Priscilla Lane (born Priscilla Mullican, June , â€" April , ) was an
American actress, and the youngest sibling in the Lane Sisters of
singers and actresses. She is best remembered for her roles in the
films The Roaring Twenties () co-starring with James Cagney and
Humphrey Bogart; Saboteur (), an Alfred Hitchcock film in which she
plays the heroine, and Arsenic and Old Lace (), in which she portrays
Cary Grant's fiancée and bride.Priscilla Mullican was born on June ,
, in Indianola, Iowa, a small college town south of Des Moines. She
was the youngest of five daughters of Dr. Lorenzo Mullican, DDS, and
his wife, Cora Bell Hicks. Dr. Mullican had a dental practice in
Indianola. The family owned a large house with rooms, some of which
they rented to students attending nearby Simpson College.Priscilla and
one of her sisters, Rosemary, traveled to Des Moines every weekend to
study dancing with Rose Lorenz, a renowned dance teacher at the time.
The girls made their first professional appearance September , , at
Des Moines' Paramount Theater. Priscilla, then , performed on stage as
part of the entertainment accompanying the release of her sister
Lola's Hollywood movie Good News ().
American actress, and the youngest sibling in the Lane Sisters of
singers and actresses. She is best remembered for her roles in the
films The Roaring Twenties () co-starring with James Cagney and
Humphrey Bogart; Saboteur (), an Alfred Hitchcock film in which she
plays the heroine, and Arsenic and Old Lace (), in which she portrays
Cary Grant's fiancée and bride.Priscilla Mullican was born on June ,
, in Indianola, Iowa, a small college town south of Des Moines. She
was the youngest of five daughters of Dr. Lorenzo Mullican, DDS, and
his wife, Cora Bell Hicks. Dr. Mullican had a dental practice in
Indianola. The family owned a large house with rooms, some of which
they rented to students attending nearby Simpson College.Priscilla and
one of her sisters, Rosemary, traveled to Des Moines every weekend to
study dancing with Rose Lorenz, a renowned dance teacher at the time.
The girls made their first professional appearance September , , at
Des Moines' Paramount Theater. Priscilla, then , performed on stage as
part of the entertainment accompanying the release of her sister
Lola's Hollywood movie Good News ().
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