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.

  • Titolo: Jane Adams
  • Popolarità: 1.294
  • Conosciuto per: Acting
  • Compleanno: 1918-08-07
  • Luogo di nascita: San Antonio, Texas, USA
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  • Conosciuto anche come: Poni Adams
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Jane Adams Film

  • 1945
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    La casa degli orrori

    La casa degli orrori

    5.5 1945 HD

    Il conte Dracula e il licantropo Larry Talbot vanno dal professor Franz Edelmann per farsi curare. Il vampiro, però, attratto dalla bella...

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  • 1949
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    Egli camminava nella notte

    Egli camminava nella notte

    6.7 1949 HD

    Alcuni agenti sono trovati uccisi. L'autore dei delitti sembra essere al corrente di tutti i movimenti della polizia, tanto da far sospettare che si...

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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 and Robin

    Batman and Robin

    5.5 1949 HD

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  • 1946
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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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    Salomè

    Salomè

    3.7 1945 HD

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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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  • 1950
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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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  • 1945
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    Code of the Lawless

    Code of the Lawless

    1 1945 HD

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  • 1945
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    Trail to Vengeance

    Trail to Vengeance

    1 1945 HD

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  • 1946
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    Gunman's Code

    Gunman's Code

    1 1946 HD

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  • 1949
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    Western Renegades

    Western Renegades

    1 1949 HD

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  • 1945
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    Due pantofole e una ragazza

    Due pantofole e una ragazza

    6.5 1945 HD

    Una ragazza è convinta di aver assistito, dal treno su cui viaggiava, a un omicidio. La polizia, però, non le crede. Nel frattempo si...

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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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  • 1952
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    Adventures of Superman

    Adventures of Superman

    6.657 1952 HD

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