(Ernestine Jane Geraldine Russell)actressBorn: 6/21/1921Birthplace: Bemidji, Minnesota Beautiful, dark-haired, big-boned actress with a direct personality, she is known as much for her lingerie…
director, screenwriterBorn: 1954Birthplace: Waikanae, New Zealand An award-winning director of intense, often dark films about strong and unusual women, she earned international acclaim for An…
(Margaret Jane Pauley)TV journalistBorn: 10/31/1950Birthplace: Indianapolis, Indiana Most recently Pauley has served as co-anchor of Dateline NBC, anchor of Time and Again on MSNBC Cable, and…
comedienne, actressBorn: 9/6/1947Birthplace: Cambridge, Massachusetts Emmy Award-winning television comedienne and actress who was a regular on Saturday Night Live during its heyday (1975–80). She…
actressBorn: 12/21/1937Birthplace: New York City This Academy Award-winner began her career playing sexy roles and later opted for films that were more in line with her liberal, often radical,…
(Encyclopedia) Freilicher, JaneFreilicher, Janefrīˈlĭkər [key] 1924–2014, American painter, b. Brooklyn, N.Y., as Jane Niederhoffer; studied Hans Hoffmann School (1947), Brooklyn College (B.A. 1947…
(Encyclopedia) Goodall, JaneGoodall, Janeg&oobreve;dˈôl [key], 1934–, English ethologist and primatologist. After working with Louis Leakey but without any formal scientific training, she…
(Encyclopedia) Fonda, Jane, 1937–, American actress, b. New York City; daughter of Henry Fonda and sister of Peter Fonda. First cast in pert and sexy roles, she later distinguished herself in…
(Encyclopedia) Jacobs, Jane, 1916–2006, American-Canadian urbanologist, b. Scranton, Pa., as Jane Butzner. She moved to New York City in the 1930s, was an editor (1952–64) of Architectural Forum…
(Encyclopedia) Austen, JaneAusten, Janeôˈstən [key], 1775–1817, English novelist. The daughter of a clergyman, she spent the first 25 years of her life at “Steventon,” her father's Hampshire vicarage…
