Priscilla Lane

Born: 1915-06-12 in Indianola, Iowa, USA

Died: 1995-04-04

Known For: Acting

Biography

Priscilla Lane (born Priscilla Mullican) was an American actress, and the youngest of the Lane Sisters of singers and actresses. She is best remembered for her roles in the films The Roaring Twenties (1939) co-starring with James Cagney and Humphrey Bogart; Saboteur (1942), an Alfred Hitchcock film in which she plays the heroine, and Arsenic and Old Lace (1944), in which she portrays Cary Grant's fiancée and bride.

Filmography

1950

Movie Trailer as Herself

1948

Bodyguard as Doris Brewster

1947

Fun on a Weekend as Nancy Crane

1944

Arsenic and Old Lace as Elaine Harper Brewster

1943

Stars on Horseback
The Meanest Man in the World as Janie Brown

1942

Saboteur as Pat Martin
Silver Queen as Coralie Adams

1941

Blues in the Night as Ginger 'Character' Powell
Four Mothers as Ann Lemp Deitz
Million Dollar Baby as Pamela McAllister
Play Your Part

1940

Three Cheers for the Irish as Maureen Casey
Brother Rat and a Baby as Joyce Winfree
Breakdowns of 1940 as Self

1939

The Roaring Twenties as Jean Sherman
Dust Be My Destiny as Mabel Alden
Daughters Courageous as Buff Masters
Four Wives as Ann Lemp Dietz
Yes, My Darling Daughter as Ellen Murray
Breakdowns of 1939 as Self

1938

Four Daughters as Ann Lemp
Men Are Such Fools as Linda Lawrence
Swingtime in the Movies as Herself (uncredited)
Brother Rat as Joyce Winfree
Cowboy from Brooklyn as Jane Hardy
Love, Honor and Behave as Barbara Blake Painter

1937

Varsity Show as Betty Bradley