Family tree of Jane GREER

Actor

American Born Bettejane GREER

American film and television actress

Born on September 09, 1924 in Washington, D.C., USA , United States

Died on August 24, 2001 in Los Angeles, California, USA

Born on september 09 31

Deceased on august 24 31

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Greer

Hugh Dunlap

1836 - 1936

McLean

Susan Isabella

Allen

William Francis

1835 -

Griffin

Margaret Caroline

1835 -

Whitehurst

Obediah Eastwood

1843 -

Down

Sarah H.

1842 -

Greer

Charles Dean Mclean

1871 -

Hallie D.

Allen

Joseph Bell

1860 -

Whitehurst

Elizabeth Boteler

1865 -

Greer

Charles Dean Mclean

1896 - 1963

Allen

Elizabeth Boteler

1896 -

Greer

Bettejane

1924 - 2001

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The five-foot five Greer began life as Bettejane Greer in Washington, D.C., the daughter of Bettie and Charles Dean McLean Greer, Jr. In 1940, aged 15, Greer suffered from a facial palsy, which paralyzed the left side of her face. She recovered, but it is speculated that the condition contributed to her "patented look" and "a calm, quizzical gaze and an enigmatic expression that would later lead RKO to promote her as 'the woman with the Mona Lisa smile'." She claimed that the facial exercises used to overcome the paralysis taught her how to convey human emotion. A beauty-contest winner and professional model from her teens, Greer began her show business career as a big band singer.

Howard Hughes spotted Greer modeling in the June 8, 1942, issue of Life magazine and sent her to Hollywood to become an actress. She married Rudy Vallee, her senior by 22 years, in 1943. Hughes lent out the actress to RKO to star in many films, including Dick Tracy (1945), Out of the Past (1947), They Won't Believe Me (1947), and the comedy/suspense film The Big Steal (1949), alongside Out of the Past co-star Robert Mitchum. Hughes refused to let her work for a time; when she finally began film acting again, she appeared in You're in the Navy Now (1951), The Prisoner of Zenda (1952), Run for the Sun (1956), and The Man of a Thousand Faces (1957). In 1984, she was cast in Against All Odds, a remake of Out of the Past, as the mother of the character she had played in 1947.

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