Lane Sisters
The Lane Sisters refers to a group of sisters, three of whom achieved success in the 1920s and 1930s as a singing act, with their popularity onstage leading to a series of successful films. A fourth sister was not successful and left this milieu and a fifth avoided show business altogether. Priscilla Lane enjoyed the most prominent movie career.
| Name | Birthname | Birthdate | Birthplace | Died and Age | Place of Death | Active | Spouses |
| Leota Lane |
Leotabel Mullican |
(1903-10-25)October 25, 1903 | Indianola, Iowa | July 25, 1963(1963-07-25) (aged 59) | Glendale, California | 1931 - 1931 | Mischel D. Picard (m.1928) Edward Joseph Pitts (m.1941) Jerome Day |
| Lola Lane |
Dorothy Mullican |
(1906-05-21)May 21, 1906 | Macy, Indiana | June 22, 1981(1981-06-22) (aged 75) | Santa Barbara, California | 1929–1946 | Henry Clay Dunham (div.) Lew Ayres (1931–1933) Alexander Hall (1934–1936) Roland West (1940–1952) Robert Hanlon (1955–1981) |
| Rosemary Lane |
Rosemary Mullican |
(1913-04-04)April 4, 1913 | Indianola, Iowa | November 25, 1974(1974-11-25) (aged 61) | Los Angeles, California | 1937–1945 | Bud Westmore (1941–1954) |
| Priscilla Lane |
Priscilla Mullican |
(1915-06-12)June 12, 1915 | Indianola, Iowa | April 4, 1995(1995-04-04) (aged 79) | Andover, Massachusetts | 1937–1948 | Oren Haglund (1939-1939) Joseph A. Howard (1942–1976) |
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Famous quotes containing the words lane and/or sisters:
“The question is whether personal freedom is worth the terrible effort, the never-lifted burden and risks of self-reliance.”
—Rose Wilder Lane (1886–1968)
“The youngest stood upon a stane,
The eldest cam and push’d her in.”
—Unknown. Binnorie; or, The Two Sisters (l. 15–16)