Jane Frazee(1915-1985)
- Actress
- Soundtrack
A professional entertainer since the age of six, blue-eyed brunette
Jane Frazee and her older sister Ruth Frazee
had a vaudeville sister act and appeared in nightclubs and on radio
together. They journeyed to Hollywood, but the act broke up when Ruth
failed her screen tests and Jane passed hers. Jane was quite attractive
with a pleasant singing voice, and went on to play in numerous westerns
and light musicals after signing with Republic Pictures. She later
appeared in a number of films for Universal Pictures, which put her to
the test by having her warble amidst the antics of
Bud Abbott and
Lou Costello in
Buck Privates (1941) and
Ole Olsen and
Chic Johnson in
Hellzapoppin' (1941). She married
actor/director Glenn Tryon 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.
