Priscilla Lane

Priscilla Lane

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Priscilla Lane was born on Jun 12, 1915 in USA. Priscilla Lane's big-screen debut came with Varsity Show directed by William Keighley in 1937. Priscilla Lane is known for Arsenic and Old Lace directed by Frank Capra, Cary Grant stars as Mortimer Brewster and Priscilla Lane as Elaine Harper. The upcoming new movie Priscilla Lane plays is Bodyguard which will be released on Sep 04, 1948.

Priscilla Lane attended the Eagin School of Dramatic Arts in New York before she began touring with her sisters in the Fred Waring and the Pennsylvanians Dance Band. She was a popular singer with her sisters and, after 5 years, she was signed to a Hollywood contract with Warner Brothers in 1937. Her first film was Varsity Show (1937) where she had the hard task of portraying a singer with the Fred Waring Band. Priscilla was to play the nice girl against the temperamental star played by her sister Rosemary Lane. Over the years, Priscilla would play an assortment of girlfriends, daughters and fiancees. She would team with her two sisters, Rosemary Lane and Lola Lane, to make a series of drama's beginning with the film Rêves de jeunesse (1938). That film would be the one that made John Garfield a star. In most of her films, all Priscilla had to do was to look attractive and give a good supporting performance. Priscilla would also co-star with Wayne Morris in three 1938 releases. In Les fantastiques années 20 (1939), she would play the girlfriend of James Cagney. In Arsenic et vieilles dentelles (1944), which was release 3 years after it was filmed, she would play the fiancee of Cary Grant. When Alfred Hitchcock was unable to get Barbara Stanwyck, he cast Priscilla in Cinquième colonne (1942) where she was on the run with the hero. By that time, her movie career was almost finished and she would appear in just a couple of films over the next five years before retiring in 1948.

  • Birthday

    Jun 12, 1915
  • Place of Birth

    Indianola, Iowa, USA

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