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
- Why Girls Leave Home as Irene Mitchell
- Identity Unknown as Wanda
- 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
- Convicted Woman as Hazel Wren
- Gangs of Chicago as June Whitaker
- Girls of the Road as Ellie
- Zanzibar as Jan Browning
1939
- Four Wives as Thea Lemp Crowley
- Daughters Courageous as Linda Masters
1938
- When Were You Born as Nita Kenton
- Hollywood Hotel as Mona Marshall
- Four Daughters as Thea Lemp
- Torchy Blane in Panama as Torchy Blane
- Mr. Chump as Jane Mason
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
- His Night Out as Lola
- Murder on a Honeymoon as Phyllis La Font
- Alias Mary Dow as Minnie
- Death from a Distance as Kay Palmer
1934
- The Woman Condemned as Jane Merrick
- Ticket to a Crime as Peggy Cummings
- Burn 'Em Up Barnes as Marjorie Temple
- Port of Lost Dreams as Molly Deshon / Molly Clark Christensen
- Public Stenographer as Ann McNair
1933
- The Woman Who Dared as Kay Wilson - Office Secretary
1931
- Ex-Bad Boy as Letta Lardo
- Hell Bound as Platinum Reed
1930
- The Big Fight as Shirley
- Good News as Pat
- Let's Go Places as Marjorie Lorraine
- The Costello Case as Mollie
- The Voice of Hollywood No. 5 as Self
1929
- The Girl from Havana as Joan Anders
- Fox Movietone Follies of 1929 as Lila Beaumont
- Speakeasy as Alice Woods