- Born
- DiedNovember 2014 · La Mirada, Los Angeles, California, USA (undisclosed)
- Birth nameJanet R. Harrison
- Jan Harrison was born on December 29, 1924 in Portland, Oregon, USA. She was an actress, known for Sea Hunt (1958), Fort Bowie (1958) and Target (1958). She was married to Carl R. Bergquist and Carroll Shelby. She died in November 2014 in La Mirada, Los Angeles, California, USA.
- SpousesCarl R. Bergquist(December 22, 1962 - ?)Carroll Shelby(September 1962 - September 1962) (annulled)Carl R. Bergquist(April 7, 1946 - 1960) (divorced, 2 children)
- Appeared more times than any other credited actress on Sea Hunt (1958).
- A former "Miss Washington State", she was disqualified from competing in the "Miss America" pageant because she had been secretly married.
- She and husband Carroll Shelby were driven by Shelby's friend, John Edgar, to Tijuana in Edgar's Silver Cloud Rolls-Royce, dining on caviar and champagne on the way.
- She was the November 17, 1957, Riverside (CA) Raceway Queen for the Sports Car Club of America (SCCA) Nationals. Carroll Shelby, later wed to Harrison, was the first winner of that first SCCA Nationals Race.
- Her first and third husband, Carl R. Bergquist, was a Norwalk (CA) veterinarian. They had two children: Karen Edith, born in Los Angeles on October 28, 1947, and Craig Reed, who has had a career as San Clemente (CA) dentist, born in Los Angeles on December 18, 1951.
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