Jane Greer
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- September 9, 1924
- Died
- August 24, 2001 (aged 76)
- Birthplace
- Washington, D.C., USA
Biography
Jane Greer (born Bettejane Greer; September 9, 1924 – August 24, 2001) was an American film and television actress. Although best known for her femme fatale role in the noir Out of the Past (1947), her noteworthy roles in television include 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. In 2009, The Guardian named her one of the best actors never to have received an Academy Award nomination.
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Filmography
Discovering: Robert Mitchum
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light
Movie · as Self
Gary Cooper: The Face of a Hero
Movie · as Self
Perfect Mate
Movie
Secret Lives
TV · 1 ep
Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star
Movie · as Self
Twin Peaks
TV · as Vivian Smythe Niles · 3 eps
Immediate Family
Movie · as Michael's Mother
The RKO Story: Tales From Hollywood
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Just Between Friends
Movie · as Ruth Chadwick
The Insiders
TV · as Mrs. West · 1 ep
Against All Odds
Movie · as Mrs. Wyler
Murder, She Wrote
TV · as Bonnie Phelps · 1 ep
The Shadow Riders
Movie · as Ma Traven
Falcon Crest
TV · as Charlotte Pershing · 6 eps
A Christmas for Boomer
Movie
Quincy, M.E.
TV · 1 ep
Saturday Night Live
TV · as Kathie (uncredited) · 1 ep
The Outfit
Movie · as Alma Macklin
Columbo
TV · as Sylvia Danziger · 1 ep
Billie
Movie · as Agnes Carol
Where Love Has Gone
Movie · as Marian Spicer
Burke's Law
TV · as Lonnie Smith · 1 ep
Thriller
TV · as Ann Moffat · 1 ep
Bonanza
TV · as Julia Bulette · 1 ep
No Time at All
Movie · as Karen
Man of a Thousand Faces
Movie · as Hazel Bennet Chaney
Suspicion
TV · as Clare Stengler · 1 ep
Run for the Sun
Movie · as Katherine 'Katie' Connors
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
TV · as Ellen Morrow, Ellie Matson, Julie Benton · 1 ep
Playhouse 90
TV · as Karen · 1 ep
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TV · as Mrs. Cannon-Hughes · 1 ep
The Clown
Movie · as Paula Henderson
Down Among the Sheltering Palms
Movie · as Diana Forrester
Revlon Mirror Theatre
TV · 1 ep
The Prisoner of Zenda
Movie · as Antoinette de Mauban
Desperate Search
Movie · as Julie Heldon
You for Me
Movie · as Katie McDermad
The Ford Television Theatre
TV · as Mona Patton · 1 ep
The Company She Keeps
Movie · as Diane
You're in the Navy Now
Movie · as Ellie C. Harkness
The Big Steal
Movie · as Joan 'Chiquita' Graham
Station West
Movie · as Charlie
Out of the Past
Movie · as Kathie Moffat
They Won't Believe Me
Movie · as Janice Bell
Sinbad the Sailor
Movie · as Pirouze
The Falcon's Alibi
Movie · as Lola Carpenter
The Bamboo Blonde
Movie · as Eileen Sawyer
Sunset Pass
Movie · as Lolite Baxter
Two O'Clock Courage
Movie · as Helen Carter (as Bettejane Greer)
Dick Tracy
Movie · as Judith Owens
George White's Scandals
Movie · as Billie Randall
Pan-Americana
Movie · as Miss Downing (uncredited)