Jan Miner Biography (1917-)

Full name, Janice Miner; born October 15, 1917, in Boston, MA; daughter of Walter Curtis (a dentist) and Ethel Lindsey (a painter; maiden name, Chase) Miner; married Richard Merrell (a writer), May 5, 1963. Addresses: AGENT--Hester Lewis Agency, 156 E. 52nd Street, New York, NY 10022.

Nationality
American
Gender
Male
Birth Details
October 15, 1917
Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Famous Works

  • Credits
  • STAGE DEBUT--Street Scene, Copley Theatre, Boston, 1945.
  • BROADWAY DEBUT--Maria Louvin, Obligato, Theatre Marquee, 1958.
  • Credits; PRINCIPAL STAGE APPEARANCES
  • With the Copley Theatre Company, Boston, 1945-48.
  • Frances Black, Light Up the Sky, Playhouse Theatre, Cincinnati, OH, 1958.
  • Peggy, Viva Madison Avenue!, Longacre Theatre, New York City, 1960.
  • Lottie Lacey, The Dark at the Top of the Stairs, Cape Playhouse, Dennis,MA, 1960.
  • Pampina, The Decameron, 74th Street Playhouse, New York City, 1961.
  • Alice Lambkin, Dumbbell People in a Barbell World, Cricket Theatre, New York City, 1962.
  • Reporter, There Must Be a Pony, Mineola Playhouse, Long Island, NY, 1962.
  • Yvonne, Intimate Relations, Mermaid Theatre, New York City, 1962.
  • standby and appeared for Hermione Baddeley, The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore, Morosco Theatre, New York City, 1963.
  • Prudence, The Lady of the Camellias, Winter Garden Theatre, New York City, 1963.
  • appeared in Long Distance, Palace Vaudeville Theatre, New York City, 1963.
  • third woman, The Wives, Stage 73 Theatre, New York City, 1965.
  • Mistress Quickly, Henry IV Part I and a woman of Canterbury, Murder in the Cathedral, both at the American Shakespeare Festival, Stratford, CT, 1966.
  • Nancy Reed, The Freaking Out of Stephanie Blake, Eugene O'Neill Theatre,New York City, 1967.
  • Megaera, Androcles and the Lion, American Shakespeare Festival, Stratford, 1968.
  • Mabel, Lemonade and Lila, The Autograph Hound, both at the Jan Hus Playhouse, New York City, 1968.
  • Emilia, Othello and widow of Florence, All's Well That Ends Well, both with the American Shakespeare Festival, Stratford, 1970.
  • Emilia, Othello, American National Theatre Academy (ANTA) Theatre, New York City, 1970.
  • Mistress Quickly, The Merry Wives of Windsor, American Shakespeare Festival, Stratford, 1971.
  • Mrs. Baker, Butterflies Are Free, Booth Theatre, New York City, 1971.
  • Lady Britomart Undershaft, Major Barbara, American Shakespeare Festival,Stratford, 1972.
  • Countess de Lage, The Women, 46th Street Theatre, New York City, 1973.
  • Aunt Meme, Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Martin Beck Theatre, New York City,1974.
  • Amanda Wingfield, The Glass Menagerie and Mrs. Fisher, The Show Off, Olney Theatre, Olney, MD, 1975.
  • repeated role of Mrs. Fisher, The Show-Off, Long Wharf Theatre, New Haven, CT, 1975.
  • Lavinia, The Heiress, Broadhurst Theatre, New York City, 1976.
  • Nurse, Romeo and Juliet, Circle in the Square, New York City, 1977.
  • Madame Arcati, High Spirits, Darien Dinner Theatre, CT, 1977.
  • Margaret Lord, The Philadelphia Story, Long Wharf Theatre, New Haven, 1978.
  • Bodey, A Lovely Sunday for Creve Coeur, for the Sports Festival, USA, 1978.
  • Fanny Farrelly, Watch on the Rhine, Long Wharf Theatre, New Haven, 1979,then John Golden Theatre, New York City, 1980.
  • Appeared in Eve, Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, MO, 1980.
  • Frau Winifred Wagner, The Music Keeper, South Street Theatre, New York City, 1982.
  • appeared in The Glass Menagerie, with the Hartford Stage Company, CT, 1982.
  • appeared in Astopovo, Yale Repertory Theatre, New Haven, CT, 1982- 83.
  • Nurse Guiness, Heartbreak House, Circle in the Square, New York City, 1983.
  • appeared in The Torch-Bearers, Hartman Theatre, Stamford, CT, 1984.
  • appeared in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Long Wharf Theatre, 1985.
  • Gertrude Stein and a Companion, White Barn Theatre, Westport, CT, 1985.
  • Credits; PRINCIPAL FILM APPEARANCES
  • Ten Girls Ago, unreleased, 1962.
  • The Swimmer, Columbia, 1968.
  • Lenny, United Artists, 1974.
  • Willie and Phil, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1980.
  • Credits; PRINCIPAL TELEVISION APPEARANCES; SERIES
  • Ann Williams, Crime Photographer, CBS, 1951-52.
  • regular, Robert Montgomery Presents, NBC, 1954-56.
  • Our Father's House, 1978.
  • Credits; EPISODIC
  • The Jackie Gleason Show, CBS.
  • N.Y.P.D., WPIX.
  • The Defenders, CBS.
  • The Nurses, CBS.
  • Naked City, ABC.
  • Alcoa Playhouse, NBC.
  • Lux Video Theatre, CBS.
  • Schlitz Playhouse of Stars, CBS.
  • Also Friends and Lovers.
  • Credits; PRINCIPAL RADIO WORK
  • Appeared on Boston Blackie, Casey, Crime Photographer, and Dimension X.