| Janie Sell | |
| Othername: | Jane Ann Trese (married name) |
| Birthname: | Jane Ann Sell |
| Birth Date: | 1 October 1939 |
| Birth Place: | Detroit, Michigan, U.S. |
| Occupation: | Actress, singer |
| Spouse: | Patrick Trese (secondly; c. 1990-present) |
| Children: | 1 (by her first marriage) |
| Awards: | Best Featured Actress in a Musical 1974 Over Here! |
Jane Ann "Janie" Sell (born October 1, 1939, in Detroit, Michigan) is an American stage actress. She has performed in plays and musicals both on and off-Broadway, as well as in some films and television episodes.
Sell won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical for Over Here!,[1] which also starred the then-surviving Andrews Sisters Maxene and Patty, and introduced John Travolta and Marilu Henner to Broadway. She also appeared in George M!, I Love My Wife, Irene, Dames at Sea and a revival of Pal Joey. She appeared off-Broadway in Kurt Vonnegut's God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater in 1979 at the Entermedia Theater. The musical comedy version of Vonnegut's novel was adapted and directed by Howard Ashman, with music by Alan Menken, and lyrics by Ashman and Dennis Green.[2]
She substituted for Carol Burnett in each Wednesday matinée performance of the comedy Moon Over Buffalo, which co-starred Philip Bosco, in the mid-1990s.
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | George M! | Mrs. Baker/Mme. Grimaldi/Flamethrower's Assistant | Broadway | |
| 1973 | Irene | Jane Burke, Irene O'Dare (u/s) | Broadway | |
| 1974 | Over Here! | Mitzi | Broadway | |
| 1976 | Pal Joey | Gladys Bumps | Broadway | |
| 1977 | I Love My Wife | Monica | Broadway | |
| Happy End | Lillian Holiday | Broadway | ||
| 1979 | Kurt Vonnegut's God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater | Sylvia Rosewater | Off-Broadway | |
| 1995 | Moon Over Buffalo | Charlotte Hay (standby), Ethel (standby) | Broadway |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | Wives | Frannie | TV movie | |
| 1979 | Starting Fresh | Phoebe Johnson | TV movie | |
| Lost and Found | Zelda | |||
| 1980 | Captain Kangaroo | Old Mother Hubbard | 1 episode | |
| 1983 | Your Place...Or Mine | Sandy | TV movie | |
| 1984 | A Good Sport | Sherry | TV movie |