Jane Frazee

Infobox actor
name = Jane Frazee


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birthname = Mary Jane Frehse
birthdate = birth date|1918|7|18|mf=y
birthplace = Duluth, Minnesota
deathdate = Death date and age|1985|9|6|1918|7|18
deathplace = Newport Beach, California
spouse = Glenn Tryon (1942-1947)

Mary Jane Frehse (July 18, 1918 – September 6, 1985), known as Jane Frazee, was an American actress, singer, and dancer.

Frazee was born as the younger sister of Ruth Frazee. At the age of 6, she and her sister formed a couple for a vaudeville act and they became known as The Frazee Sisters. [ [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C07EED7123BF93AA3575AC0A963948260 The New York Times] Biography of Jane Frazee]

They decided to stop in 1940, when she got a lead role in the B film "Melody and Moonlight" (1940). She got contracted by Universal Pictures and was cast several times upon Roy Roberts in several Westerns. She also starred in several forgotten musical films in the 1940s. Frazee also had a short career on television and co-starred in the sitcom "Beulah" from 1952 to 1953.

In 1942, Frazee married silent film actor and director Glenn Tryon. Although the marriage lasted only five years, she gave birth to his son Timothy. She retired from acting in the 1950s and started a real estate business. [ [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0292471/bio Internet Movie Database] Biography of Jane Frazee] She died in 1985, after complications of a stroke.

Filmography

The filmography of Jane Frazee, excluding short films.
* "Melody and Moonlight" (1940)
* "Buck Privates" (1941)
* "Angels with Broken Wings" (1941)
* "San Antonio Rose" (1941)
* "Sing Another Chorus" (1941)
* "Moonlight in Hawaii" (1941)
* "Hellzapoppin'" (1941)
* "Don't Get Personal" (1942)
* "What's Cookin'?" (1942)
* "Almost Married" (1942)
* "Moonlight Masquerade" (1942)
* "Get Hep to Love" (1942)
* "Moonlight in Havana" (1942)
* "When Johnny Comes Marching Home" (1942)
* "Hi'ya, Chum" (1943)
* "Rhythm of the Islands" (1943)
* "Keep 'Em Slugging" (1943)
* "Beautiful But Broke" (1944)
* "Cowboy Canteen" (1944)
* "Rosie the Riveter" (1944)
* "Swing in the Saddle" (1944)
* "Kansas City Kitty" (1944)
* "She's a Sweetheart" (1944)
* "Practically Yours" (1944)
* "The Big Bonanza" (1944)
* "George White's Scandals" (1945)
* "Ten Cents a Dance" (1945)
* "Swingin' on a Rainbow" (1945)
* "A Guy Could Change" (1946)
* "Calendar Girl" (1947)
* "Springtime in the Sierras" (1947)
* "On the Old Spanish Trail" (1947)
* "The Gay Ranchero" (1948)
* "Under California Stars" (1948)
* "Incident" (1948)
* "Grand Canyon Trail" (1948)
* "Last of the Wild Horses" (1948)
* "Rhythm Inn" (1951)

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Persondata
NAME= Frazee, Jane
ALTERNATIVE NAMES= Frehse, Mary Jane
SHORT DESCRIPTION=Actor
DATE OF BIRTH= 1918-7-18
PLACE OF BIRTH= Duluth, Minnesota
DATE OF DEATH= 1985-9-6
PLACE OF DEATH= Newport Beach, California