Real name: (Georgia) Jane Pickens Hoving

Effective period / Period of releases: 1951 - 1957

American singer, actress, star of the stage, radio and television, politician, philanthropist, and a mother and a wife. She was the toast of the club-and-radio circuit throughout the 30's and 40's singing with the Pickens Sisters and later solo.
Born: August 10, 1912 in Macon, Georgia Died: February 21, 1992 (age 79) in Newport, Rhode Island.
With her two sisters Helen Pickens and Patti Pickens a popular radio and recording vocal trio in the 1930s. The Jane Pickens Theater was named after her in 1974 when she and sister Patti gave a dedication concert. Jane Pickens Theater & Event Center is a world-class art house cinema located in Washington Square in the historic center of Newport, Rhode Island.