She did not have the usual educational progression, and moved from school to school. I even went to a girls finishing school. It was her desire to be a singer that motivated Baby Jane to begin working at age 14 in a local theater group. After school, she learned her way around sets and lighting and selling tickets. Still a student, she auditioned for, and got a job in the Broadway cast of Hair, which didn't last too long when she asked the director to hold her job while she went to Spain to get her teeth capped.
Life is basically a work in progress.
It's about moving forward and finding out what's going to be. In the early 70's, Baby Jane got a day job driving a taxi on Long Island, and at night she traveled into Manhattan to a comedy club, The Improvisation. When she heard that a new club in Greenwich Village was opening and needed girl singers, Baby Jane went to the owner, Lewis Friedman, and asked to audition. In the next few months, she zoomed to nightlife stardom, headlining in Boston, Chicago, Miami, Washington, and Los Angeles as well as the hottest New York nightspots. In addition, she expanded into television with a featured spot in No Holds Barred , a CBS series.