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

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

1942

Silver Queen as Coralie Adams
Saboteur as Pat Martin

1941

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

1940

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

1939

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

1938

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

1937

Varsity Show as Betty Bradley