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Jane Wald

Acting

Biography

American comedienne and glamour girl of the 1960s, Jane was invited by her friend, Barbara Steele, to visit the 20th Century-Fox commissary, where she was discovered by an independent producer. She had small but significant roles in J. Lee Thompson's What a Way to Go! (1964), as a beatnik painter living in Paris; in Henry Koster's Dear Brigitte (1965), as James Stewart's sexy neighbor, and in the television series, Batman (1966), starring Adam West, playing Jill against Cesar Romero's Joker. She was also seen in Thompson's John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! (1965), as one of Peter Ustinov's harem wives; and in David Swift's Under the Yum Yum Tree (1963), as one of Jack Lemmon's flirts. She was married to writer William L. Driscoll from 1963 to 1966. In 1967, she married Joseph F. Antonoff, with whom she had sons Joseph and John, and daughter Jennifer. She resides in Los Angeles.

Known For

Surfside 6
6.3

Surfside 6 was an ABC television series which aired from 1960 to 1962. The show centered on a Miami Beach detective agency set on a houseboat and featured Troy Donahue as Sandy Winfield II; Van Williams as Kenny Madison; and Lee Patterson as Dave Thorne. Diane McBain co-starred as socialite Daphne Dutton, whose yacht was berthed next to their houseboat. Margarita Sierra also had a supporting role as Cha Cha O'Brien, an entertainer who worked at The Boom Boom Room, a popular Miami Beach hangout at the Fontainebleau Hotel, directly across the street from Surfside 6. Surfside 6 was in fact a real address in Miami Beach, where an unrelated houseboat was moored at the time; it can also be seen in the sweeping aerial establishing shot of the Fontainebleu in 1964's Goldfinger.

Surfside 6

1960Series
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
6.3

The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis is an American sitcom that aired on CBS from 1959 to 1963. The series and several episode scripts were adapted from a 1951 collection of short stories of the same name, written by Max Shulman, who had also written a feature film adaptation of his short stories for MGM in 1953, The Affairs of Dobie Gillis. The series revolved around the life of teenager/young adult Dobie Gillis, who, along with his best friend, beatnik Maynard G. Krebs, struggles against the forces of his life - high school, the military, college, and his parents - as he aspires to attain both wealth and dates with girls. The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis was produced by Martin Manulis Productions in association with 20th Century Fox Television. Creator Shulman also wrote the theme song in collaboration with Lionel Newman.

The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis

1959Series