Tarzan and Jane as portrayed by James H. Pierce and Joan Burroughs Pierce; they starred in the 1932-34 Tarzan radio series

Jane Porter is a major character in Edgar Rice Burroughs's series of Tarzan novels. She first appeared in the initial Tarzan novel, Tarzan of the Apes (1912), reappearing in the second, The Return of Tarzan (1913), the third, The Beasts Of Tarzan (1914), the fourth, The Son of Tarzan (1914), the fifth, Tarzan And The Jewels Of Opar (1916), the seventh, Tarzan The Untamed (1920), the eighth, Tarzan The Terrible (1921), the ninth, Tarzan and the Golden Lion (1923), the tenth, Tarzan and the Ant Men (1924), and the nineteenth, Tarzan's Quest (1936). Jane also appeared in a minor role in the non-Tarzan novel The Eternal Lover (1925). Image File history File links Radjpjp3. ... Image File history File links Radjpjp3. ... Edgar Rice Burroughs Edgar Rice Burroughs (September 1, 1875 – March 19, 1950) was an American author, best known for his creation of the jungle hero Tarzan, although he also produced works in many genres. ... James H. Pierce and Joan Burroughs Pierce starred in the 1932-34 Tarzan radio series Tarzan, a character created by Edgar Rice Burroughs, first appeared in the 1914 novel Tarzan of the Apes, and then in twenty-three sequels. ... Tarzan of the Apes is a series of books written by Edgar Rice Burroughs. ...

Jane is the love interest and later the wife of Tarzan, and subsequently the mother of their son Korak. She develops over the course of the series from a conventional damsel in distress who must be rescued from various perils to a competent and capable adventuress in her own right, fully capable of defending herself and surviving on her own in the jungles of Africa. Korak is the ape name of Jack Clayton, son of Tarzan. ... A satellite composite image of Africa Africa is the worlds second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia. ...

Jane has appeared in numerous adaptations of the Tarzan stories, notably a number of Tarzan movies based on Tarzan of the Apes, including the silent films Tarzan of the Apes (1918) and The Romance of Tarzan (1918), the sound film Tarzan the Ape Man (1932), and its remakes Tarzan, the Ape Man (1959) and Tarzan, the Ape Man (1981), the latter starring Bo Derek as Jane. Jane also appears in two more recent movie adaptations, both more faithful to the book; Greystoke - The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984), and Tarzan (1999), an animated film. Tarzan of the Apes is a series of books written by Edgar Rice Burroughs. ... Tarzan the Ape Man (1932) is an action adventure film starring Johnny Weissmuller, Neil Hamilton, C. Aubrey Smith & Maureen OSullivan. ... Tarzan, the Ape Man is a 1981 American action movie and adventure film directed by John Derek. ... Bo Derek Bo Derek (born Mary Cathleen Collins on November 20, 1956, Long Beach, California) is an American film actress and model of Irish, German and Dutch descent. ... Greystoke - The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes is a 1984 film with Sir Ralph Richardson, Ian Holm, James Fox, Christopher Lambert, Andie MacDowell and Cheryl Campbell. ... Tarzan is the thirty-seventh animated feature in the Disney animated features canon. ...