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No secondary sources for full name, or birth-death dates

Several books describe Loeb's role in The Quiet One and other films, and her collaboration with Levitt, Meyers, Agee. None of them verify the name Janice Loeb Levitt, or suggest in any way that her birth date might be December 6, 1902, or November 8 1913. for that matter. Nor do any verify a death date of February 18, 1996.

The Social Security Death Index has a record that matches the (unsourced) dates given at IMDB:

Janice M. Loeb
Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
Name: 	Janice M. Loeb
SSN: 	433-01-4553
Last Residence: 70115 New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Born: 	6 Dec 1902
Died: 	18 Feb 1996
State (Year) SSN issued: Louisiana (Before 1951)

The unsourced birth date of 1913 is not far off from this record, in the 1940 United States Federal Census View:

Name: 	Janice Loeb
Respondent: 	Yes
Age: 	26
Estimated birth year: 	abt 1914
Gender: 	Female
Race: 	White
Birthplace: 	New York
Marital status: 	Single
Relation to Head of House: 	Head
Home in 1940: 	New York, New York, New York
Map of Home in 1940: 	View Map
Street: 	East 89th Street
Farm: 	No
Inferred Residence in 1935: 	Cambridge, Massachusetts

Could match this record, from the 1930 United States Federal Census View 1930 United States Federal Census

Name: 	Janice M Loch
[Janice M Loeb]
Birth Year: 	abt 1903
Gender: 	Female
Race: 	White
Birthplace: 	Louisiana
Marital status: 	Single
Relation to Head of House: 	Daughter
Home in 1930: 	New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Map of Home: 	View Map
Street address: 	Loyola Ave
Ward of City: 	13
Block: 	109
House Number: 	4435
Dwelling Number: 	238
Family Number: 	255
Attended School: 	No
Able to Read and Write: 	Yes
Father's Birthplace: 	Louisiana
Mother's Birthplace: 	Louisiana
Able to Speak English: 	Yes
Occupation: 	Stenographer
Industry: 	Inscurance
Class of Worker: 	Wage or salary worker
Employment: 	Yes
Household Members: 	
Name 	Age
David S Loch 	50
Berenice Loch 	49
Janice M Loch 	27
Donald A Loch 	25

None of the above records suggest a birth name of Janice Loeb Levitt. All of these are primary sources with nothing to tie them to the secondary sources that describe the film maker Janice Loeb. Tying any these records to each other without verification would be building the Frankenstein, which we should not do --Dennis Bratland (talk) 21:17, 22 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]