1. Jane Lowry was an American actress primarily known for her theater work on Broadway and regional theater, as well as her singular leading role in Alfred Sole's horror film Alice, Sweet Alice.
14 Facts About Jane Lowry
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Jane Lowry began her career in experimental off-off-Broadway theater, appearing in numerous Joe Cino-produced plays at New York City's Caffe Cino.
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Jane Lowry later landed roles on Broadway in Poor Bitos in 1964, and as the understudy in the role of Julia in Tennessee Williams's A Delicate Balance, staged at the Martin Beck Theatre in 1966.
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Jane Lowry was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota on February 11,1937 and raised in Wayzata.
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Jane Lowry's father, Goodrich Lowry, was a banking executive and the son of Thomas Lowry, founder of the Twin City Rapid Transit Company.
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Jane Lowry attended the Northrop Collegiate School in Minneapolis before completing her high school education at Miss Hall's School, a boarding school in Pittsfield, Massachusetts.
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Jane Lowry graduated with a degree in theater from Northwestern University, studying under Alvina Krause.
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Jane Lowry began her theater career in New York appearing in off-off-Broadway stage productions at Caffe Cino for theater producer Joe Cino, and quickly became a favorite of his.
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Jane Lowry appeared in And He Made Her, a Biblical-themed play, as Eve in 1961, which was staged at the Cherry Lane Theatre.
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Jane Lowry made her feature film debut with an unknown role in Believe in Me, originally titled Speed is of Essence.
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Jane Lowry subsequently had a major supporting role as the aunt of a child suspected in the murder of her sister in Alice, Sweet Alice.
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In 1979, Jane Lowry starred as Miss Sophie Gluck in a Hudson Theatre production of Tennessee Williams's A Lovely Sunday for Creve Coeur.
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In 1981, Jane Lowry co-starred with Holland Taylor in the ABC Afterschool Special My Mother Was Never a Kid.
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Jane Lowry died in New York City on November 15,2019, following a brief illness.