Lola Lane
Date of birth: 1906-05-21
Place of birth: Macy, Indiana, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Dorothy Mullican, Dorothy (Lola) Lane
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".
Movie Credits
Marked Woman
1937-04-10
In the underworld of Manhattan, a woman dares to stand up to one of the city's most powerful gangste
Deadline at Dawn
1946-03-18
A young Navy sailor has one night to find out why a woman was killed and he ended up with a bag of m
They Made Me a Killer
1946-05-03
A fugitive receives help from a victim's sister as he tries to clear his name of robbery and murder
Hollywood Hotel
1938-01-15
After losing a coveted role in an upcoming film to another actress, screen queen Mona Marshall (Lola
Four Daughters
1938-08-09
Musician Adam Lemp and his four equally musical daughters, Emma, Ann, Kay, and Thea, live happily to
Lost Canyon
1942-12-18
Burton is after Clark's ranch. He gets the banker to refuse to renew Clark's note and then sends his
Girls of the Road
1940-07-24
The story of an eclectic group of women - tramps, job-seekers and fugitives - either running from or
Murder on a Honeymoon
1935-02-22
An amateur sleuth suspects foul play when a fellow passenger on a seaplane suddenly dies. The third
Identity Unknown
1945-04-02
A soldier survives a bombing in which his three fellow soldiers were killed. When he recovers he dis
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
Buckskin Frontier
1943-05-14
A railroad man and the owner of a freight line battle for control of a crucial mountain pass.
Daughters Courageous
1939-06-23
Nan Masters, a single mother living with her four marriageable daughters, plans to marry Sam Sloane,
Four Mothers
1941-01-04
Four married sisters face motherhood, financial, marital and family issues together.
Convicted Woman
1940-01-31
A reporter and a lawyer investigate a women's prison and help an inmate who does not belong there.
Burn 'Em Up Barnes
1934-06-15
Marjorie Temple, owner of a bus line and an apparently worthless plot of land, is set upon by rich o
Death from a Distance
1935-07-03
While a distinguished astronomer is giving a lecture in a planetarium, a shot rings out and one of t
Torchy Blane in Panama
1938-05-07
Torchy, Steve, and Gahagan are on the trail of a bank robber aboard an ocean liner traveling from Ne
Mr. Chump
1938-08-08
A naive young trumpet player inadvertently becomes involved with bank embezzlers. Comedy.
The Woman Condemned
1934-04-03
When a radio star is found murdered in her home, everyone assumes that the mysterious young woman di
Public Stenographer
1934-01-09
A stenographer who works at a large hotel finds herself caught in the middle of a major swindle.
Port of Lost Dreams
1934-10-14
A gangster's girlfriend on the run from the police, who suspect her of helping her boyfriend commit
Why Girls Leave Home
1945-10-09
In this crime drama, a young woman leaves her unhappy life at home to become a sophisticated night c
Ticket to a Crime
1934-12-14
After a jeweler hires a private detective to help him find $50,000 missing from his company, he is m
When Were You Born
1938-06-18
A San Francisco astrologer correctly predicts a ship passenger's death and then helps the police loo
Good News
1930-08-22
A college football star falls for his mousy French tutor.
Checking Out: Grand Hotel
2004-02-03
Until 1932's Grand Hotel, never had there existed an all-star ensemble cast on film. Conceived by MG
The Big Fight
1930-05-11
Based on the David Belasco stage production of the Max Marcin play in which heavyweight-champion Jac
His Night Out
1935-10-01
When a meek purchasing agent is told by a quack doctor that he only has three months to live, he get
Ex-Bad Boy
1931-07-15
A man gets in trouble with his girlfriend when a beautiful movie star and her fiance come to his sma
Fox Movietone Follies of 1929
1929-05-25
Lila Beaumont is an understudy in a Broadway musical. Her boyfriend, George Shelby, arrives in New Y
Miss V from Moscow
1942-11-23
Set in the shadows of wartime Paris, this 1940s drama directed by Albert Herman stars Lola Lane, Noe
Alias Mary Dow
1935-05-01
A taxi-dancer agrees to pose as a girl who had been kidnapped as a child 18 years before.
The Sheik Steps Out
1937-09-05
In this comedy, a wealthy sheik kidnaps and falls for a snobby socialite.
The Girl from Havana
1929-09-22
Joan Anders, a girl detective for a jewelers' protective association, poses as a chorus girl in a mu
Steppin' in Society
1945-07-09
In this crime comedy, a prominent judge's vacation is interrupted during a sudden storm that forces
Mystery Ship
1941-09-03
FBI agents Allan Harper and Tommy Baker are in charge of a group of subversives, spies and saboteurs
Gangs of Chicago
1940-05-18
A criminal uses his knowledge of the law for his not-very-legal purposes, betraying friends along th
In Paris, A.W.O.L.
1936-04-01
Three vaudeville actors after being suspected of a jewel theft and going off to war in 1917 are reco
Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6
1942-10-05
Narrator Hopper covers two war benefit affairs, a garden party and a USO fashion show, at Pickfair,
The Costello Case
1930-10-14
An Irish policeman handles gangsters, a mystery woman and a wise-guy reporter.
Speakeasy
1929-03-08
Newspaper staffer Alice Woods persuades the editor to allow her to chase a story, that of prizefight
Let's Go Places
1930-02-02
A musical comedy in which a young and ambitious singer impersonates a famous operatic tenor.
Zanzibar
1940-03-08
A beautiful young woman organizes an expedition to Africa to search for a sacred skull that is worsh
Hell Bound
1931-05-01
Lane and Diane are a young married couple living in a coastal town whose lives are about to be torn
The Voice of Hollywood No. 5
1930-02-01
This short was included on the recently released Harry Langdon: Lost and Found collection. This ente