Jane Lee
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[edit] Scottish Child In Silent Films
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, she appeared in the original Neptune's Daughter filmed in 1914. 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.
Jane 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).
[edit] Untimely Death
Jane Lee St. John died in St. Clare's Hospital in New York in 1957 at the age of 45 after an extended illness.
[edit] 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.
