Jane Bryan (born June 11, 1918) was an American actress being built up by the Warner Bros. studio to become one of their top leading ladies when she married a drugstore magnate in 1940 and abruptly retired. Her screen career only lasted 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; and Invisible Stripes (1939) with George Raft, William Holden, and Humphrey Bogart.
Filmography
- The Case of the Black Cat (1936)
- The Captain's Kid (1936)
- Under Southern Stars (1937)
- Marked Woman (1937)
- The Cherokee Strip (1937)
- Kid Galahad (1937)
- Confession (1937)
- A Slight Case of Murder (1938)
- The Sisters (1938)
- Girls on Probation (1938)
- Brother Rat (1938)
- The Man Who Dared (1939)
- Each Dawn I Die (1939)
- The Old Maid (1939)
- These Glamour Girls (1939)
- We Are Not Alone (1939)
- Invisible Stripes (1939)
- Brother Rat and a Baby (1940)
Trivia
- At the end of the video of the song The Diary of Jane by Breaking Benjamin, the diary is revealed to be of that of Jane Bryan as it is placed next to the tombstone of the same name (although obscured). However, Breaking Benjamin have not confirmed as to whether the song refers to the actress Jane Bryan.
- One of Breaking Benjamin's previous album name's is We Are Not Alone which happens to be a Jane Bryan film of the same name.
