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Jane Adams
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Jane Adams
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1918-08-07,San Antonio, Texas, USA
Gender
Female
Biography
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.

Filmography

House of Dracula

5.5

House of Dracula
1945-12-07

He Walked by Night

6.677

He Walked by Night
1949-02-06

4.5

The Brute Man
1946-10-01

Batman and Robin

5.5

Batman and Robin
1949-05-26

4.9

Smooth as Silk
1946-02-01

Gun Law Justice

0

Gun Law Justice
1949-03-13

Lost City of the Jungle

6.2

Lost City of the Jungle
1946-04-23

Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film

7.5

Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film
2014-08-01

0

Lawless Breed
1946-08-16

0

Outlaw Gold
1950-11-26

Rustler's Round-up

0

Rustler's Round-up
1946-08-01

Salome, Where She Danced

3.7

Salome, Where She Danced
1945-04-17

5.8

Master Minds
1949-11-27

The Girl from San Lorenzo

0

The Girl from San Lorenzo
1950-02-24

Law of the Panhandle

0

Law of the Panhandle
1950-09-17

Secret of Outlaw Flats

0

Secret of Outlaw Flats
1953-11-15

Code of the Lawless

0

Code of the Lawless
1945-07-01

Trail to Vengeance

0

Trail to Vengeance
1945-06-01

0

Gunman's Code
1946-08-01

Western Renegades

5

Western Renegades
1949-10-08

Lady on a Train

6.5

Lady on a Train
1945-08-03

0

Street Bandits
1951-11-09

Batmania: From Comics to Screen

7.5

Batmania: From Comics to Screen
1989-01-01

Night in Paradise

4

Night in Paradise
1946-05-03

Adventures of Superman

6.7

Adventures of Superman
1952-09-19