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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.