Jane Frazee

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Biography

A professional entertainer since the age of six, blue-eyed brunette Jane Frazee and her older sister 'Ruth Frazee' 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.

  • Primary profession
  • Actress·soundtrack
  • Country
  • United States
  • Nationality
  • American
  • Gender
  • Female
  • Birth date
  • 18 July 1918
  • Place of birth
  • Duluth· Minnesota
  • Death date
  • 1985-09-06
  • Death age
  • 67
  • Place of death
  • Newport Beach· California
  • Cause of death
  • Natural causes
  • Spouses
  • Glenn Tryon

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Born to Walter Frazee, a civil engineer, and Olga Frehse, Jane and her older sister, actress Ruth Frazee , received their education in their native Duluth before putting together a song-and-dance sister act and touring the U.S. with it.

Made her film debut in the musical short, Study and Understudy , with sister Ruth Frazee.

Her marriage to Glenn Tryon in 1942 produced one son, Timothy. Jane never remarried after their 1947 divorce.

Co-starred with Roy Rogers in a number of his westerns when Dale Evans took a break to pursue other types of roles.

Ex-sister-in-law of Norman Krasna.

She co starred with Kirby Grant, best known as TVs "Sky King", in the country western musical ""Rhythm Inn"..

When sister Ruth retired from show business after her marriage to writer-producer Norman Krasna , Jane went solo and moved into films.

MGM was interested in Jane in 1940 and offered to sign her at $150 a week. She received another offer by Republic Pictures at $250 a week and took it.

Married four times.

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