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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

45

Gender

Female

Birthday

1906-05-21

Day of Death

1981-06-22 (75 years old)

Place of Birth

Macy, Indiana, USA

Also Known As

Dorothy Mullican

Dorothy (Lola) Lane

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".

Known For

Acting

Marked Woman

1937

Marked Woman

as

Dorothy "Gabby" Marvin

Deadline at Dawn

1946

Deadline at Dawn

as

Edna Bartelli

They Made Me a Killer

1946

They Made Me a Killer

as

Betty Ford

Hollywood Hotel

1938

Hollywood Hotel

as

Mona Marshall

Four Daughters

1938

Four Daughters

as

Thea Lemp

Lost Canyon

1942

Lost Canyon

as

Laura Clark

Murder on a Honeymoon

1935

Murder on a Honeymoon

as

Phyllis La Font

Identity Unknown

1945

Identity Unknown

as

Wanda

Four Wives

1939

Four Wives

as

Thea Lemp Crowley

Buckskin Frontier

1943

Buckskin Frontier

as

Rita Molyneaux

Daughters Courageous

1939

Daughters Courageous

as

Linda Masters

Four Mothers

1941

Four Mothers

as

Thea Lemp Crowley

Convicted Woman

1940

Convicted Woman

as

Hazel Wren

Burn 'Em Up Barnes

1934

Burn 'Em Up Barnes

as

Marjorie Temple

Death from a Distance

1935

Death from a Distance

as

Kay Palmer

Torchy Blane in Panama

1938

Torchy Blane in Panama

as

Torchy Blane

Mr. Chump

1938

Mr. Chump

as

Jane Mason

The Woman Condemned

1934

The Woman Condemned

as

Jane Merrick

Public Stenographer

1934

Public Stenographer

as

Ann McNair

Port of Lost Dreams

1934

Port of Lost Dreams

as

Molly Deshon / Molly Clark Christensen

Why Girls Leave Home

1945

Why Girls Leave Home

as

Irene Mitchell

Ticket to a Crime

1934

Ticket to a Crime

as

Peggy Cummings

When Were You Born

1938

When Were You Born

as

Nita Kenton

Good News

1930

Good News

as

Pat

Checking Out: Grand Hotel

2004

Checking Out: Grand Hotel

as

Self (archive footage)

The Big Fight

1930

The Big Fight

as

Shirley

His Night Out

1935

His Night Out

as

Lola

Ex-Bad Boy

1931

Ex-Bad Boy

as

Letta Lardo

Miss V from Moscow

1942

Miss V from Moscow

as

Vera Marova

Alias Mary Dow

1935

Alias Mary Dow

as

Minnie

The Sheik Steps Out

1937

The Sheik Steps Out

as

Phyllis 'Flip' Murdock

The Girl from Havana

1929

The Girl from Havana

as

Joan Anders

Steppin' in Society

1945

Steppin' in Society

as

The Duchess

Mystery Ship

1941

Mystery Ship

as

Patricia Marshall

Gangs of Chicago

1940

Gangs of Chicago

as

June Whitaker

The Costello Case

1930

The Costello Case

as

Mollie

Speakeasy

1929

Speakeasy

as

Alice Woods

Let's Go Places

1930

Let's Go Places

as

Marjorie Lorraine

Zanzibar

1940

Zanzibar

as

Jan Browning

Hell Bound

1931

Hell Bound

as

Platinum Reed

Production

Crew

Directing