Jane Hoffman
Birthday: Born in 1911-07-24 in Seattle, Washington, USA
Deathday: 2004-07-26
TV Credits
Sybil
Character: Frieda Dorsett
A young woman whose childhood was so harrowing to her that she developed at least 13 different personalities....
Law & Order
Character: Jane Rosebrock
In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing the evidence and questioning the suspects until someone is taken into custody. The district attorney's office then builds a case to convict the perpetrator by proving the person guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. Working together, these expert teams navigate all sides of the complex criminal justice system to make New York a safer place....
Grand
Character: Dott Kasmurski
In the piano-making town of Grand, Pennsylvania, Janice Pasetti keeps house for factory owner Harris Weldon, his newlywed niece and her husband, while raising her teenage daughter....
Kojak
Character: Maggie
A bald, lollipop sucking police detective with a fiery righteous attitude battles crime in New York City....
Law & Order
Character: Mrs. Fisher
In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing the evidence and questioning the suspects until someone is taken into custody. The district attorney's office then builds a case to convict the perpetrator by proving the person guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. Working together, these expert teams navigate all sides of the complex criminal justice system to make New York a safer place....
Movie Credits
*batteries not included
Character: Muriel Hogenson
In a soon to be demolished block of apartments, the residents resist the criminal methods used to force them to leave so a greedy tycoon can build his new skyscraper. When tiny mechanical aliens land for a recharge, they decide to stay and help out....
Deconstructing Harry
Character: Grandma
Writer Harry Block draws inspiration from people he knows, and from events that happened to him, sometimes causing these people to become alienated from him as a result....
Tattoo
Character: Teresa
Karl Kinsky, an unbalanced tattoo artist, becomes obsessed with Maddy, a model he meets when he is hired to body-paint several women for a photo shoot, making the women look like they have large tattoos. As Kinsky grows more obsessed with Maddy, he becomes increasingly determined that Maddy should bear his "mark" -- forever....
The Gift
Character: Mrs. Crowley
A sailor on Christmas leave visits his boozing, one-legged father and dreamer mother in 1950s Brooklyn....
Static
Character: Emily Southwick
Ernie Blick has just lost his job at a crucifix factory. Luckily, for Ernie, this allows him more time to devote to his invention. Yes, Ernie is an inventor -- and he's come up with something big. So big, in fact, Ernie's convinced it will change the way people look at life and death. With the support of his drummer friend Julia and his ex-Green Beret-evangelist cousin, Ernie unveils it to the world. But even he isn't prepared for the public's reaction....
They Might Be Giants
Character: 2nd Telephone Operator
After the death of his wife, wealthy retiree Justin Playfair creates a fantasy world for himself in which he is the legendary detective Sherlock Holmes, even dressing like the character. Out of concern for Justin's money more than his health, his brother Blevins puts him under the care of psychiatrist Dr. Mildred Watson. As Dr. Watson grows fond of Justin, she begins to play along with his theories, eventually becoming an assistant in his investigations....
The Sentinel
Character: Lillian Clotkin
As a young girl, Alison Parker attempted suicide after being traumatized by her father's sexual exploits. Now an elite fashion model, she moves to a Brooklyn Heights apartment building that houses a number of bizarre, eccentric tenants. After experiencing a string of disturbing occurrences, she attempts to uncover the building's sinister secret....
In & Out
Character: Mrs. Baxter
A midwestern teacher questions his sexuality after a former student makes a comment about him at the Academy Awards....
Senior Trip
Character: Mrs. Pritchardson
A group of graduating students from a midwestern high school comes to New York City on a trip to celebrate the impending end of school. The students include: Roger Ellis, an ambitious teen aiming for success in big business; David, an aspiring rock star; Judy Matheson, a stagestruck coed actress wannabe; Denise, a free-spirited girl hoping to obtain a degree of sophistication; Fred, a lotharo looking for any Big City woman to be with; and Jon Lipton, a would-be artist hoping to make it big. Mick...
The Day of the Locust
Character: Mrs. Odlesh
Hollywood, 1930s. Tod Hackett, a young painter who tries to make his way as an art director in the lurid world of film industry, gets infatuated with his neighbor Faye Greener, an aspiring actress who prefers the life that Homer Simpson, a lone accountant, can offer her....
A Hatful of Rain
Character: Lone Woman (uncredited)
A Korean War veteran's morphine addiction wreaks havoc upon his family....
Up the Sandbox
Character: Mrs. Koerner
Bored with day-to-day life in New York City and neglected by her husband, a young wife and mother slips into increasingly outrageous fantasies: her mother breaking into the apartment, an explorer's demonstration of tribal fertility music at a party causing strange transformations, and joining terrorists to plant explosives in the Statue of Liberty....
Ladybug Ladybug
Character: Mrs. Hayworth
Staff and students at a rural school react to a warning of an imminent nuclear attack, not knowing whether it is real or mistaken....