Jane Greer
Acting
Born: 1924-09-09 in Washington, D.C., USA
Biography
Jane Greer (born Bettejane Greer; September 9, 1924 – August 24, 2001) was an American film and television actress. Although best known for her femme fatale role in the noir Out of the Past (1947), her noteworthy roles in television include 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. In 2009, The Guardian named her one of the best actors never to have received an Academy Award nomination.
Known For
Columbo
Sylvia Danziger
Saturday Night Live
Kathie (uncredited)
Murder, She Wrote
Bonnie Phelps
Twin Peaks
Vivian Smythe Niles
Bonanza
Julia Bulette
Falcon Crest
Charlotte Pershing
Quincy, M.E.
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Ellen Morrow
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Ellie Matson
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Julie Benton
The Ford Television Theatre
Mona Patton
The Ford Television Theatre
Thriller
Ann Moffat
Burke's Law
Lonnie Smith
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Mrs. Cannon-Hughes
Playhouse 90
Karen
Suspicion
Clare Stengler
Against All Odds
Mrs. Wyler
Out of the Past
Kathie Moffat
The Outfit
Alma Macklin
Revlon Mirror Theatre
Sinbad the Sailor
Pirouze
The Prisoner of Zenda
Antoinette de Mauban
The Insiders
Mrs. West
The Shadow Riders
Ma Traven
Dick Tracy
Judith Owens
Billie
Agnes Carol
Station West
Charlie
You're in the Navy Now
Ellie C. Harkness
The RKO Story: Tales From Hollywood
Self
Run for the Sun
Katherine 'Katie' Connors
They Won't Believe Me
Janice Bell
Secret Lives
The Big Steal
Joan 'Chiquita' Graham
The Company She Keeps
Diane
Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light
Self
Immediate Family
Michael's Mother
Man of a Thousand Faces
Hazel Bennet Chaney
The Bamboo Blonde
Eileen Sawyer
Where Love Has Gone
Marian Spicer