Harry Hains

American actress and singer
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Jane Badler is an American-Australian actress and singer. She is known for her role as Diana, the main antagonist in NBC's science fiction series V between 1983 and 1985. Following this she had roles in the primetime soap opera Falcon Crest and the 1988 revival of Mission: Impossible, the latter of which was filmed in Australia which has since become Badler's home. She has also become an established nightclub singer in Australia, where she still resides, and has released three albums.

Badler was born in Brooklyn, New York. Her family is Jewish. Badler spent her teen years in Great Neck, New York, moving to Manchester, New Hampshire, when she was in high school. When Badler was 18, her father and brother were killed in a plane crash.

Badler won the title Miss New Hampshire and competed at the 1973 Miss America Pageant. Subsequently, she enrolled at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, to study drama.

Date of Birth31st December 1953
Age70 Years
Zodiac SignCapricorn
CountryUnited States of America
Current CityBrooklyn
Birth PlaceBrooklyn
ReligionJudaism
NationalityUnited States of America
CitizenshipUnited States of America
Education
Northwestern University School of Communication, Northwestern University, Manchester Central High School
Instrumentsvoice
Occupationsinger, beauty pageant contestant, television actor, film actor, stage actor, model