Lola Lane
Born: 1906-05-21 in Macy, Indiana, USA
Died: 1981-06-22
Known For: Acting
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Lane Sisters were a family of American singers and actresses. The sisters were Leota Lane (October 25, 1903 – July 25, 1963), Lola Lane (May 21, 1906 – June 22, 1981), Rosemary Lane (April 4, 1913 – November 25, 1974) and Priscilla Lane (June 12, 1915 – April 4, 1995). Lola, Rosemary, and Priscilla co-starred in four films together: Four Daughters (1938), Daughters Courageous (1939), Four Wives (1939) and Four Mothers (1941). Leota did not find the same success as her sisters and left Hollywood for New York City before the sisters' breakthrough. [Lola] was second lead to Bette Davis in the melodrama, Marked Woman, and won critical acclaim. Lola played the part of Gaby, a tough clip joint "hostess". Warners awarded her a contract in 1937 and her looks suited the hard-edged roles she found at Warners. Lola continued her career into the 1940s with her tough girl persona in dramas such as Convicted Woman (1940), Gangs of Chicago (1940), Mystery Ship (1941), Miss V from Moscow (1942) and Lost Canyon (1942), although she desperately wanted to break away from her type-casting . She retired at the age of forty in 1946. Her last three films – Why Girls Leave Home (1945) as Irene Mitchell, Deadline at Dawn (1946) as Edna Bartelli, and They Made Me a Killer (1946) as Betty Ford – had her in supporting roles. The above is from the Wikipedia article for "Lane Sisters".
Filmography
2004
- Checking Out: Grand Hotel as Self (archive footage)
1946
- Deadline at Dawn as Edna Bartelli
- They Made Me a Killer as Betty Ford
1945
- Identity Unknown as Wanda
- Why Girls Leave Home as Irene Mitchell
- Steppin' in Society as The Duchess
1943
- Buckskin Frontier as Rita Molyneaux
1942
- Lost Canyon as Laura Clark
- Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6 as Herself
- Miss V from Moscow as Vera Marova
1941
- Four Mothers as Thea Lemp Crowley
- Mystery Ship as Patricia Marshall
1940
- Gangs of Chicago as June Whitaker
- Girls of the Road as Ellie
- Convicted Woman as Hazel Wren
- Zanzibar as Jan Browning
1939
- Daughters Courageous as Linda Masters
- Four Wives as Thea Lemp Crowley
1938
- Four Daughters as Thea Lemp
- Hollywood Hotel as Mona Marshall
- Torchy Blane in Panama as Torchy Blane
- Mr. Chump as Jane Mason
- When Were You Born as Nita Kenton
1937
- Marked Woman as Dorothy "Gabby" Marvin
- The Sheik Steps Out as Phyllis 'Flip' Murdock
1936
- In Paris, A.W.O.L. as Lola
1935
- Murder on a Honeymoon as Phyllis La Font
- Death from a Distance as Kay Palmer
- Alias Mary Dow as Minnie
- His Night Out as Lola
1934
- Public Stenographer as Ann McNair
- Burn 'Em Up Barnes as Marjorie Temple
- The Woman Condemned as Jane Merrick
- Port of Lost Dreams as Molly Deshon / Molly Clark Christensen
- Ticket to a Crime as Peggy Cummings
1931
- Hell Bound as Platinum Reed
- Ex-Bad Boy as Letta Lardo
1930
- Good News as Pat
- Let's Go Places as Marjorie Lorraine
- The Costello Case as Mollie
- The Big Fight as Shirley
- The Voice of Hollywood No. 5 as Self
1929
- Speakeasy as Alice Woods
- Fox Movietone Follies of 1929 as Lila Beaumont
- The Girl from Havana as Joan Anders