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Jane Greer

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Jane Greer

Born September 9, 1924 in Washington, D.C., USADied August 24, 200131 films

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.

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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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Out of the Past posterFirst watchOut of the Past19477.7as Kathie MoffatThe peaceful life of a gas station owner is disrupted when a man from his past arrives in town and forces him to return to the dark world he had tried to escape.View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
Against All Odds poster5.7Against All Odds1984The Outfit poster6.7The Outfit1973The Big Steal poster6.6The Big Steal1949The Prisoner of Zenda poster6.9The Prisoner of Zenda1952The Shadow Riders poster6.5The Shadow Riders1982They Won't Believe Me poster6.5They Won't Believe Me1947Sinbad the Sailor poster6.0Sinbad the Sailor1947

Filmography

31 films as actor
  1. 1996Perfect Mate
  2. 1989Immediate FamilyMichael's Mother
  3. 1986Just Between FriendsRuth Chadwick
  4. 1984Against All OddsMrs. Wyler
  5. 1982The Shadow RidersMa Traven
  6. 1979A Christmas for Boomer
  7. 1973The OutfitAlma Macklin
  8. 1965BillieAgnes Carol
  9. 1964Where Love Has GoneMarian Spicer
  10. 1958No Time at AllKaren
  11. 1957Man of a Thousand FacesHazel Bennet Chaney
  12. 1956Run for the SunKatherine 'Katie' Connors
  13. 1953Down Among the Sheltering PalmsDiana Forrester
  14. 1953The ClownPaula Henderson
  15. 1952Desperate SearchJulie Heldon
  16. 1952The Prisoner of ZendaAntoinette de Mauban
  17. 1952You for MeKatie McDermad
  18. 1951You're in the Navy NowEllie C. Harkness
  19. 1951The Company She KeepsDiane
  20. 1949The Big StealJoan 'Chiquita' Graham
  21. 1948Station WestCharlie
  22. 1947Out of the PastKathie Moffat
  23. 1947They Won't Believe MeJanice Bell
  24. 1947Sinbad the SailorPirouze
  25. 1946The Bamboo BlondeEileen Sawyer
  26. 1946Sunset PassLolite Baxter
  27. 1946The Falcon's AlibiLola Carpenter
  28. 1945Dick TracyJudith Owens
  29. 1945George White's ScandalsBillie Randall
  30. 1945Two O'Clock CourageHelen Carter (as Bettejane Greer)
  31. 1945Pan-AmericanaMiss Downing (uncredited)