Jane Jennings Explained

Jane Jennings was an American actress known for playing older motherly characters.^{[1] [2]} In a 1918 edition of Motion Picture News she is described as a sweet looking little woman. Famous Players was one of the studios where she worked.^[3] She is on the cover of the sheet music for That Wonderful Mother of Mine (1918). By the 1925 film Self Defense, she had played 178 mother roles in films.^[4]

Filmography

• I Want to Forget (1918)
• The Girl Who Came Back (1918)
• I Love You Just the Same, Sweet Adeline (1919)
• The Woman Under Oath (1919)
• As a Man Thinks (1919)
• The Climbers (1919) as Aunt Ruth
• The Lion and the Mouse (1919) as Mrs. Ryder^[5]
• The Cost (1920)
• His House in Order (1920)
• The Gilded Lily (1921)
• What Women Will Do (1921) as Mrs. Wade
• The Case of Becky (1921) as Mrs. Arnold
• The Inner Chamber (1921) as Mrs. Robson
• What's Your Reputation Worth? (1921) as Mrs. Pettus
• The Heart of Maryland (1921) as Mrs. Claiborne
• Haldane of the Secret Service (1923)^[6]
• Broadway Rose (1922) as Mrs. Lawrence
• A Pasteboard Crown (1922) as Mrs. Lawton
• The Challenge (1922) as Mrs. Hastings
• The Darling of the Rich (1922) as Jane Winship
• The Go-Getter (1923)
• Trouping with Ellen (1924) as Tony's Mother
• A Man Must Live (1925) as Mrs. Ross-Fayne
• The Little French Girl (1925)^[7]
• Self Defense (1925)
• Enemies of Youth (1925)^[8]
• False Pride (1925)^[9]
• The Romance of a Million Dollars (1926)^[10]
• Broken Homes (1926)
• The Virgin Wife (1926) as Virginia Jamieson
• The Song and Dance Man (1926) as Ma Carroll
• Burnt Fingers (1927) as Mrs. Cabell
• Faithless Lover (1928) as Mrs. Seeton

Notes and References

1. Pantomime. Jane Jennings: Heiress. 8. January 21, 1922. Herbert. Robinson.
2. Blenton. Billie. A Star Mother and Her Brood. September 30, 1922. Movie Weekly.
3. Web site: Motion Picture News. February 22, 1919. Motion Picture News. Google Books.
4. News: Gossip of Stage and Screen. Dayton Daily News from Dayton, Ohio. December 13, 1925. 81. Newspapers.com. en. 2020-02-25.
5. Web site: The Lion and the Mouse (1919). web.stanford.edu.
6. Web site: Jane Jennings movies.
7. Book: Moving Picture Exhibitors' Association. The Moving picture world. 1907. New York : The World Photographic Publishing Company. California State Library.
8. Web site: AFI|Catalog . Catalog.afi.com . 2020-02-24.
9. Moving Picture Exhibitors' Association. "False Pride," Second MacFadden Production, Has Been Completed. The Moving Picture World. September 5, 1925. 92. New York : The World Photographic Publishing Company. California State Library.
10. Web site: Jane Jennings. https://web.archive.org/web/20200222021755/https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba952e670. dead. February 22, 2020. BFI.