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Jane Greer (Washington DC, 9 de setembre de 1924 - Los Angeles, 24 d'agost de 2001) fou una actriu cinematogràfica estatunidenca a qui es recorda principalment pel seu paper de la femme fatale Kathie Moffat a Retorn al passat. El seu verdader nom era Bettejane Greer. En la seva adolescència va ser model i guanyadora d'un concurs de bellesa, i va iniciar la seva carrera en l'espectacle com a cantant d'una banda. Howard Hughes va observar una foto seva com a model a la portada de la revista Life del 2 de juny de 1947, i la va cridar a Hollywood, a la productora RKO, per treballar com a actriu en diversos films.

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Jane Greer

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Jane Greer was a film and television actress who was perhaps best known for her role as femme fatale Kathie Moffat in the 1947 film noir Out of the Past.

A beauty-contest winner and professional model from her teens, Greer began her show-business career as a big-band singer. She sang in Washington, DC, with the orchestra of Enric Madriguera. She "sang phonetically in Spanish" with the group.

Howard Hughes spotted Greer modeling in the June 8, 1942 issue of Life, and sent her to Hollywood to become an actress. Hughes lent her to RKO to star in many films (another source says Greer's husband, Rudy Vallee, "helped her get out of her contract with Hughes and secure another pact with RKO Studios") including Dick Tracy, Out of the Past, They Won't Believe Me, and the comedy/suspense film The Big Steal, with Out of the Past co-star Robert Mitchum. Hughes refused to let her work for a time; when she finally began film acting, she appeared in You're in the Navy Now, The Prisoner of Zenda, Run for the Sun, and Man of a Thousand Faces. In 1984, she was cast in Against All Odds, a remake of Out of the Past, as the mother of the character she had played in 1947. In 1952, Greer obtained a release from her contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios. She said, "When there is a good role at MGM, the producers want Lana or Ava. There is no chance for another actress to develop into important stardom at the studio".

Greer's noteworthy roles in television included 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. Greer died of cancer on August 24, 2001, at the age of 76, in Bel Air, Los Angeles. Her body was interred at Los Angeles' Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery.

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Jane Greer (9 de septiembre de 1924 – 24 de agosto de 2001) fue una actriz cinematográfica estadounidense a la que se recuerda principalmente por su papel de la mujer fatal Kathie Moffat en la película de 1947 Out of the Past.

Su verdadero nombre era Bettejane Greer, y nació en Washington, D.C.. En su adolescencia fue modelo y ganadora de un concurso de belleza, e inició su carrera en el espectáculo como cantante de una banda. Howard Hughes observó una foto suya como modelo en la portada de la revista Life del 2 de junio de 1947,1 y la mandó a Hollywood, a la productora RKO, para trabajar como actriz en diversos filmes, incluyendo Dick Tracy (1945), The Falcon's Alibi (1946), Out of the Past (1947), They Won't Believe Me (1947), y The Big Steal (1949), título que, junto a Out of the Past, protagonizó junto a Robert Mitchum. Durante un par de años no actuó, y al reiniciar su carrera intervino en You're in the Navy Now (1951), El prisionero de Zenda (1952), The Clown (1953), Run for the Sun (Huida hacia el sol) (1956), Man of a Thousand Faces (El hombre de las mil caras) (1957), Where Love Has Gone (¿A dónde fue el amor?) (1964), Billie (1965) y The Outfit (1973), entre otros títulos. En 1984 intervino en Against All Odds, una versión de Out of the Past, película en la que interpretaba a la madre de Rachel Ward. También participó en una parodia televisiva de Out of the Past emitida en el programa Saturday Night Live, junto a su pareja original, Robert Mitchum. Asimismo, fue la madre de Norma Jennings en la serie Twin Peaks.

Jane Greer se casó con el cantante y actor Rudy Vallee en 1943, pero se divorciaron al año siguiente. Volvió a casarse en 1947, con Edward Lasker (1912-1997), un abogado y hombre de negocios de Los Ángeles con quien tuvo tres hijos. Su hijo Lawrence Lasker es un productor cinematográfico que ha participado en varios títulos, incluyendo WarGames (Juegos de guerra) (1983) y Sneakers (1992).

Greer falleció a causa de un cáncer a los 76 años de edad, en Los Ángeles, California, y fue enterrada en el Cementerio Westwood Village Memorial Park de Los Ángeles.

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