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Jane Adams

Jane Adams

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Born August 7, 1918 in San Antonio, Texas, USA

Died May 21, 2014

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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.

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The Creeper: Rondo Hatton at Universal Documentary2020Self

Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film Poster

Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film Documentary2014Self

Trail of the Creeper: Making 'the Brute Man' Documentary2011Helen

Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man' Poster

Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man' Documentary1999

Batmania from Comics to Screen Poster

Batmania from Comics to Screen Documentary1989Self

Secret of Outlaw Flats Poster

Secret of Outlaw Flats Feature Film1953Peggy

Adventures of Superman Poster

Adventures of Superman TV Series1952Babette DuLoque

Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok Poster

Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok TV Series1951Peggy

Street Bandits Poster

Street Bandits Feature Film1951Jane Phillips - Secretary

The Adventures of Kit Carson Poster

The Adventures of Kit Carson TV Series1951Marguerita Bolton

Dangerous Assignment Poster

Dangerous Assignment TV Series1950Maria Delgada

Law of the Panhandle Poster

Law of the Panhandle Feature Film1950Margie Kendal

Outlaw Gold Poster

Outlaw Gold Feature Film1950Kathy Martin

The Cisco Kid Poster

The Cisco Kid TV Series1950Miss Harley

The Girl from San Lorenzo Poster

The Girl from San Lorenzo Feature Film1950Nora Malloy

Angels in Disguise Poster

Angels in Disguise Feature Film1949First Pretty Nurse

Batman and Robin Poster

Batman and Robin Feature Film1949Vicki Vale

Blazing Guns Short Film1949Jo Fremont

Gun Law Justice Poster

Gun Law Justice Feature Film1949Jane Darnton

Master Minds Poster

Master Minds Feature Film1949Nancy Marlowe

Tarzan's Magic Fountain Poster

Tarzan's Magic Fountain Feature Film1949Villager

Western Renegades Poster

Western Renegades Feature Film1949Judy Gordon

He Walked by Night Poster

He Walked by Night Feature Film1948Nurse Scanion

Gunman's Code Poster

Gunman's Code Feature Film1946Laura Burton

Lawless Breed Poster

Lawless Breed Feature Film1946Marjorie Bradley

Lost City of the Jungle Poster

Lost City of the Jungle Feature Film1946Marjorie Elmore

Night in Paradise Poster

Night in Paradise Feature Film1946Lotus

Rustler's Round-Up Poster

Rustler's Round-Up Feature Film1946Josephine 'Jo' Fremont

Smooth as Silk Poster

Smooth as Silk Feature Film1946Susan Marlowe

The Brute Man Poster

The Brute Man Feature Film1946Helen Paige

The Runaround Poster

The Runaround Feature Film1946Miss Webster

Code of the Lawless Poster

Code of the Lawless Feature Film1945Julie Randall

House of Dracula Poster

House of Dracula Feature Film1945Nina

Lady on a Train Poster

Lady on a Train Feature Film1945Circus Club Photographer

Salome, Where She Danced Poster

Salome, Where She Danced Feature Film1945Salome Girl

This Love of Ours Poster

This Love of Ours Feature Film1945Chorus Girl

Trail to Vengeance Poster

Trail to Vengeance Feature Film1945Dorothy Jackson

So You Want to Give Up Smoking Poster

So You Want to Give Up Smoking Short Film1942Smoker

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