Ellen Jane Froman was an American actress and singer.
33 Facts About Jane Froman
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Jane Froman was portrayed by Susan Hayward, who was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance.
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Ellen Jane Froman was born in University City, Missouri, the daughter of Anna Tillman and Elmer Ellsworth Froman.
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When Froman was about five years old, her father mysteriously disappeared and was never heard from again, although it is known he died in Los Angeles in 1936.
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Jane Froman developed a stutter around this time, which stayed with her all of her life, except when she sang.
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In 1926, Jane Froman graduated from Christian College and later attended the University of Missouri School of Journalism.
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Two years later in 1928, Jane Froman moved to Cincinnati, where she studied voice at the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music through 1930.
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Jane Froman met vaudeville performer Don Ross when they auditioned for the same job at WLW radio station in Cincinnati.
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Jane Froman was heard on the Florsheim Frolic program, broadcast on Sunday afternoons.
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That year, Jane Froman moved to New York City, where she appeared on Chesterfield's Music that Satisfies radio program with Bing Crosby.
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On January 4,1948, Jane Froman joined the cast of The Pause That Refreshes, a Sunday evening music program sponsored by Coca-Cola on CBS.
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In 1933, Jane Froman joined the Ziegfeld Follies, where she was befriended by Fannie Brice.
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Jane Froman is credited with three movies, Kissing Time, Stars Over Broadway, and Radio City Revels.
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The title was changed to The Jane Froman Show in late 1953.
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Jane Froman was severely injured as the result of an aircraft crash on February 22,1943.
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Jane Froman was aboard a USO plane, a Boeing 314 named Yankee Clipper.
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One of 15 survivors, Jane Froman sustained severe injuries: a cut below the left knee nearly severing her leg, multiple fractures of her right arm, and a compound fracture of her right leg that doctors threatened to amputate.
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Less than a year after the crash, Jane Froman returned to Broadway to perform in a revue, Artists and Models.
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Jane Froman wore a leg brace and used a wheelchair after having had 13 operations for her injuries.
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Jane Froman underwent 39 operations over the years and fought amputation and wore a leg brace the remainder of her life.
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Jane Froman returned to Europe and entertained American troops in 1945.
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Jane Froman was a celebrity guest on the March 1,1953, episode of What's My Line, when panelist Hal Block reminded her that he was supposed to be on the same flight, which she confirmed.
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Jane Froman was deeply involved in the film's production: she supplied Hayward's singing voice and served as the film's technical advisor.
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In 2003 DRG Records reissued the album on a CD along with the 1952 revival cast album of Pal Joey, in which Jane Froman sang the role made famous by Vivienne Segal, Vera Simpson.
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The only surviving child of Anna T Barcafer and Elmer Ellsworth Froman, Froman married Donald McKaig Ross in September 1933; they divorced in 1948.
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Jane Froman then married John Burn on March 12,1948; that union ended in divorce in 1956.
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Jane Froman later moved back to Columbia, Missouri, and rekindled her relationship with an old college friend, Rowland Hawes Smith.
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In 1961, Jane Froman retired to her home in Columbia, Missouri.
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Jane Froman devoted more time to groups, such as the Easter Seals campaign and the Missouri Mental Health Association.
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Jane Froman started this project to help young people develop their musical talents.
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Jane Froman died April 22,1980, aged 72, at her home in Columbia, Missouri of cardiac arrest caused by chronic heart and lung disease.
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Jane Froman's funeral was held on April 25,1980, in Calvary Episcopal Church in Columbia and she was interred in Columbia Cemetery.
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Jane Froman volunteered with numerous charitable organizations, two being the Easter Seals campaign, which helps individuals with developmental disabilities, and the Missouri Mental Health Association.