Early Life
Morgan was born Florence Catherine Currier in Newton, Massachusetts, one of five siblings born to Bertram H. and Olga (née Brandenberg) Currier, who were both musicians. When she was four years old, Jane and her family moved to Daytona Beach, Florida. The following year she began receiving vocal lessons, while continuing her study of the piano. During the summers, she took on child roles and appeared in theater productions at the Kennebunkport Playhouse in Kennebunkport, Maine, which her brother had founded.
While attending grade school, Morgan actively engaged in singing and competing against other students throughout Florida and the Southeast. After graduating from Seabreeze High School, Morgan's multiple musical skills and overall background enabled her prompt acceptance into New York's prestigious Juilliard School of Music where she studied, intending to become an opera singer. She studied opera by day and performed whenever possible.
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