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Priscilla Lane

Acting Born Jun 12, 1915 Indianola, Iowa, USA 24 credits

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.

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Known for

Film

Arsenic and Old Lace

as Elaine Harper Brewster
Film

Saboteur

as Pat Martin

Blossom

as Joyce Winfree

Full filmography

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