Lola Lane

Lola Lane

1906-05-21 – 1981-06-22 (age 75) Macy, Indiana, USA
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Biography

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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".

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Marked Woman
Marked Woman

1937

as Dorothy "Gabby" Marvin

Four Mothers
Four Mothers

1941

as Thea Lemp Crowley

His Night Out
His Night Out

1935

as Lola

Four Daughters
Four Daughters

1938

as Thea Lemp

Deadline at Dawn
Deadline at Dawn

1946

as Edna Bartelli

Four Wives
Four Wives

1939

as Thea Lemp Crowley

Hollywood Hotel
Hollywood Hotel

1938

as Mona Marshall

Murder on a Honeymoon
Murder on a Honeymoon

1935

as Phyllis La Font

The Woman Condemned
The Woman Condemned

1934

as Jane Merrick

Gangs of Chicago
Gangs of Chicago

1940

as June Whitaker

Ex-Bad Boy
Ex-Bad Boy

1931

as Letta Lardo

Convicted Woman
Convicted Woman

1940

as Hazel Wren

The Woman Who Dared
The Woman Who Dared

1933

as Kay Wilson - Office Secretary

Alias Mary Dow
Alias Mary Dow

1935

as Minnie

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Checking Out: Grand Hotel

2004

as Self (archive footage)

When Were You Born
When Were You Born

1938

as Nita Kenton

Daughters Courageous
Daughters Courageous

1939

as Linda Masters

Why Girls Leave Home
Why Girls Leave Home

1945

as Irene Mitchell

They Made Me a Killer
They Made Me a Killer

1946

as Betty Ford