Priscilla Lane Movies

Want to know the best Priscilla Lane movies?  How about the worst Priscilla Lane movies?  Curious about Priscilla Lane box office grosses or which Priscilla Lane movie picked up the most Oscar® nominations? Need to know which Priscilla Lane movie got the best reviews from critics and audiences and which got the worst reviews? Well you have come to the right place….because we have all of that information.

Priscilla Lane (1915-1995) was an American actress who appeared in many box office successes from 1937 to 1948. Her IMDb page shows 23 acting credits from 1937-1948. This page will rank 22 Priscilla Lane movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. The only missing IMDb credit is an uncredited role in a short.

Drivel part of the page:  This page comes from a request from Lupino…who just found UMR.com only a few days ago…..since her comments have been so interesting….her request of Priscilla Lane jumped right to the top of the request pile.  Gotta admit our knowledge of Priscilla Lane was pretty limited before we researched this page…..now we realize she had a pretty impressive career.

Cary Grant and Priscilla Lane in 1944’s Arsenic and Old Lace

Priscilla Lane Movies Ranked In Chronological Order With Ultimate Movie Rankings Score (1 to 5 UMR Tickets) *Best combo of box office, reviews and awards.

Priscilla Lane Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table

The really cool thing about this table is that it is “user-sortable”. Rank the movies anyway you want.

  • Sort Priscilla Lane movies by co-stars of her movies
  • Sort Priscilla Lane movies by adjusted domestic box office grosses using current movie ticket cost (in millions)
  • Sort Priscilla Lane movies by adjusted worldwide box office grosses using current movie ticket cost (in millions)
  • Sort Priscilla Lane movies by how they were received by critics and audiences.  60% rating or higher should indicate a good movie.
  • Sort by how many Oscar® nominations and how many Oscar® wins each Priscilla Lane movie received.
  • Sort Priscilla Lane movies by Ultimate Movie Rankings (UMR) Score.  UMR Score puts box office, reviews and awards into a mathematical equation and gives each movie a score.
  • Use the sort and search button to make this a very interactive page.  For example type in Ronald Reagan to see 4 Reagan/Lane movies.
Robert Cummings and Priscilla Lane in 1942’s Sabateur

Possibly Interesting Facts About Priscilla Lane

1. Priscilla Mullican was born in Indianola, Iowa born on June 12, 1915. In 1932 she adopted the surname “Lane”.

2. Priscilla Lane was the youngest of the Lane Sisters (Leota, Lola, Rosemary and Priscilla):  The Lane Sisters were talented singers and dancers.   Lola, Rosemary and Priscilla would appear in 4 movies together.

3. Priscilla Lane and her sister Rosemary were discovered by radio personality Fred Waring. Waring was also a band leader and put the sisters in his show.

4. Priscilla Lane’s big break was when Fred Waring and his band were signed by Warner Brothers to appear in the 1937 movie Varsity Show.  Both Priscilla Lane and her sister Rosemary were quickly signed to multi-year contracts at Warner Brothers.

5. Priscilla Lane was considered for the role of Melanie Wilkes in 1939’s Gone with the Wind….Olivia de Havilland ended up with that part.

6. Priscilla Lane was married two times and had 4 children.

7. Priscilla Lane retired from films in 1943….to raise her family and to follow her husband (Air Force man) across America as he moved from one military base to another.  So would return in the late 1940s for a brief time before leaving films again…this time for good.

8. Check out Priscilla Lane‘s career compared to current and classic actors.  Most 100 Million Dollar Movies of All-Time.

Academy Award® and Oscar® are the registered trademarks of the Academy of Motion Arts and Sciences.

For comments….all you need is a name and a comment….please ignore the rest.

25 thoughts on “Priscilla Lane Movies

  1. I HAVE ENJOYED EVERY MOVIE I HAVE SEEN HER IN SHE WAS ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL IN ALL OF THEM SHE SHOULD HAVE WON .NUMEROUS ACCADEMY AWARDS

    1. Hey Guerry….I am glad a big Priscilla Lane fan found our page. Glad you have enjoyed all of her movies. Good feedback and thanks for the visit.

  2. Only vaguely aware of Priscilla Lane. But with the help of this page I now know I a lot more. Good job Mr. Cogerson.

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.