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Jane Greer
Known for: ActingJane 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.
Filmography 21
Against All Odds
+7
as Mrs. Wyler 
Out of the Past
+3
as Kathie Moffat 
The Shadow Riders
+8
as Ma Traven 
The Outfit
+5
as Alma Macklin 
Sinbad the Sailor
+1
as Pirouze 
They Won't Believe Me
as Janice Bell 
Billie
+6
as Agnes Carol 
The Prisoner of Zenda
+2
as Antoinette de Mauban 
Where Love Has Gone
+2
as Marian Spicer 
Man of a Thousand Faces
+3
as Hazel Bennet Chaney 
Run for the Sun
+5
as Katherine 'Katie' Connors 
Dick Tracy
+19
as Judith Owens 
Station West
as Charlie 
+3 
The Big Steal
+2
as Joan 'Chiquita' Graham 
Immediate Family
+4
as Michael's Mother 
Just Between Friends
+9
as Ruth Chadwick 
Two O'Clock Courage
as Helen Carter (as Bettejane Greer) 
+4 
The Clown
as Paula Henderson 
The Bamboo Blonde
+2
as Eileen Sawyer