Jane Lazarus Norman (1933 or 1934 - May 13, 2017)[1][2] was an actress best known for her role as Pixanne in the children's television program of that same name that was broadcast in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in the 1960s.

[5] After graduating from Olney High School in Philadelphia, Norman earned a Bachelor of Science degree in early childhood education at Temple University with a minor in radio-TV-theater.

[4][9] Having her kindergarten students act out stories and put on plays, and writing songs for the students awakened an interest in a different direction for Norman's career, A meeting with executives at WCAU-TV in Philadelphia led to the creation of Pixanne,[5] a show whose main character was essentially a female version of Peter Pan.

[6][11] Initially broadcast in black and white, the program began airing in color, six days every week, beginning at 9:00 a.m. on Monday, November 21, 1966.

[29] Pixanne also became the first local children's television show to be filmed at major world events, including at the World's Fair in New York and at Expo '67 in Canada, and gave children the opportunity to watch segments about the Ice Capades and the Moscow Circus, both of which were filmed on location while the groups were on tour on the East Coast.

As an official spokesperson for Dutch Wonderland, she played a key role in the theme park's annual Memorial Day re-opening ceremonies that year.

She also toured the United States, speaking about county attractions and tourism issues on local news and talk show programs in Boston, Chicago and other towns and major metropolitan areas.

A resident of a condominium in a high-rise building near City Avenue in Bala Cynwyd in later life, Norman had spent a major portion of her youth and adulthood in the Philadelphia area.

After residing for many years in Gladwyne, she and her husband relocated to a condominium, which was described by The Philadelphia Inquirer as a dramatic, "urban chic" space featuring a "wide-open living room with a wall of windows overlooking two patios, and a palette of beiges and whites punctuated by splashes of color in accessories and art."

It was during this phase of their lives that Norman became active in the hospice movement, and helped to raise funds for the Home Care Network/Main Line Health/Jefferson Health System.