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Jane Bryan

American actress; United States Federal Arts Commission member (1918-2009) · United States · On the map · Actors · Died at 90

Jane Bryan was an American actress who appeared in Hollywood films throughout the late 1930s. She was groomed by Warner Bros. to become one of its leading ladies, but instead chose to retire from acting in 1940 at age 22, after which she became a philanthropist and arts patron.

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2009Died8 April 20091992Murderers, Mobsters & Madmen: Fatal FemalesFilm1940Brother Rat and a BabyFilm, Kate1939Each Dawn I DieFilm, Joyce ConnoverInvisible StripesFilm, 1939PeggyThe Old MaidFilm, 1939ClementinaWe Are Not AloneFilm, 1939Leni Krafft1938A Slight Case of MurderFilm, Mary MarkoBrother RatFilm, 1938Kate RiceGirls on ProbationFilm, 1938Connie Heath1937Breakdowns of 1937FilmKid GalahadFilm, 1937Marie DonatiThe Cherokee StripFilm, 1937Janie Walton1936The Captain's KidFilm, Betsy Ann PrentissThe Case of the Black CatFilm, 1936Wilma Laxter1918Born11 June 1918

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  • Kid Galahad 1937
  • The Old Maid 1939
  • Each Dawn I Die 1939
  • Marked Woman 1937

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Country
United States
Category
Actors
Type
Actor
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1918 to 2009 · aged 90

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