Jane Lawrence

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Jane Lawrence (February 3, 1915 – August 5, 2005), born Jane Brotherton, was an American actress and opera singer. She was also part of the 1950s art scene.

Jane Brotherton was born in Bozeman, Montana and grew up in Mt. Vernon, Washington. Her father was Lawrence Langham Brotherton, a founder of the Bozeman Canning Company.

Broadway stage roles:

• Oklahoma! (1943) as Gertie Cummings (opening night cast)
• Inside U.S.A. (1948) in multiple roles (opening night cast)
• Where's Charley? (1948) as Donna Lucia D'Alvadorez (opening night cast)

Her only film role was that of Clementine Brown in Sailor's Holiday (1944) opposite Arthur Lake and Shelley Winters and in which she was credited as June Lawrence.

In 1943 she married Tony Smith, an architect who later achieved fame as a sculptor. They became the parents of three daughters, one of whom is Kiki Smith.