Background
In 1945, Rhodes married her husband, Willet Brown, the co-founder of the Mutual Broadcasting System. She and Brown had one child during their marriage, as well as Brown's three children from his previous marriage. Brown died in 1993.
In 1945, Rhodes married her husband, Willet Brown, the co-founder of the Mutual Broadcasting System. She and Brown had one child during their marriage, as well as Brown's three children from his previous marriage. Brown died in 1993.
She began her broadcasting career when she was just eight years old. Paramount Pictures signed her to her first film contract as an actress at the age of fifteen. She made her screen debut in the 1936 film, Forgotten Faces, in which she was credited as Jane Rhodes. In Forgotten Faces, which was directed by Ewald André Dupont, Rhodes played an adoptive daughter who father, portrayed by Herbert Marshall, is arrested for killing a man whom his wife was having an affair.
This was followed by a co-starring role in the 1936 comedic film, The Arizona Raiders. The film, in which she played the younger sister of Marsha Hunt's character, marked the first time that Rhodes sang in a movie.
Rhodes later had her own weekly show on NBC during the 1950s, which aired on Saturday nights. Her appearances, as well as other early television roles, earned her the nickname, "The First Lady of Television." Rhodes also sang in cabaret until the 1960s.
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