Priscilla Lane
Acting
Born June 12, 1915, Indianola, Iowa, USA
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
- 1948Bodyguard — Doris Brewster
- 1947Fun on a Weekend — Nancy Crane
- 1944Arsenic and Old Lace — Elaine Harper Brewster
- 1943Stars on Horseback
- 1943The Meanest Man in the World — Janie Brown
- 1942Saboteur — Pat Martin
- 1942Silver Queen — Coralie Adams
- 1941Blues in the Night — Ginger 'Character' Powell
- 1941Four Mothers — Ann Lemp Deitz
- 1941Million Dollar Baby — Pamela McAllister
- 1941Play Your Part
- 1940Brother Rat and a Baby — Joyce Winfree
- 1940Three Cheers for the Irish — Maureen Casey
- 1939Daughters Courageous — Buff Masters
- 1939Dust Be My Destiny — Mabel Alden
- 1939Four Wives — Ann Lemp Dietz
- 1939The Roaring Twenties — Jean Sherman
- 1939Yes, My Darling Daughter — Ellen Murray
- 1938Brother Rat — Joyce Winfree
- 1938Cowboy from Brooklyn — Jane Hardy
- 1938Four Daughters — Ann Lemp
- 1938Love, Honor and Behave — Barbara Blake Painter
- 1938Men Are Such Fools — Linda Lawrence
- 1937Varsity Show — Betty Bradley
Appearances as themselves (4)
- 1950Movie Trailer — Herself
- 1940Breakdowns of 1940 — Self
- 1939Breakdowns of 1939 — Self
- 1938Swingtime in the Movies — Herself (uncredited)