Other Work
Barbe was also a former professional singer, meeting her husband while touring with the Buddy Morrow Orchestra, and gained a bit of notoriety in later years appearing in commercials and on television shows based on her recognition as the “Time Lady.” As a result of her extensive work, she was an early member and a Board member of the Atlanta branch of the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists.
Jane and her husband created several hundred singing commercials (jingle). She performed on many of them.
She also did voice-over work on TV and films including the voice of Southern author Margaret Mitchell in the documentary The Making of a Legend: Gone With the Wind in 1988.
Barbe died July 18, 2003, in Roswell, Georgia, at age 74 of complications from cancer. She was survived by her husband, John Barbe, her daughter, Susan Stubin of Passaic, New Jersey, her son David Barbe, of Athens, Georgia, and seven grandchildren.
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