---
name: "Jane Brucker"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jane-brucker"
fi1m_id: "jane-brucker"
imdb_id: "nm0115663"
tmdb_id: 727
wikidata_id: "Q3806991"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "14 May 1958"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-24T03:23:53.775608+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Jane Brucker

## Identity

Jane Brucker

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jane-brucker
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jane-brucker
- **IMDb ID:** nm0115663
- **TMDB ID:** 727
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3806991
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Brucker, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3806991, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0115663/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/727

Actor. Born 14 May 1958 in Falls Church, Virginie, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 14 May 1958, Falls Church, Virginie, USA
- **Also known as:** Jane Rachel Brucker
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Brucker, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3806991, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0115663/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/727

## Streaming the US now

- **Pluto TV:** [*Dirty Dancing*](https://film.one/film/dirty-dancing.md) (79)

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## Biography

Jane Brucker is an American actress. She is best known for playing Lisa Houseman in the 1987 film *Dirty Dancing*.

Brucker studied theatre at the North Carolina School of the Arts and performed with the improv group First Amendment in New York, where one of her classmates was Bruce Willis. She co-wrote the song "Hula Hana", which her character performs in *Dirty Dancing*.

Her other credits include the role of Angela Mitchell in an episode of *Miami Vice* (1986), Sheryl in *Stealing Home* (1988), and Mimi Samuel in an episode of *Ellen* (1998). She appeared in further television series such as *Crime Story*, *Wiseguy* and *Doctor Doctor*, and films including *Bloodhounds of Broadway* (1989) and *Dishdogz* (2005). Her acting credits span 1986 to 2010.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Dirty Dancing* (1987), Fi1m 79, as Lisa Houseman — [page](https://film.one/film/dirty-dancing.md)

## Complete filmography (11)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Yamashita* (2013), Thanks
- *Bright Day* (2012), as Jane
- *Dishdogz* (2006), as Kevin's Mother
- *Family Law* (1999), series, Actor
- *Ellen* (1994), series, as Mimi Samuel
- *Bloodhounds of Broadway* (1989), as Charlotte
- *Doctor Doctor* (1989), series, Actor
- *Stealing Home* (1988), as Sheryl
- *Dirty Dancing* (1987), as Lisa Houseman — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/film/dirty-dancing.md)
- *Miami Vice* (1984), series, as Angela Mitchell — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/miami-vice.md)
- *American Playhouse* (1982), series, as Charlotte

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