Priscilla Lane

 Priscilla Lane, born Priscilla Mullican (June 12, 1915 – April 4, 1995)

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. Priscilla was born in Iowa, the youngest sibling in the Lane Sisters' family of singers and actresses. She attended the Feagin School of Dramatic Arts in New York City before joining her sisters in a singing act with Fred Waring and the Pennsylvanians. The sisters toured with the band for five years. She then signed a contract with Warner Brothers in 1937 and made her first film, Varsity Show, that same year. She teamed with her sisters, Rosemary Lane and Lola Lane, to make the hit 'Four Daughters' in 1938. In 1939, while under consideration for the role of Melanie Wilkes in Gone With the Wind, she co-starred in The Roaring Twenties with James Cagney. Her most recognizable role was in Arsenic and Old Lace opposite Cary Grant in 1944. However, she appeared in only two more films, 'Fun on a Weekend' in 1947 and 'Bodyguard' in 1948 before retiring from film work. Following her retirement, she accompanied her husband, Colonel Joseph A. Howard, USAF, around from the world from base to base, often singing at camp shows. The couple eventually settled in New England and had four children. Priscilla made a brief comeback in 1958 as host of 'The Priscilla Lane Show' on Boston television.

Lane had four children with Joseph Howard, and the couple remained in New England. Howard died in 1976, and Lane died from cancer at age 79 on April 4, 1995. They are buried together at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia.