{{Short description|American actress and comedian (1917–1994)}} {{Use American English|date=June 2024}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}} {{Infobox person | name = Jane Dulo | image = Jane Dulo in McHales Navy 1962.JPG | alt = | caption = Jane Dulo on ''McHale's Navy'' (1962) | birth_name = Bernice Dewlow | birth_date = {{Birth date|1917|10|13|mf=yes}} | birth_place = Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. | death_date = {{Death date and age|1994|05|22|1917|10|13|mf=yes}} | death_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S. | occupation = Actress | years_active = 1945–1992 | other_names = Jane Dillon }}
'''Jane Dulo''' (born '''Bernice Dewlow''';<ref>Francis, Robert (December 16, 1945). [https://www.newspapers.com/image/54531734/?clipping_id=130441442 "Candid Close-Ups: Bernice Dewlow, Now Jane Dulo, Likes Beer, Hamburgers, Wise Cracks"], ''The Brooklyn Daily Eagle''. p. 28. Retrieved August 22, 2023. See also: * Walker, Danton (August 1, 1945). [https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news/130442749/ "Broadway"]. ''New York Daily News''. p. 40. * Gaver, Jack (December 8, 1945). [https://www.newspapers.com/image/56418677/?clipping_id=130441494 "Broadway"]. ''Dunkirk Evening Observer''. p. 12. * [https://books.google.com/books?id=5BzLVcgBgJYC&q=%22Jane+Dulo%22+%22Bernice+Dewlow%22 "Comedienne Jane Dulo"]. ''Playbill''. 1946. p. 15. * Krug, Karl (March 26, 1951). [https://www.newspapers.com/image/524306747/?clipping_id=130441526 "Krug: 'Peter Pan' to Open Tuesday, April 24, On Nixon Stage"], ''Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph''. p. 10. * Hyder, William (August 9, 1964). [https://www.newspapers.com/image/377696157/?clipping_id=130441574 "Jack Benny's New Cook"]. ''The Baltimore Sun''. * [https://archive.org/details/per_washington-post_1934-03-31_21107/page/n11/mode/2up?q=%22Bernice+Dewlow%22 "Wardman Park: Dinner, Dance"]. ''The Washington Post''. March 31, 1934.</ref><ref name="USC1930">"United States Census, 1930", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X3W2-2HZ : Thu Aug 03 06:29:35 UTC 2023), Entry for Lawrence Dewlow and Nettie Dewlow, 1930. See also: * "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M63K-2S1 : Fri Jul 21 23:32:26 UTC 2023), Entry for Laurence Demlow and Nettie Demlow, 1920. * "United States Census, 1940", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K7XC-W3M : Sat Jul 22 04:31:35 UTC 2023), Entry for Lawrence Delow and Neddie Delow, 1940. *</ref> October 13, 1917 – May 22, 1994) was an American actress and comedian.
==Early life and career== Born in Baltimore, Maryland,<ref>Leszczak, Bob (2014). ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=Xe1ZBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA46 The Odd Couple on Stage and Screen: A History with Cast and Crew Profiles]''. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company. p. 46. {{ISBN|978-0-7864-7790-6}}.</ref> Dulo was the elder daughter of Jewish parents Lawrence Dewlow and Nettie Lurie.<ref name="USC1930"/><ref>"United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6K3X-JWMS : February 13, 2023), Bernice Dewlow.</ref> Her father was a Latvian immigrant; her mother was of Lithuanian descent.<ref name="USC1930"/>
Using Dulo as a stage name, she began her career at the age of ten performing in vaudeville. When she was older, an agent in New York had her change her name to '''Jane Dillon''', which she used in night clubs in Baltimore and New York. However, when she appeared in Philadelphia in the musical ''Are You With It?'' a radio commentator named Jane Dillon in Bridgeport, Connecticut threatened to sue her. She then resumed using Dulo.<ref name="bs">{{cite news |title=Comedienne has 3 names |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/117628383/jane-dulo/ |access-date=January 31, 2023 |work=The Baltimore Sun |date=November 6, 1945 |page=14|via = Newspapers.com}}</ref>
In 1964, Dulo joined the cast of ''The Jack Benny Program'' in a recurring role as Benny's cook.<ref name="rtd">{{cite news |title=Jane Dulo Joins Cast Of Jack Benny Show |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/117690503/jane-dulo/ |access-date=January 31, 2023 |work=The Times Dispatch |date=November 22, 1964 |location=Virginia, Richmond |page=4-T|via = Newspapers.com}}</ref> She appeared in ''Hey, Jeannie!, The Phil Silvers Show, The Joey Bishop Show, McHale's Navy'' (in a recurring role as nurse Molly in 1962–1965), ''The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Man from UNCLE (The Adriatic Express Affair), I Dream of Jeannie, My Three Sons, Get Smart'' (in a recurring role as agent 99's mother starting in the fourth season), ''Leave It to Beaver'', ''The Andy Griffith Show'', ''Emergency!'', ''Gunsmoke'', ''Medical Center'', ''The Odd Couple'', ''The Hudson Brothers'', ''That Girl'', ''Welcome Back, Kotter'', ''The Golden Girls'', and ''Gimme a Break!'', among others.<ref name="latimes">{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-05-25-mn-61846-story.html|title=Jane Dulo; Actress, Comedienne in TV Series of '50s-'70s|publisher=Articles.latimes.com|date=1994-05-25|access-date=2017-06-16}}</ref>
==Death== Dulo died following heart surgery at Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles, on May 22, 1994, at the age of 76. She never married and was survived by her sister, Shirley Gordon.<ref name="latimes"/>
==Filmography== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |- |1959|| ''Alfred Hitchcock Presents'' || Jocelyn Barnhardt || Season 4 Episode 22 "The Right Price" |- |1962|| ''Leave It To Beaver'' || Mrs. Rickover || |- |1962–1964|| ''McHale's Navy'' || Nurse Molly Turner || |- |1964|| ''Roustabout'' || Hazel || |- |1965|| ''The Dick Van Dyke Show'' || Opal Levinger || Season 4 Episode 32 "There's No Sale Like Wholesale" |- |1968|| ''Did You Hear the One About the Traveling Saleslady?'' || Clara Buxton || |- |1970|| ''Pufnstuf'' || Miss Flick || |- |1972|| ''The Odd Couple'' || Oscar Madison's Mother || Season 3 Episode 7 "The Odd Couples" |- |1973|| ''Soylent Green'' || Mrs. Santini || |- |1975|| ''Hearts of the West'' || Mrs. Stern || |- |1984|| ''Oh, God! You Devil'' || Widow || |- |1988|| ''Beaches'' || Hillary's Neighbor || |}
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