Jane Greer (born Bettejane Greer; September 9, 1924 – August 24, 2001) was an American film and television actress. Although best known for her femme fatale role in the noir Out of the Past (1947), her noteworthy roles in television include guest appearances on episodes of numerous shows over the decades, such as Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Bonanza, Quincy, M.E., Murder, She Wrote, and a 1975 gig with Peter Falk and Robert Vaughn in an episode of Columbo titled Troubled Waters. She even got to make fun of Out of the Past in a parody with Robert Mitchum on TV's Saturday Night Live in 1987. Greer joined the casts of Falcon Crest in 1984 and Twin Peaks in 1990 in recurring roles until her retirement in 1996. Greer was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1634 Vine Street for her contributions to the motion picture industry. The star was dedicated on February 8, 1960. In 2009, The Guardian named her one of the best actors never to have received an Academy Award nomination.

Filmography

• 1996Perfect Mate
• Secret Lives
• Twin Peaks — Vivian Smythe Niles
• 1989Immediate Family — Michael's Mother
• 1986Just Between Friends — Ruth Chadwick
• The Insiders — Mrs. West
• 1984Against All Odds — Mrs. Wyler
• Murder, She Wrote — Bonnie Phelps
• 1982The Shadow Riders — Ma Traven
• Falcon Crest — Charlotte Pershing
• 1979A Christmas for Boomer
• Quincy, M.E.
• Saturday Night Live — Kathie (uncredited)
• 1973The Outfit — Alma Macklin
• Columbo — Sylvia Danziger
• 1965Billie — Agnes Carol
• 1964Where Love Has Gone — Marian Spicer
• Burke's Law — Lonnie Smith
• Thriller — Ann Moffat
• Bonanza — Julia Bulette
• 1958No Time at All — Karen
• 1957Man of a Thousand Faces — Hazel Bennet Chaney
• Suspicion — Clare Stengler
• Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre — Ellen Morrow, Ellie Matson, Julie Benton
• Playhouse 90 — Karen
• 1956Run for the Sun — Katherine 'Katie' Connors
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents — Mrs. Cannon-Hughes
• 1953Down Among the Sheltering Palms — Diana Forrester
• Revlon Mirror Theatre
• 1953The Clown — Paula Henderson
• 1952Desperate Search — Julie Heldon
• The Ford Television Theatre — Mona Patton
• 1952The Prisoner of Zenda — Antoinette de Mauban
• 1952You for Me — Katie McDermad
• 1951The Company She Keeps — Diane
• 1951You're in the Navy Now — Ellie C. Harkness
• 1949The Big Steal — Joan 'Chiquita' Graham
• 1948Station West — Charlie
• 1947Out of the Past — Kathie Moffat
• 1947Sinbad the Sailor — Pirouze
• 1947They Won't Believe Me — Janice Bell
• 1946Sunset Pass — Lolite Baxter
• 1946The Bamboo Blonde — Eileen Sawyer
• 1946The Falcon's Alibi — Lola Carpenter
• 1945Dick Tracy — Judith Owens
• 1945George White's Scandals — Billie Randall
• 1945Pan-Americana — Miss Downing (uncredited)
• 1945Two O'Clock Courage — Helen Carter (as Bettejane Greer)

Appearances as themselves (5)

• 2014Discovering: Robert Mitchum — Self (archive footage)
• 2006Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light — Self
• 1998Gary Cooper: The Face of a Hero — Self
• 1991Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star — Self
• The RKO Story: Tales From Hollywood — Self