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Jane Howard Profile
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| (Betty Jane Howarth) |
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| 5 May 25 | is born in Pecatonica, Illinois |
| ? | studies to be a dress designer and a commercial artist |
| December 48 | tagged an MGM actress, she helps to snip tape to formally open the expanded Owl Rexall Super Drug Store at 6351 Van Nuys Boulevard |
| May 49 | is among a party of 20 chorus girls leaving from Hollywood, California, for a five week tour of air force bases overseas. Pictured with her are Claudette Thornton, Wanda Smith, Rosalie Calvert, and Anne Ross. |
| September 49 | is a resident of North Hollywood |
| 13 September 49 | poses for members of the Sherman Oaks Camera Club in the home of Harold Rood, 12109 Landale Street, Studio City. A social hour closes the meeting. |
| ? | is discovered by Universal-International when Red Skelton comes into the photography shop where she works to buy some film / is a secretary until Red Skelton mentions her name to a studio talent scout |
| February 52 | columnist Harrison Carroll reports: "Andy Parenchio, Jr., who went with Anne Jeffreys for so long, was at Ciro's with Betty Jane Haworth..." |
| February 54 | is Lily Chrysanthemum on NBC's "The Pinky Lee Show," designed to entertain children and adults alike |
| February 55 | she and fellow starlets Myrna Hansen, Leigh Snowden, and Lili Kardell are pictured with Francis, the talking mule, doing road work in Hollywood |
| April 55 | poses with Janice Vaughn, 21, judged "The Most Beautiful WAVE in the Eleventh Naval District." Janice turned down a Hollywood movie acting contract following her debut in Francis in the Navy. |
| November 55 | she and fellow starlets Mara Corday, Gia Scala, Dani Crayne are pictured in mailbags, posing with Walter Townsend, postmaster of Universal City, who is headed for the postmaster’s convention |
| February 56 | columnist Louella Parsons reports: "Ben Cooper and U-I's pretty redhead, Jane Howard, are building up a serious romance..." |
| she and fellow starlet Karen Sharpe congratulate Jacques Jimenez, Jr., a San Jose Bellarmine school senior, on winning second place in a state-wide contest "Safer Driving through Better Vision" |
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| 5 April 56 | cuts the ribbon at the opening ceremonies for the new Hughes Market at Devonshire and Balboa |
| June 56 | she and Sherry Jackson take part in the Paxton Parade of Public Personalities at the opening of the Pacoima Babe Ruth League |
| is a new twosome with actor Ben Cooper. "Ben’s sister, Bunny, screens all of his dates and she has her approval." |
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| she and fellow starlet Kipp Hamilton are named vice chairwomen of the Committee for Highway Safety |
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| August 56 | she, Leigh Snowden, Cynthia Patrick, Dani Crayne, Gia Scala, and Karen Kadler give a royal cheesecake welcome to Gilbert Connor, Umatilla Indian and direct descent of Chief Joseph. He arrived at Universal-International to appear in the upcoming Pillars of the Sky. |
| October 56 | columnist Louella Parsons asks: "Whatever happened to Marete Reinhardt, Fess Parker's girlfriend? He was at Jack's at the Beach with Jane Howard and it was his second date with Miss Howard..." |
| November 56 | she and Manny Frank are "the newest newsome in town" |
| February 57 | Parsons reports her recovering at Midway Hospital following surgery |
| March 58 | is seen at the Oyster House with Sy Devore |
| March 61 | columnist Lee Mortimer tells that "John Vivyan switched his affections from Patricia Huston to Jane Howard, a former U-I contractee..." |
| ? | becomes a singer and owner of the W-E-B supper club at 12915 Ventura Boulevard, at Coldwater Canyon |
| November 61 | performs with singer-actor Byron Palmer at her W-E-B |
| seeks an annulment of her marriage to William Valis. Her attorney, Tom Call, charges that she and Bill didn't fulfill the residence laws of Mexico when they wed. |
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| December 61 | holds a press party at the W-E-B to introduce the Twist to columnists and reporters, inaugurating a new policy to make Monday nights "Twist Night" at her nightspot. Teaching the new "spine-bending" dance is starlet June Wilkinson, currently to be seen in The Continental Twist. |
| 25 February 05 | dies in Allison Park, Pennsylvania |
| Sources: Giseld Dervishi, Valley News, Van Nuys News, Waterloo Sunday Courier, The Monessen Daily Independent, San Mateo Times, The Daily Independent, Denton Journal, Modern Screen, Tri-City Herald, Williamsport Sun-Gazette, The Lima News, The Hammond Times, Nevada State Journal, The Vidette-Messenger | |
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