Jane Greer

Jane Greer

Jane Greer was a film and television actress who was perhaps best known for her role as femme fatale Kathie Moffat in the 1947 film noir Out of the Past. A beauty-contest winner and professional model from her teens, Greer began her show-business career as a big-band singer. She sang in Washington, DC, with the orchestra of Enric Madriguera. She "sang phonetically in Spanish" with the group. Howard Hughes spotted Greer modeling in the June 8, 1942 issue of Life, and sent her to Hollywood to become an actress. Hughes lent her to RKO to star in many films (another source says Greer's husband, Rudy Vallee, "helped her get out of her contract with Hughes and secure another pact with RKO Studios") including Dick Tracy, Out of the Past, They Won't Believe Me, and the comedy/suspense film The Big Steal, with Out of the Past co-star Robert Mitchum. Hughes refused to let her work for a time; when she finally began film acting, she appeared in You're in the Navy Now, The Prisoner of Zenda, Run for the Sun, and Man of a Thousand Faces. In 1984, she was cast in Against All Odds, a remake of Out of the Past, as the mother of the character she had played in 1947. In 1952, Greer obtained a release from her contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios. She said, "When there is a good role at MGM, the producers want Lana or Ava. There is no chance for another actress to develop into important stardom at the studio". Greer's noteworthy roles in television included 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. Greer died of cancer on August 24, 2001, at the age of 76, in Bel Air, Los Angeles. Her body was interred at Los Angeles' Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jane Greer, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

  • Popularity : 7.052
  • Known For : Acting
  • Birthday : 1924-09-09
  • Place of Birth : Washington, D.C., USA
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Jane Greer Movies

  • 1947
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    Out of the Past

    Out of the Past

    7.6 1947 HD

    Jeff Bailey seems to be a mundane gas station owner in remote Bridgeport, California. He is dating local girl Ann Miller and lives a quiet life. But...

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  • 1984
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    Against All Odds

    Against All Odds

    5.7 1984 HD

    She was a beautiful fugitive. Fleeing from corruption. From power. He was a professional athlete past his prime. Hired to find her, he grew to love...

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  • 1951
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    The Company She Keeps

    The Company She Keeps

    5.9 1951 HD

    A lady con artist sets out to steal her parole officer's fiance.

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  • 1947
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    They Won't Believe Me

    They Won't Believe Me

    6.6 1947 HD

    On trial for murdering his girlfriend, philandering stockbroker Larry Ballentine takes the stand to claim his innocence and describe the actual, but...

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  • 1973
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    The Outfit

    The Outfit

    6.8 1973 HD

    A two-bit criminal takes on the Mafia to avenge his brother's death. Earl Macklin is a small time criminal who is released from prison after an...

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  • 1952
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    The Prisoner of Zenda

    The Prisoner of Zenda

    6.7 1952 HD

    An Englishman vacationing in Ruritania is recruited to impersonate his cousin, the soon-to-be-crowned king after the monarch is drugged and kidnapped.

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  • 1948
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    Station West

    Station West

    6.1 1948 HD

    When two US cavalrymen transporting a gold shipment get killed, US Army Intelligence investigator John Haven goes undercover to a mining and logging...

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  • 1947
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    Sinbad the Sailor

    Sinbad the Sailor

    5.9 1947 HD

    Daredevil sailor Sinbad embarks on a voyage across the Seven Seas to find the lost riches of Alexander the Great. His first stop is the port of...

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  • 1957
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    Man of a Thousand Faces

    Man of a Thousand Faces

    6.7 1957 HD

    The turbulent life and professional career of vaudeville actor and silent screen horror star Lon Chaney (1883-1930), the man of a thousand faces;...

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  • 1945
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    Two O'Clock Courage

    Two O'Clock Courage

    6.2 1945 HD

    A cab driver nearly hits a man with amnesia, then helps him unravel his past, only to discover he's a murder suspect as she falls for him.

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  • 1946
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    The Falcon's Alibi

    The Falcon's Alibi

    5.2 1946 HD

    A society sleuth sets out on the trail of a society matron's lost jewels.

