Known for Acting
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.
Born
September 9, 1924
Died
August 24, 2001 (age 76)
Birthplace
Washington, D.C., USA
Filmography
35 films, 18 shows


Discovering: Robert Mitchum
2014 · 46m
country: Unknown
Discovering Robert Mitchum is more than just a reminiscence of the actor's exploits in the silver screen, it is an impartial retelling of his life away from the cameras. Get to know Robert on a broader scale through a wonderful anthology of classic and modern film clips imbued with interesting commentaries and stories from highly respected industry resource persons.


Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light
2006 · 1h 8m
country: United States
Film Noir burrows into the mind; it's disorienting, intriguing and enthralling. Noir brings us into a gritty underworld of lush morbidity, providing intimate peeks at its tough, scheming dames, mischievous misfits and flawed men - all caught in the wicked web of a twisted fate.


Gary Cooper: The Face of a Hero
1998 · 50m
country: United States
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. And he never lost his love of the great American outdoors. Though he rarely played a villain and was an adept comedian, Cooper is best remembered for his strong, silent heroes. With his lanky country boy looks and shy hesitancy he created a unique screen presence, though his real life was one of sophisticated elegance.


Perfect Mate
1996
country: Unknown
Desperate to find the perfect man, friends throw a party and invite all the eligible guys they know.


Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star
1991 · 59m
country: United States
A retrospective on the career of Robert Mitchum through interviews with friends and co-workers, scenes from his films and the actor himself.


Immediate Family
1989 · 1h 35m
country: United States
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 expecting her first baby. The three agree that Linda and Michael will adopt Lucy's baby and that Lucy will sign away custody. Things don't go quite to plan however..


Just Between Friends
1986 · 1h 50m
country: United States
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 relationship is tested.


Against All Odds
1984 · 2h 1m
country: United States
Terry Brogan, a cynical former football star, is hired to find Jessie Wyler, the runaway mistress of ruthless LA nightclub owner Jake Wise. But trouble brews when he tracks down and falls in love with the beautiful Jessie on a Mexican island—and Jake dispatches his henchman to bring the lovers back.


The Shadow Riders
1982 · 1h 36m
country: United States
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 L'Amour novel. They are brothers, who meet up at the end of the Civil War fighting on opposite sides. They go home only to find their family in dire need and their sisters and brother kidnapped by ruthless raiders. They set out to rescue their family.


A Christmas for Boomer
1979 · 48m
country: United States
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 and becomes a member of the family who originally found him.


The Outfit
1973 · 1h 43m
country: United States
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 unsuccessful bank robbery only to discover that a pair of gunmen killed his brother.


Billie
1965 · 1h 27m
country: United States
A 16-year-old tomboy and high school athlete becomes embroiled with the lives around her boyfriend whose conservative father is running for mayor.


Where Love Has Gone
1964 · 1h 51m
country: United States
A divorced couple's teen-age daughter stands trial for stabbing her mother's latest lover.


No Time at All
1958 · 1h 30m
country: United States
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 on the ground.


Man of a Thousand Faces
1957 · 2h 2m
country: United States
The turbulent life and professional career of vaudeville actor and silent screen horror star Lon Chaney (1883-1930), the man of a thousand faces; bearer of many personal misfortunes that even his great success could not mitigate.


Run for the Sun
1956 · 1h 39m
country: United States
Mike, a Hemingway-esque adventure novelist, is spending his days in a self-imposed exile somewhere in Central America. A reporter for Sight Magazine, Katie, has tracked him down in the hope of getting the biggest scoop of her career. Mike falls for Katie. On a flight to Mexico City, their plane crashes near a remote hideaway of Nazi war criminals in hiding. The Nazis want to stay hidden and plan to dispose of their new guests


Down Among the Sheltering Palms
1953 · 1h 27m
country: United States
War-weary Captain Willoby and his men are the occupation force on an island of lovely women...and are forbidden to fraternize.


The Clown
1953 · 1h 31m
country: United States
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 Dink idolizes Dodo and faithfully believes in a comeback. He persuades "Uncle" Goldie, Dodo's agent in the good old days, to find a booking for Dodo. He can't, and Dink is sent to live with his remarried-and-wealthy mother, Paula. The unhappy Dink runs back to his father. His welcome return gives Dodo the courage needed to try a knockabout TV show offered by Goldie


Desperate Search
1952 · 1h 13m
country: United States
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.


The Prisoner of Zenda
1952 · 1h 40m
country: United States
A kingdom's ascending heir, marked for assassination, switches identities with a lookalike, who takes his place at the coronation. When the real king is kidnapped, his followers try to find him, while the stand-in falls in love with the king's intended bride, the beautiful Princess Flavia.


You for Me
1952 · 1h 11m
country: United States
A good-hearted nurse gets mixed up with a millionaire who could help her hospital.


You're in the Navy Now
1951 · 1h 33m
country: United States
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. Teakettle's veterans will afford him enough help to accomplish the ship's goals. Unfortunately, he finds the crew and its officers share his novice status or only have experience in diesel engines.


The Company She Keeps
1951 · 1h 22m
country: United States
A lady con artist sets out to steal her parole officer's fiance.


The Big Steal
1949 · 1h 11m
country: United States
Army Lieutenant Halliday, accused of stealing the Army payroll, pursues the real thief on a frantic chase through Mexico aided by the thief's ex-girlfriend and is in turn being chased by his accuser, Capt. Blake.


Station West
1948 · 1h 27m
country: United States
When two US cavalrymen transporting a gold shipment get killed, US Army Intelligence investigator John Haven goes undercover to a mining and logging town to find the killers.


Out of the Past
1947 · 1h 37m
country: United States
The peaceful life of a gas station owner is disrupted when a man from his past arrives in town and forces him to return to the dark world he had tried to escape.


They Won't Believe Me
1947 · 1h 35m
country: United States
On trial for murdering his girlfriend, philandering stockbroker Larry Ballentine takes the stand to claim his innocence and describe the actual, but improbable sounding, sequence of events that led to her death.


Sinbad the Sailor
1947 · 1h 56m
country: United States
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 Basra, where his ship is seized and scheduled for auction. In his attempt to win it back, he befriends beautiful concubine Shireen. But when her master, the nefarious Emir, calls her back to duty, Sinbad must interrupt his adventure to save the "Jewel of Persia."


The Bamboo Blonde
1946 · 1h 7m
country: United States
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 Pacific. He lets paint her picture on his bomber, the "Bamboo Blonde" and becomes a hero with his crew sinking a Japanese battleship and shooting down a Japanese fighter wing. Back in New York, he leaves his fiancée and engages him to Louise.


Sunset Pass
1946 · 1h 4m
country: United States
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 is rescued and reformed by his sister, and an undercover agent for the express company.


The Falcon's Alibi
1946 · 1h 1m
country: United States
A society sleuth sets out on the trail of a society matron's lost jewels.


Dick Tracy
1945 · 1h 1m
country: United States
Dick is faced with a series of brutal murders in which the victims, all from different social and economic backgrounds, are viciously slashed to pieces. Suspects abound but Tracy, getting a clue that there will be 15 murders in all, must find the common thread among the victims before more are killed.


George White's Scandals
1945 · 1h 35m
country: United States
Two couples work through their issues in this backstage Broadway musical.


Two O'Clock Courage
1945 · 1h 8m
country: United States
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.


Pan-Americana
1945 · 1h 24m
country: United States
A New York magazine sends its editors to South America to find beautiful girls.