Jayne Regan
Biography
Jayne Regan was an American film actress who went to Hollywood after she met Cecil B. DeMille in Washington, D.C. Born in New York City in 1909, she studied dance, drama and singing from the age of two until she was fifteen, fitting those lessons around her schooling at the Mary Institute, as well as Loretto Academy and Cleveland High School. She earned an A.B. at Washington University in St. Louis in 1932, though one source places her graduation a year earlier, and her name was also sometimes given as Bobby Stoffregen. Her first screen role was in Thank You, Mr. Moto (1937). She also appeared in Westerns for Reliable Pictures while spending two years at drama school, and in the 1930s she was contracted to Twentieth Century Fox. She died in 2000.
90years old at death
- Born New York City
- Died Redlands
- Star sign: LeoThe sign runs July 23 to August 22
Movie Career
- Films
- 4
- Career span
- 4 years1934 to 1938
Every film, newest first
- 1938Mr. Moto's GambleIMDb rating 6.6
- 1937Thank You, Mr. MotoIMDb rating 6.9
- 1936StowawayIMDb rating 7.1
- 1934CleopatraIMDb rating 6.8
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First role
Regan met Cecil B. DeMille in Washington, D.C., then headed to Hollywood. Thank You, Mr. Moto was where her film debut happened.
Early training
From age 2 to 15, Regan studied dance, drama and singing, and she also attended Mary Institute, Loretto Academy and Cleveland High School.
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Worked with
Jayne Regan shares two films with Peter Lorre, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Peter Lorre's page
Philip Ahn's page
John Carradine's page
Ward Bond's page
Douglas Fowley's page
Sig Ruman's page
All films by Cecil B. DeMille
William A. SeiterDirector, 1 film, 1936
All films by William A. Seiter
All films by Norman Foster
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