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  • 1956
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    Run for the Sun

    Run for the Sun

    5.9 1956 HD

    Mike, a Hemingway-esque adventure novelist, is spending his days in a self-imposed exile somewhere in Central America. A reporter for Sight Magazine,...

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  • 1949
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    The Big Steal

    The Big Steal

    6.5 1949 HD

    Army Lieutenant Halliday, accused of stealing the Army payroll, pursues the real thief on a frantic chase through Mexico aided by the thief's...

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  • 1951
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    You're in the Navy Now

    You're in the Navy Now

    4.4 1951 HD

    When Lt. John Harkness is assigned as the new skipper of a submarine chaser equipped with an experimental steam engine, he hopes that the U.S.S....

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  • 1964
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    Where Love Has Gone

    Where Love Has Gone

    6.1 1964 HD

    A divorced couple's teen-age daughter stands trial for stabbing her mother's latest lover.

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  • 1965
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    Billie

    Billie

    5 1965 HD

    A 16-year-old tomboy and high school athlete becomes embroiled with the lives around her boyfriend whose conservative father is running for mayor.

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  • 1979
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    A Christmas for Boomer

    A Christmas for Boomer

    1 1979 HD

    A sacked maid and butler kidnap a pampered dog and want $20,000 ransom from the rich owner, Lila Manchester. A shaggy dog named Boomer helps save it...

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  • 1953
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    The Clown

    The Clown

    5.4 1953 HD

    Once a famous Ziegfeld star, Dodo Delwyn is reduced to playing clowns in burlesque and amusement parks as a result of his drinking. His son Little...

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  • 1952
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    Desperate Search

    Desperate Search

    5.7 1952 HD

    A man (Howard Keel), his wife (Jane Greer) and his famous-aviator ex-wife (Patricia Medina) search for their two children lost with a cougar.

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  • 1946
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    The Bamboo Blonde

    The Bamboo Blonde

    6 1946 HD

    A pilot of a B 29 meets Louise Anderson, a singer in a New York nightclub. He falls in love with her, but he had to leave next day for action in the...

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  • 1945
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    Dick Tracy

    Dick Tracy

    5.2 1945 HD

    Detective Tracy (Morgan Conway) rescues Tess Trueheart (Anne Jeffreys) and Junior from a killer called Splitface (Mike Mazurki).

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  • 1953
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    Down Among the Sheltering Palms

    Down Among the Sheltering Palms

    5 1953 HD

    War-weary Captain Willoby and his men are the occupation force on an island of lovely women...and are forbidden to fraternize.

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  • 1952
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    You for Me

    You for Me

    4.5 1952 HD

    A good-hearted nurse gets mixed up with a millionaire who could help her hospital.

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  • 1946
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    Sunset Pass

    Sunset Pass

    3.5 1946 HD

    A young outlaw gets involved with a gang of crooks. When he tells them he is breaking away, they threaten to pin a false murder charge on him. But he...

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  • 1958
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    No Time at All

    No Time at All

    1 1958 HD

    An airliner flying nonstop at night from Miami to New York fails to check in, then disappears from radar. We see how its disappearance affects people...

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  • 1945
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    George White's Scandals

    George White's Scandals

    5.3 1945 HD

    Two couples work through their issues in this backstage Broadway musical.

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  • 1991
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    Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star

    Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star

    7 1991 HD

    A retrospective on the career of Robert Mitchum through interviews with friends and co-workers, scenes from his films and the actor himself.

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  • 1945
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    Pan-Americana

    Pan-Americana

    3.6 1945 HD

    A New York magazine sends its editors to South America to find beautiful girls.

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  • 1986
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    Just Between Friends

    Just Between Friends

    5.2 1986 HD

    Holly and Sandy strike up an instant friendship; they don't know however that they have more in common than they'd like. When tragedy strikes, their...

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  • 1989
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    Immediate Family

    Immediate Family

    6 1989 HD

    Linda and Michael, married for ten years, desperately want a baby and turn to an adoption agency which introduces them to Lucy, a teenage girl...

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  • 2006
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    Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light

    Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light

    7.1 2006 HD

    Film Noir burrows into the mind; it's disorienting, intriguing and enthralling. Noir brings us into a gritty underworld of lush morbidity, providing...

