| LC control no. | no 97037870 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Adams, Jane, 1918-2014 |
| Variant(s) | Adams, Jane, 1921-2014 Adams, Poni, 1921-2014 |
| Associated place | Pasadena (Calif.) Los Angeles (Calif.) Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) |
| Birth date | 1918-08-07 |
| Death date | 2014-05-21 |
| Place of birth | San Antonio (Tex.) |
| Place of death | Palm Desert (Calif.) |
| Field of activity | Motion pictures Motion picture industry Television Radio |
| Affiliation | Juilliard School of Music Pasadena Playhouse |
| Profession or occupation | Actresses |
| Found in | Batman and Robin, 1997: credits (Jane Adams) Code of the lawless, 1945: credits (with Poni Adams) The brute man, [2009]: opening credits (Jane Adams) Halliwell's filmgoer's & video viewer's companion, 11th ed. (Adams, Jane, 1921- ; American actress) Pictures that talk website, February 4, 2016 (Jane Adams; actress; born August 7, 1921, San Antonio, Texas; died May 21, 2014; glamorous actress in Hollywood 'B' features, notably two Universal "horrors" of the 1940s; born Betty Bierce; was a radio actress until Universal put her under contract in 1945, billing her as Poni Adams; appeared in more than a dozen roles in 1945 and 1946; acted on TV until the mid 1950s) Getty images website, February 4, 2016 (Jane Adams; actress; born 1921) Obituaries in the performing arts, 2014, [2015], via Google books, February 9, 2016: pages 1-2 (Jane Adams; actress; leading lady in westerns and horror films in the 1940s; born Betty Jane Bierce in San Antonio, Texas on August 7, 1918; died in Bellingham, Washington on May 21, 2014; made her film debut in 1942; billed as Poni Adams for early film roles; best known for her role as Nina the hunchbacked nurse in the 1945 Universal horror classic House of Dracula; featured in episodes of several television series in the 1950s; retired from the screen in the early 1950s) IMDb, February 4, 2016 (Jane Adams; actress; born Betty Jean Bierce, August 7, 1918 in San Antonio, Texas; died May 21, 2014 in Bellingham, Washington; turned down a full scholarship to study violin at Juilliard, opting to spend four years studying acting at the Pasadena Playhouse; got her start acting in radio, working on Lux Radio Theatre and the Whistler; appeared in television roles in the early 50s; alternate names: Poni Adams) Wikipedia, February 4, 2016 (Poni Adams; Betty Jane Bierce, better know by her stage name Jane "Poni" Adams (August 7, 1921, San Antonio, Texas-May 21, 2014, Palm Desert, California); American actress in radio, film, and television in the 1940s and 1950s; born in San Antonio; received a full scholarship to Juilliard; spent years studying at the Pasadena Playhouse; from there she got her start on Lux Radio and then with the Harry Conover Modeling Agency, where she was give the nickname "Poni"; returned to using her real name in 1945) U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current via Ancestry.com, August 24, 2019: (Jane Adams, birth date: 7 Aug 1918, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas ; death date: 21 May 2014, Rancho Mirage, Riverside County, California) picture of headstone (Aug 7 1918 - May 21 2014) |
| Associated language | eng |
| Invalid LCCN | no 94001367 |
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