to turn their play into a movie and bring together a young couple in love, while breaking the fourth...
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Hellzapoppin'
1948
Grand Canyon Trail
5.667/3
Sintown is just a deserted ghost town until Vanerpool starts looking for silver. Cookie and Roy's partners put $20,000 into the business only to find...
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Grand Canyon Trail
1941
San Antonio Rose
7/2
San Antonio Rose is an amiably wacky mini-musical evenly divided between its "official" stars, The Merry Macs, and a strong cast of supporting clowns....
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San Antonio Rose
1942
Get Hep to Love
7/2
Orphan prodigy singer runs away from her oppressive aunt and tricks a rural couple into adopting her.
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Get Hep to Love
1944
Beautiful But Broke
6/3
Theatrical agent Waldo Main is inducted into the army, and turns his now clientless agency over to his secretary Dottie Duncan. Dottie decides to orga...
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Beautiful But Broke
1944
The Big Bonanza
6.333/3
Having been falsely court marshaled for cowardice and sentenced to prison by the Army, Jed Kilton escapes and heads to Nevada Springs to see his kid b...
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The Big Bonanza
1948
The Gay Ranchero
6.5/2
Manzanita Springs ia a combination small airline and spa and Vance Brados wants it. He pays their mechanic to have the planes run out of fuel so his m...
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The Gay Ranchero
1947
Calendar Girl
5.636/11
Around the turn of the century, two young men, Johnnie Bennett, a composer and Steve Adams, an artist, go to New York City to make their fortune. They...
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Calendar Girl
1947
Springtime in the Sierras
4.833/6
Jean Loring has her men illegally killing and selling game. Roy suspects her and gets himself invited to stay at her ranch. Investigating he finds the...
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Springtime in the Sierras
1948
Last of the Wild Horses
3.25/12
A cowboy must clear himself of a murder he did not commit.
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Last of the Wild Horses
1942
Moonlight in Havana
9/1
A talented baseball player discovers he can only sing beautifully when he has a cold, leading a nightclub manager to hilariously attempt to keep him s...
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Moonlight in Havana
1947
On the Old Spanish Trail
5.5/5
A cowboy turns bounty hunter to pay off his debts.
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On the Old Spanish Trail
1946
A Guy Could Change
7/1
A playboy is reformed by his daughter and fiancee.
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A Guy Could Change
1941
Angels with Broken Wings
5.25/4
Charlotte Lord, a widow in her early forties and owner of Manhattan's smartest modiste shop, is about to marry Guy Barton, a wealthy businessman. But...
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Angels with Broken Wings
1955
So You Don't Trust Your Wife
7.5/2
When his wife Alice questions Joe as to whether his insurance policy is paid up, he begins to see a plot to murder him in everything she does.
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So You Don't Trust Your Wife
1944
Rosie the Riveter
5.333/3
In this romantic wartime comedy, four female defense plant workers share a house with four male workers. The situation is on the up and up as the men...
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Rosie the Riveter
1944
Swing in the Saddle
9/1
In this tuneful western, two curious actresses head West to find out the name of their secret admirer. Songs include: "Amor," (Sunny Skylar, Gabriel R...
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Swing in the Saddle
1944
Kansas City Kitty
6.333/3
A piano teacher and her roommate decide to invest their savings in a music publishing company. Comedy with music.
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Kansas City Kitty
1944
Practically Yours
7/1
In this screwball comedy a WW2 US pilot bombs a Japanese aircraft carrier, is assumed to be dead, and then is misquoted in the press as fondly remembe...
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Practically Yours
1942
Moonlight Masquerade
6.25/4
Two business partners, John Bennett, Sr. and Robert Forrester, are starting to get nervous when the birthday of Victoria, Forrester's daughter, approa...
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Moonlight Masquerade
1945
Swingin' on a Rainbow
7/1
A young girl goes to New York to find a band leader who has stolen all the songs she wrote and is passing them off as his own.
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Swingin' on a Rainbow
1942
What's Cookin'?
7/3
J. P. Courtney wants to update the music on the radio program he sponsors, but his wife, Agatha Courtney, is the final authority and addicted to the c...
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What's Cookin'?
1944
She's a Sweetheart
9/1
In this musical drama, a woman turns her mansion into a boarding house for soldiers on furlough, providing them with room, board, and musical entertai...
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She's a Sweetheart
1940
Melody and Moonlight
7.5/2
Jane Frazee made her starring film debut in the Republic B-plus musical Melody and Moonlight. The plot is motivated by the show-biz aspirations of bel...
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Melody and Moonlight
1942
Almost Married
7/2
To avoid a costly breach of contract suit, a rich young man marries a nightclub singer.
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Almost Married
1941
Sing Another Chorus
7/1
In this musical, an idealistic college graduate is bitten by the show business bug after he finds success writing and producing the campus variety sho...
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Sing Another Chorus
1941
Moonlight in Hawaii
4.5/4
Deciding to quit his singing act and become a tourist guide, Pete Fleming escorts wealthy Mrs. Floto and her three nieces to Hawaii for a vacation. Be...
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Moonlight in Hawaii
1942
When Johnny Comes Marching Home
7/2
By popular consensus, Allan Jones' best Universal mini-musical of the 1940s was the timely When Johnny Comes Marching Home. Jones is cast as war hero...
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When Johnny Comes Marching Home
1943
Rhythm of the Islands
5.5/2
Rhythm of the Islands is set in the South Seas, presumably far away from the shooting war. The nonsensical plotline finds hero Tommy (Allan Jones) pos...
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Rhythm of the Islands
1943
Hi'ya, Chum
6.5/2
Entertainers get stranded in a small boomtown, and open up a restaurant.
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Hi'ya, Chum
1944
Cowboy Canteen
8/1
Song and comedy revue, featuring Western talents, along with a theatrical troupe taking their vacation on the Lazy B Ranch run by Steve Bradley. Steve...
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Cowboy Canteen
1942
Don't Get Personal
3.75/4
Elmer Whippet inherits the Whippet Pickles company and sets out to meet the two stars, Mary Reynolds and John Stowe, of the radio program sponsored by...
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Don't Get Personal
1955
So You Want a Model Railroad
7/1
Alice visits Mr. Agony with her latest problem with Joe. They had given Junior a toy railroad for a Christmas present, and Joe had taken it over and b...
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So You Want a Model Railroad
1943
Keep 'Em Slugging
5.8/5
A gang of tough street kids decide to go straight and get jobs in order to free draft-age men for the war effort. However, because of their past tangl...
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Keep 'Em Slugging
1945
Ten Cents a Dance
6/2
Two privates on a 36 hour pass meet two dance hall dames, complications ensue!
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Ten Cents a Dance
1951
Rhythm Inn
4/3
A bandleader, desperate to get his band's instruments out of hock, promises the pawnshop clerk--an aspiring songwriter--that he'll let the band's fema...
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Rhythm Inn
1954
So You Want to Know Your Relatives
10/1
Do-gooder Joe McDoakes is the guest on the "Know Your Relatives" TV show where, to his chagrin, many of his black sheep relations reveal the skeletons...
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So You Want to Know Your Relatives
1954
So You're Taking in a Roomer
10/1
Joe and Alice decide to rent a room in their house to their neighbor Marvin, who says he is a potato broker.
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So You're Taking in a Roomer
1956
So You Think the Grass Is Greener
7/1
When he gets to his office after a usual morning of nagging by his wife, Alice, Joe McDoakes starts to daydream about what life would be like married...
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