Priscilla Lane

Acting

Priscilla Lane

Born June 12, 1915 · Indianola, Iowa, USA

Died April 4, 1995 · aged 79

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 …

Known For

Arsenic and Old LaceArsenic and Old Lace · 1944
Arsenic and Old Lace
7.61944
MovieComedyCrime
Mortimer Brewster, a newspaper drama critic, playwright, and author known for his diatribes against marriage, suddenly falls in love and gets married; but when he makes a quick trip home to tell his two maiden aunts, he finds out his aunts' hobby - killing lonely old men and burying them in the cellar!
SaboteurSaboteur · 1942
Saboteur
6.91942
MovieThrillerMystery
Aircraft factory worker Barry Kane flees across the United States after he is wrongly accused of starting the fire that killed his best friend.
The Roaring TwentiesThe Roaring Twenties · 1939
The Roaring Twenties
7.51939
MovieCrimeDrama
After World War I, Armistice Lloyd Hart goes back to practice law, former saloon keeper George Hally turns to bootlegging, and out-of-work Eddie Bartlett becomes a cab driver. Eddie builds a fleet of cabs through delivery of bootleg liquor and hires Lloyd as his lawyer. George becomes Eddie's partner and the rackets flourish until love and rivalry interfere.
Four MothersFour Mothers · 1941
Four Mothers
6.81941
MovieDramaRomance
Four married sisters face motherhood, financial, marital and family issues together.
Four DaughtersFour Daughters · 1938
Four Daughters
6.61938
MovieDramaMusic
Musician Adam Lemp and his four equally musical daughters, Emma, Ann, Kay, and Thea, live happily together. Each daughter has an upstanding young man for whom she cares. However, the arrival of a cynical, slovenly young composer named Mickey Borden turns the household upside-down, and romantic and tragic complications ensue.
Blues in the NightBlues in the Night · 1941
Blues in the Night
6.21941
MovieCrimeDrama
A struggling band find themselves attached to a fugitive and drawn into a series of old feuds and love affairs, as they try to stay together and find musical success.
Brother Rat and a BabyBrother Rat and a Baby · 1940
Brother Rat and a Baby
6.11940
MovieComedy
Three comrades graduate from Viriginia Military Institute. Bing has a chance to return to VMI as a football coach.
Four WivesFour Wives · 1939
Four Wives
5.51939
MovieDramaRomance
In this sequel to Four Daughters, Ann struggles to move on after the death of her husband as she falls in love with Felix, but on the day of her engagement discovers that she carries Mickey's child.

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