Jane Lee

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For the actress born in 1976, see Jane Lee (actress).

Ad for the film The Infant-ry (1919) with Jane and Katherine Lee

Jane Lee (1912-March 17, 1957) was a child star in silent motion pictures beginning in 1914. She was born in Glasgow, Scotland. Along with her sister, Katherine Lee, born 1909, she appeared in the original Neptune's Daughter filmed in 1914. In 1915 Jane appeared with Valeska Suratt in The Soul of Broadway at Fox Studios. Katherine was seven years old and Jane was only five in 1917 when they starred in Troublemakers, produced by the Fox Film Corporation, and Two Little Imps.

Jane and Katherine continued performing in vaudeville. In the 1920s and early 1930s they appeared in New York, New York and London, England. In 1925 they brought their vaudeville act to the Majestic Theatre in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Lee continued to act in silent films through 1919. She appeared in Swat The Spy (1918), Tell It To The Marines (1918), and Smile (1919). She had uncredited roles in the sound motion pictures Knock On Any Door (1949), Cheaper By The Dozen (1950), and Comin' Round The Mountain (1951).

Jane Lee St. John died in St. Clare's Hospital in New York in 1957. Katherine died in 1968.

References

Fort Wayne, Indiana Daily News, Jane and Katherine Lee Thursday, Saturday, June 30, 1917, Page 4.
The New York Times, "Jane Lee Is Dead At 45", March 20, 1957, Page 37.

External links

Jane Lee at the Internet Movie Database

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Name	Lee, Jane
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Short description	British actor
Date of birth	1912
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Date of death	1957
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