Jane Webb

Actress
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroActress
PlacesUnited States of America
wasActor Television actor
Work fieldFilm, TV, Stage & Radio
Gender
Female
Birth13 August 1925, Chicago
Death30 March 2010 (aged 84 years)
The details

Biography

Jane Webb Edwards, (August 13, 1925 – March 30, 2010) also known by the stage name Joanne Louise, was an American film and voice actress.

Biography

On 10 June 1942, Edwards graduated "with honor" from Central YMCA High School in Chicago, Illinois.

Throughout the 1930s and 1940s, Edwards acted on multiple radio series. During her later career, she worked on a large number of animated cartoons, mostly for Filmation. One of her roles was as the huntress "Lara" on "The Jihad", an episode of Star Trek: The Animated Series.

The former Webb married Jack Lawson Edwards, Jr., brother of actor and cartoon voiceover performer Sam Edwards.

On 30 March 2010, Edwards died in Green Valley, Arizona of natural causes.

Filmography

Film
YearTitleNotes
1939Our Leading CitizenTelephone operator (uncredited)
$1,000 a Touchdown
1940The Farmer's Daughter
Dr. CyclopsIMDB's entry for Jane Webb states that she was a woman whose role was uncredited, but also that this assertion Jane's role is unconfirmed. It is dubious that she was in the film since she was 14 years old when the film was released.
Radio
YearTitleNotes
1930–1945Grand Hotel
1935–1946Bachelor's ChildrenDoris Keller
1936–1941Tom Mix Ralston Straight Shooters
1937–1956The Guiding LightPeggy Gaylord
1939–1942The BartonsMidge
1940–1954The Chicago Theater of the AirGuest star
1941Lone JourneyJean
1942–1951Aunt Mary ShowPeggy Mead
1943–1947The BaxtersDaughter
1943The Road to LifeDebutante
1944That Brewster BoyMinerva
1945–1946Island VentureMedoza's daughter
1945–1948Those WebstersBelinda Boyd
1949Richard Diamond, Private DetectiveOne episode ("The John Blackwell Case")
1950The TruittsGladys Truitt
1950–1951Dr. KildareMary Lamont
Crime ClassicsGuest role
Heartbeat TheaterGuest role
InheritanceGuest role
Yours Truly, Johnny DollarGuest role
Let George Do ItGuest role
Lux Radio TheatreGuest role
SuspenseGuest role
The ChaseGuest role
Television
YearTitleNotes
1967Journey to the Center of the Earth
1968The Batman/Superman HourBarbara Gordon/Batgirl
Fantastic VoyageDr. Erica Lane
The Archie ShowBetty Cooper, Veronica Lodge, Miss Grundy, Big Ethel
Family AffairLive action role; television announcer ("A Matter of Choice")
1969Archie and His New PalsPreview special for The Archie Comedy Hour
The Archie Comedy HourSabrina Spellman, Aunt Hilda, Aunt Zelda, Betty Cooper, Veronica Lodge, Miss Grundy, Big Ethel, Hagatha, Ophelia, Miss Della
The Hardy Boys
1970Will the Real Jerry Lewis Please Sit Down
Archie's FunhouseBetty Cooper, Veronica Lodge, Miss Grundy, Big Ethel
Sabrina and the Groovie GooliesSabrina Spellman, Aunt Hilda, Aunt Zelda, Betty Cooper, Veronica Lodge, Miss Grundy, Big Ethel, Hagatha, Ophelia, Miss Della
1971Sabrina, the Teenage WitchSabrina Spellman, Aunt Hilda, Aunt Zelda, Betty Cooper, Veronica Lodge, Miss Grundy, Big Ethel, Hagatha, Ophelia, Miss Della
Archie's TV FunniesBetty Cooper, Veronica Lodge
Aesop's Fables
1972The ABC Saturday Superstar Movie
  • Daffy Duck and Porky Pig Meet the Groovie Goolies
  • Lassie and the Spirit of Thunder Mountain
  • The Brady Kids on Mysterious Island
The Brady KidsPing, Pong, Babs, Wonder Woman ("It's All Greek to Me")
Treasure IslandTV Movie
1973Lassie's Rescue Rangers
My Favorite MartiansKaty O'Hara
Everything's ArchieBetty Cooper, Veronica Lodge, Miss Grundy, Big Ethel
1974Oliver TwistTV movie
The U.S. of ArchieBetty Cooper, Veronica Lodge, Miss Grundy
The New Adventures of GilliganGinger Grant & Mary Ann Summers
1975The Secret Lives of Waldo KittyFelicia
1977The New Archie and Sabrina HourSabrina Spellman, Aunt Hilda, Aunt Zelda, Betty Cooper, Veronica Lodge, Miss Grundy, Big Ethel

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