Jane Cowl: Cryin' Jane
A 1941 Life magazine article says that one Ernestine Russell took the first name Jane, i.e. Jane Russell in honor of Jane Cowl (1883-1950). Boston-born Cowl was a Broadway star and playwright nicknamed "Cryin' Jane" for all the weepy parts she created. Despite that, her best known work, which she wrote (under a pseudonym), directed […]
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