Jane Adams

Jane Adams

Betty Jane Bierce, better known by her stage name Jane "Poni" Adams was an American actress in radio, film, and television in the 1940s and 1950s. Adams was born in San Antonio, Texas, but her family moved to California when she was two. During her high school years, she studied violin and drama, and she was selected to be a concert mistress of the all-city high school orchestra of Los Angeles. She received a full scholarship to Juilliard, which she turned down to spend years studying at the Pasadena Playhouse. After the Playhouse, she got her start on Lux Radio Theatre, and then with the Harry Conover Modeling Agency, where she was given her nickname "Poni". This was supposedly due to her love of horses, but in reality it was to provide her with a more memorable stage name.(In the book Westerns Women: Interviews with 50 Leading Ladies of Movie and Television Westerns from the 1930s to the 1960s, Adams said: "I was given that name at the Harry Conover Modeling Agency. Why, I don't know!" She returned to using her real name in 1945. Military personnel played a role in her change of names from Poni Adams to Jane Adams. A photograph printed in newspapers in 1946 carried the caption: "GI JANE — Jane Adams — formerly Poni Adams — holds some of 32,851 letters her press agent said came from GIs after she appealed for aid in choosing a new name." Adams' first screen appearance was in So You Want to Give Up Smoking, a short film in 1942. She may be best known for her role as Nina in House of Dracula, but she also has the distinction of acting in early adaptations of both major DC Comics franchises: Batman, where she played Vicki Vale in the second Batman serial, Batman and Robin, and also a character in the first Superman television series. On May 21, 2014, Adams died in Bellingham, Washington, at the age of 95. She was buried (as Betty J. Turnage) beside her husband in Arlington National Cemetery.

  • Popularidad : 0.619
  • Conocido por : Acting
  • Cumpleaños : 1918-08-07
  • Lugar de nacimiento : San Antonio, Texas, USA
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Jane Adams Películas

  • 1945
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    La mansión de Drácula

    La mansión de Drácula

    5.504 1945 HD

    El Hombre Lobo y Drácula llegan al laboratorio del Dr. Edelman para pedirle una cura que los libere de sus instintos asesinos. Pero mientras...

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  • 1949
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    Orden: caza sin cuartel

    Orden: caza sin cuartel

    6.7 1949 HD

    Película rodada en estilo casi documental que relata la caza de un ladrón que asesina a sangre fría a un policía y que es...

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  • 1946
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    The Brute Man

    The Brute Man

    4.5 1946 HD

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  • 1949
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    Batman y Robin

    Batman y Robin

    5.5 1949 HD

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    Smooth as Silk

    Smooth as Silk

    4.8 1946 HD

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  • 1949
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    Gun Law Justice

    Gun Law Justice

    1 1949 HD

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  • 1946
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    Lost City of the Jungle

    Lost City of the Jungle

    6.2 1946 HD

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  • 2014
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    Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film

    Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film

    7.5 2014 HD

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  • 1946
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    Lawless Breed

    Lawless Breed

    1 1946 HD

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  • 1950
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    Outlaw Gold

    Outlaw Gold

    1 1950 HD

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  • 1946
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    Rustler's Round-up

    Rustler's Round-up

    1 1946 HD

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  • 1945
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    Salomé, la embrujadora

    Salomé, la embrujadora

    3.7 1945 HD

    Una bailarina hace su debut en el Tivoli, como invitada del Duque de Prusia Von Bismark. Cuando llega la revolución de 1865, Mariana, que...

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  • 1949
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    Master Minds

    Master Minds

    5.8 1949 HD

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  • 1950
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    The Girl from San Lorenzo

    The Girl from San Lorenzo

    1 1950 HD

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    Law of the Panhandle

    Law of the Panhandle

    1 1950 HD

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  • 1953
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    Secret of Outlaw Flats

    Secret of Outlaw Flats

    1 1953 HD

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    Code of the Lawless

    Code of the Lawless

    1 1945 HD

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    Trail to Vengeance

    Trail to Vengeance

    1 1945 HD

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    Gunman's Code

    Gunman's Code

    1 1946 HD

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    Western Renegades

    Western Renegades

    1 1949 HD

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  • 1945
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    La dama del tren

    La dama del tren

    6.5 1945 HD

    Mientras espera en la estación la llegada del tren que la conducirá desde San Francisco a Nueva York, Nikki Collins es testigo...

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  • 1951
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    Street Bandits

    Street Bandits

    1 1951 HD

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  • 1989
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    Batmania: From Comics to Screen

    Batmania: From Comics to Screen

    7.5 1989 HD

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  • 1946
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    Night in Paradise

    Night in Paradise

    4 1946 HD

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  • 1952
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    Adventures of Superman

    Adventures of Superman

    6.664 1952 HD

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