Jane Kean was an American actress and singer, known for portraying Trixie Norton in The Jackie Gleason Show and voicing Belle in the perennial favorite: Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol. She also co-starred with Charlotte Rae in the 2002 Los Angeles production of the Kander and Ebb musical 70, Girls, 70 at the El Portal Theatre.
For Disney, she portrayed Miss Taylor in the 1977 Disney feature film Pete's Dragon.
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After studying acting with Sanford Meisner at the Neighborhood Playhouse, Kean appeared in starring roles on Broadway, including the title role of Rita Marlowe in Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?, in which she succeeded Jayne Mansfield. Other credits included Fats Waller's 1943 Broadway musical, Early to Bed, Call Me Mister, The Pajama Game, and Carnival! She had a featured role in Take Me Along, which starred Jackie Gleason, who would remember her a few years later when casting his weekly hour television program.
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