Jane Bryan
Acting
Biography
Jane Bryan (born Jane O'Brien) was an American screen actress. She retired upon marrying in 1939.
Born: June 11, 1918
Place of Birth: Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
Known For
The Old Maid
The lives of two cousins are complicated by the return of an ex-boyfriend and an illegitimate child.
Kid Galahad
Fight promoter Nick Donati grooms a bellhop as a future champ, but has second thoughts when the 'kid' falls for his sister.
Each Dawn I Die
A corrupt D.A. with governatorial ambitions is annoyed by an investigative reporter's criticism of his criminal activities and decides to frame the reporter for manslaughter in order to silence him.
The Case of the Black Cat
Lawyer Perry Mason is summoned to the Laxter mansion in the dead of night to write granddaughter Wilma out of invalid Peter Laxter's will, to keep her from marrying suspected fortune hunter Doug. Peter dies in a mysterious fire and Laxter's two grandsons, Sam Laxter and Frank Oafley, inherit his estate on the condition old caretaker Schuster and his cat Clinker are kept on. When cat-hating Sam threatens Clinker, Perry steps in and learns Laxter's death was suspicious and the family fortune and diamonds are missing. Schuster's found dead in his basement apartment, Laxter's nurse Louise is murdered with Schuster's crutch, and circumstantial evidence brings Doug to trial for Louise's death. Mason's investigation produces a surprise witness who turns the trial around. Written by Sister Grimm
Marked Woman
In the underworld of Manhattan, a woman dares to stand up to one of the city's most powerful gangsters.
A Slight Case of Murder
Former bootlegger Remy Marco has a slight problem with foreclosing bankers, a prospective son-in-law, and four hard-to-explain corpses.
Confession
Vera Kowalska is put on trial for murdering concert pianist Michael Michailow. In court it is revealed that some years earlier Michael ruined Vera's life.
We Are Not Alone
A British doctor and his son's Austrian governess have an affair and are accused of killing his wife.
Invisible Stripes
A gangster is unable to go straight after returning home from prison.
The Cherokee Strip
A singing lawyer and other homesteaders participate in the Oklahoma land rush and found the town of Big Rock, but the fast-growing frontier settlement quickly becomes embroiled in political and business corruption. Director Noel Smith's 1937 western stars Dick Foran, Jane Bryan, Tommy Bupp, Ed Cobb, Frank Faylen, Tom Brower and Milton Kibbee.
Filmography
as Kate
as Peggy
as Leni Krafft
as Joyce Connover
as Carol Christy
as Clementina
as Marge Carter
as Kate Rice
as Connie Heath
as Grace Elliott
as Mary Marko
as Self
as Lisa Koslov
as Marie Donati
as Janie Walton
as Betty Strauber
as Betsy Ann Prentiss
as Wilma Laxter