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Full Name
  
Jane O'Brien

Role
  
Actress

Name
  
Jane Bryan

Years active
  
1936–1940

Occupation
  
Actress


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Born
  
June 11, 1918 (
1918-06-11
)
Hollywood, California, U.S.

Died
  
April 8, 2009, Pebble Beach, California, United States

Spouse
  
Justin Whitlock Dart (m. 1939–1984)

Children
  
Jane Dart, Stephen M. Dart, Guy Michael Dart

Parents
  
James Matthew O'Brien, Irene Murray

Movies
  
Each Dawn I Die, Invisible Stripes, Marked Woman, A Slight Case of Murder, The Old Maid

Similar People
  
Lloyd Bacon, William Keighley, Justin Whitlock Dart, Edmund Goulding, Anita Louise

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Jane Bryan (June 11, 1918 – April 8, 2009) was an American actress who was being prepared by Warner Bros. to become one of its leading ladies until she married a drugstore magnate in 1940 and retired.

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She was born Jane O'Brien in Hollywood, California. Her screen career lasted only four years, but she appeared in prominent roles in several memorable films, including Marked Woman (1937) with Bette Davis and Humphrey Bogart; Kid Galahad (1937) with Edward G. Robinson, Bette Davis, and Humphrey Bogart; A Slight Case of Murder (1938) with Edward G. Robinson; Each Dawn I Die (1939) with James Cagney and George Raft; Invisible Stripes (1939) with George Raft, William Holden, and Humphrey Bogart; and The Old Maid (1939) with Bette Davis and Miriam Hopkins.

A Slight Case of Murder (1938) Official Trailer - Edward G. Robinson, Jane Bryan Movie HD


Marriage

Jane Bryan married wealthy businessman and entrepreneur Justin Dart on New Year's Eve, 1939. Dart took control of the Boston-based United Drug Company in 1943, and rebranded the stores under the Rexall Drug name.

Justin and Jane Dart were staunch Republicans and helped persuade their personal friend, former California governor Ronald Reagan, to run for president of the United States in 1980. She and her husband were married until his death in 1984. Jane Bryan Dart served on the United States Commission of Fine Arts in Washington, D.C. from 1971 to 1976.

Death

Jane Bryan Dart died at her home on April 8, 2009, aged 90, in Pebble Beach, California, following a lengthy illness. She was survived by her three children, Guy Michael Dart, Jane Dart Tucker and Stephen M. Dart; three grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; and two brothers, William and Donald O'Brien.

She was predeceased by her brother Jim O'Brien in 1986. Her stepson Justin Whitlock Dart, Jr., a disability-rights activist, died in 2002.



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Filmography

Actress
1940
Brother Rat and a Baby as
Kate
1939
Invisible Stripes as
Peggy
1939
We Are Not Alone as
Leni Krafft
1939
These Glamour Girls as
Carol Christy
1939
The Old Maid as
Tina
1939
Each Dawn I Die as
Joyce
1939
The Man Who Dared as
Marge Carter
1938
Brother Rat as
Kate Rice
1938
Girls on Probation as
Connie Heath
1938
The Sisters as
Grace Elliott
1938
A Slight Case of Murder as
Mary Marco
1937
Confession as
Lisa Koslov
1937
Kid Galahad as
Marie
1937
The Cherokee Strip as
Janie Walton
1937
Marked Woman as
Betty
1937
Under Southern Stars (Short) as
Arlene
1936
The Captain's Kid as
Betsy Ann Prentiss
1936
The Case of the Black Cat as
Wilma Laxter
Self
1937
Breakdowns of 1937 (Short) as
Self
Archive Footage
1992
Murderers, Mobsters & Madmen: Fatal Females (Video documentary short) as
Connie Heath
1974
AFI Life Achievement Award (TV Series) as
Actress 'Each Dawn I Die'
- AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to James Cagney (1974) - Actress 'Each Dawn I Die'

References

Jane Bryan Wikipedia