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Priscilla Lane

Date of birth: 1915-06-12

Place of birth: Indianola, Iowa, USA

Known for: Acting

Also known as: Присцилла Лейн, Priscilla Mullican

Priscilla Lane

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.

Movie Credits

Arsenic and Old Lace
3.8

Arsenic and Old Lace

1944-09-01

Mortimer Brewster, a newspaper drama critic, playwright, and author known for his diatribes against

Saboteur
3.4

Saboteur

1942-04-24

Aircraft factory worker Barry Kane flees across the United States after he is wrongly accused of sta

Blues in the Night
3.1

Blues in the Night

1941-11-15

A struggling band find themselves attached to a fugitive and drawn into a series of old feuds and lo

Dust Be My Destiny
3.1

Dust Be My Destiny

1939-09-16

Embittered after serving time for a burglary he did not commit, Joe Bell is soon back in jail, on a

The Roaring Twenties
3.8

The Roaring Twenties

1939-10-28

After World War I, Armistice Lloyd Hart goes back to practice law, former saloon keeper George Hally

Bodyguard
3

Bodyguard

1948-09-04

A cop on suspension is framed for murder when he noses in on a murder investigation.

Four Daughters
3.3

Four Daughters

1938-08-09

Musician Adam Lemp and his four equally musical daughters, Emma, Ann, Kay, and Thea, live happily to

Million Dollar Baby
3

Million Dollar Baby

1941-05-31

A sudden windfall has unexpected consequences on a working class girl during the Great Depression.

Men Are Such Fools
2.8

Men Are Such Fools

1938-06-15

Linda works at an advertising agency, but, unlike the other women in the secretarial pool, she hopes

Silver Queen
2.8

Silver Queen

1942-11-14

A beautiful heiress is an excellent poker player. Her comfortable life changes when her father and h

Four Wives
2.6

Four Wives

1939-12-22

In this sequel to Four Daughters, Ann struggles to move on after the death of her husband as she fa

Daughters Courageous
3.1

Daughters Courageous

1939-06-23

Nan Masters, a single mother living with her four marriageable daughters, plans to marry Sam Sloane,

Brother Rat
2.5

Brother Rat

1938-10-29

Story of three buddies at the Virginia Military Institute. Cadet Bing Edwards is secretly married an

Four Mothers
3.1

Four Mothers

1941-01-04

Four married sisters face motherhood, financial, marital and family issues together.

Swingtime in the Movies
3

Swingtime in the Movies

1938-12-24

In this musical short, a waitress at the Warner Bros. commissary gets her big break.

Cowboy from Brooklyn
2

Cowboy from Brooklyn

1938-07-09

A singing cowboy turns out to be a tenderfoot.

Varsity Show
3.1

Varsity Show

1937-09-04

Winfield College students rebel against a stodgy professor who won't permit "swing" music be played

Fun on a Weekend
3.5

Fun on a Weekend

1947-05-15

Shy, destitute Peter Porter meets equally impoverished Nancy Crane at a Florida beach. Inspired by P

Yes, My Darling Daughter
1.7

Yes, My Darling Daughter

1939-02-25

Ellen is a free spirited young woman in love with Doug. Sadly he must leave America for a two year j

Love, Honor and Behave
1.5

Love, Honor and Behave

1938-03-12

Comedy about a weak husband, afraid to say "no" to his new wife, who realizes he must assert himself

Breakdowns of 1940
2

Breakdowns of 1940

1940-12-31

Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1940.

Three Cheers for the Irish
3.1

Three Cheers for the Irish

1940-03-16

Peter Casey has been with the New York City police department for 25 years. He's totally surprised w

Brother Rat and a Baby
2.6

Brother Rat and a Baby

1940-01-13

Three comrades graduate from Viriginia Military Institute. Bing has a chance to return to VMI as a f

The Meanest Man in the World
3.2

The Meanest Man in the World

1943-02-12

Compassionate small-town lawyer Richard Clarke moves to New York City to seek his fortune, but is un

Play Your Part
0

Play Your Part

1941-02-20

Film star Priscilla Lane extols the virtues of joining the Red Cross in the lead up to World War II.

Breakdowns of 1939
3.5

Breakdowns of 1939

1939-12-31

Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1939.

Movie Trailer
0

Movie Trailer

1950-12-31

A compilation reel of local movie theatre trailers for upcoming events, such as a “Bug-o-Rama” festi

Stars on Horseback
2

Stars on Horseback

1943-04-23

A profile of blacksmith George Garfield, among whose Hollywood clients were the horses of Joel McCre