Post by snsurone on Apr 1, 2018 21:47:40 GMT
If I remember correctly, she started out in one of W. C. Fields' last movies.
She attained stardom when she signed with MGM.
Her first big hit was A DATE WITH JUDY.
Interestingly, Gene Kelly wanted her as his leading lady in SINGIN' IN THE RAIN, and not Debbie Reynolds, because Jane was more experienced.
But Jane was primarily a singer; one has to wonder if Kelly would have been as brutal to her as he was to Debbie regarding those complicated dance numbers.
She attained stardom when she signed with MGM.
Her first big hit was A DATE WITH JUDY.
Interestingly, Gene Kelly wanted her as his leading lady in SINGIN' IN THE RAIN, and not Debbie Reynolds, because Jane was more experienced.
But Jane was primarily a singer; one has to wonder if Kelly would have been as brutal to her as he was to Debbie regarding those complicated dance numbers.