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  • 1982
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    The Shadow Riders

    The Shadow Riders

    6.4 1982 HD

    After starring in "The Sacketts", Tom Selleck and Sam Elliott team up again but this time as Mac and Dal Traven, in a movie based on a classic Louis...

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  • 1998
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    Gary Cooper: The Face of a Hero

    Gary Cooper: The Face of a Hero

    7 1998 HD

    Known for his personification of the Western Hero, it was Montana-born Gary Cooper's horse-riding skills that first brought him bit parts in movies....

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  • 1981
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    Falcon Crest

    Falcon Crest

    5.6 1981 HD

    Falcon Crest is an American primetime television soap opera which aired on the CBS network for nine seasons, from December 4, 1981 to May 17, 1990. A...

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  • 1984
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    Murder, She Wrote

    Murder, She Wrote

    7.5 1984 HD

    An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life homicide cases.

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  • 1963
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    Burke's Law

    Burke's Law

    6 1963 HD

    Burke's Law is an American detective series that ran on ABC from 1963 to 1965 and was revived on CBS in the 1990s. The show starred Gene Barry as...

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  • 1990
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    Twin Peaks

    Twin Peaks

    8.326 1990 HD

    The body of Laura Palmer is washed up on a beach near the small Washington state town of Twin Peaks. FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper is called in to...

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  • 1976
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    Quincy, M.E.

    Quincy, M.E.

    7.5 1976 HD

    Los Angeles County medical examiner Quincy routinely engages in police investigations.

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  • 1955
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    Alfred Hitchcock Presents

    Alfred Hitchcock Presents

    7.7 1955 HD

    A television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries.

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  • 1960
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    Thriller

    Thriller

    6.4 1960 HD

    Thriller is an American anthology television series that aired during the 1960–61 and 1961–62 seasons on NBC. The show featured host...

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  • 1956
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    Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

    Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

    5.5 1956 HD

    Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre, sometimes simply called Zane Grey Theatre, is an American Western anthology series which ran on CBS from 1956 to...

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  • 1952
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    The Ford Television Theatre

    The Ford Television Theatre

    7 1952 HD

    This show started in New York City, with Broadway actors and actresses. It then moved to Hollywood, California, where Hollywood actors and actresses...

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  • 1971
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    Columbo

    Columbo

    8.1 1971 HD

    Columbo is a friendly, verbose, disheveled-looking police detective who is consistently underestimated by his suspects. Despite his unprepossessing...

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  • 1959
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    Bonanza

    Bonanza

    7.5 1959 HD

    The High-Sierra adventures of Ben Cartwright and his sons as they run and defend their ranch while helping the surrounding community.

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  • 1956
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    Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

    Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

    5.5 1956 HD

    Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre, sometimes simply called Zane Grey Theatre, is an American Western anthology series which ran on CBS from 1956 to...

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  • 1956
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    Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

    Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

    5.5 1956 HD

    Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre, sometimes simply called Zane Grey Theatre, is an American Western anthology series which ran on CBS from 1956 to...

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  • 1987
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    The RKO Story: Tales From Hollywood

    The RKO Story: Tales From Hollywood

    8 1987 HD

    Ed Asner tells the story of RKO Pictures from the 1920s to the 1960s.

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  • 1956
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    Playhouse 90

    Playhouse 90

    7.5 1956 HD

    Playhouse 90 is an American television anthology series that was telecast on CBS from 1956 to 1960 for a total of 133 episodes. It originated from...

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  • 1985
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    The Insiders

    The Insiders

    5 1985 HD

    The Insiders is a mid-1980s American television detective series starring Nicholas Campbell, Stoney Jackson and Gail Strickland.

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  • 1952
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    The Ford Television Theatre

    The Ford Television Theatre

    7 1952 HD

    This show started in New York City, with Broadway actors and actresses. It then moved to Hollywood, California, where Hollywood actors and actresses...

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  • 1957
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    Suspicion

    Suspicion

    5.9 1957 HD

    Suspicion is the title of an American television mystery drama series which aired on the NBC from 1957 through 1959. The executive producer of...

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