Jane Greer Biography

Fast Facts

• Developed Bell's palsy when she was 15 years old, leaving the left side of her face paralyzed, but she often said that the exercises she used to overcome the illness became incredibly useful for her emotional acting expression
• Made her screen acting debut in the film "Pan-Americana" in 1945
• Began modeling when she was 12 years old and was a big band singer during her teenage years, appearing on the radio with her first husband, Rudy Vallee
• Was discovered by Howard Hughes after he saw her modeling Women's Army Corps uniforms for newsreels and magazines
• Quote: "(On the fate of her character in "Out of the Past"): "In those days, because of censorship, you had to die at the end if you killed people․""
• Best known for her role as Kathie Moffat in "Out of the Past" and as Joan Graham in "The Big Steal․"
• Had a recurring role as Charlotte Pershing in "Falcon Crest" and as Vivian Smythe Niles in "Twin Peaks․"
• In 1984's "Against All Odds," a remake of "Out of the Past," she played the mother of the character she played in the original 1947 film