Lola Lane

Actor

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Also Known As

Dorothy Mullican

Birth Place

Macy, Indiana, USA

Born

May 21, 1906

Died

June 22, 1981

Biography

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Lola Lane was an actress who had a successful Hollywood career. Lane began her acting career appearing in various films, such as "The Girl From Havana" (1929), "Fox Movietone Follies of 1929" (1929) and "The Big Fight" (1930). She also appeared in the Mary Lawlor adaptation "Good News" (1930), "Let's Go Places" (1930) and "Hell Bound" (1931). Her film career continued throughout th...

Filmography

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Deadline at Dawn (1946)

They Made Me a Killer (1946)

Steppin' in Society (1945)

Why Girls Leave Home (1945)

Identity Unknown (1945)

Buckskin Frontier (1943)

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Marked Woman (1937) -- (Movie Clip) From Tiddlywinks To Roulette

Four Daughters (1938) -- (Movie Clip) Right On The Nose

Family & Companions

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Lew Ayres

Husband

Actor. Married in 1931; divorced in 1933.

Alexander Hall

Husband

Director.

Henry Clay Dunham

Husband

Roland West

Husband

Director. Died in 1952.

Biography

Lola Lane was an actress who had a successful Hollywood career. Lane began her acting career appearing in various films, such as "The Girl From Havana" (1929), "Fox Movietone Follies of 1929" (1929) and "The Big Fight" (1930). She also appeared in the Mary Lawlor adaptation "Good News" (1930), "Let's Go Places" (1930) and "Hell Bound" (1931). Her film career continued throughout the thirties in productions like "Woman Condemned" (1934), "Alias Mary Dow" (1935) and "Death From a Distance" (1935). She also appeared in "Port of Lost Dreams" (1935). In the latter part of her career, she continued to act in "Torchy Blane in Panama" (1938), "Daughters Courageous" (1939) and "Four Wives" (1939). She also appeared in "Four Mothers" (1941) and "Lost Canyon" (1942). Lane last acted in "They Made Me a Killer" (1946). Lane was married to Alexander Hall. Lane passed away in June 1981 at the age of 75.

Filmography

Cast (Feature Film)

Deadline at Dawn (1946)

They Made Me a Killer (1946)

Steppin' in Society (1945)

Why Girls Leave Home (1945)

Identity Unknown (1945)

Buckskin Frontier (1943)

Miss V from Moscow (1942)

Vera Marova [also known as Miss V]

Lost Canyon (1942)

Four Mothers (1941)

Thea Lemp Crowley

Mystery Ship (1941)

Patricia Marshall

Zanzibar (1940)

Gangs of Chicago (1940)

Girls of the Road (1940)

Convicted Woman (1940)

Four Wives (1939)

Thea Lemp Crowley

Daughters Courageous (1939)

Mr. Chump (1938)

Torchy Blane in Panama (1938)

Hollywood Hotel (1938)

When Were You Born (1938)

Cancer, Jun 22-Jul 22 [Nita Kenton]

Four Daughters (1938)

The Sheik Steps Out (1937)

Phyllis "Flip" Murdock

Marked Woman (1937)

In Paris, A.W.O.L. (1936)

Alias Mary Dow (1935)

His Night Out (1935)

Death from a Distance (1935)

Murder on a Honeymoon (1935)

Phyllis La Font

Port of Lost Dreams (1934)

Molly Deshon [also known as Molly Clark]

Ticket to a Crime (1934)

The Woman Condemned (1934)

Jane Merrick/Her twin sister

Burn-'Em-Up Barnes (1934)

Marjorie Temple

Public Stenographer (1933)

The Woman Who Dared (1933)

The office secretary

Ex-Bad Boy (1931)

Hell Bound (1931)

Shirley "Platinum" Reed

Good News (1930)

Let's Go Places (1930)

Marjorie Lorraine

The Costello Case (1930)

The Big Fight (1930)

Fox Movietone Follies of 1929 (1929)

Speakeasy (1929)

The Girl From Havana (1929)

Life Events

Videos

Marked Woman (1937) -- (Movie Clip) From Tiddlywinks To Roulette Gangster Johnny Vanning (Eduardo Cianelli), his character inspired by Charles "Lucky" Luciano, surveys the goods (including staff hostesses, Bette Davis as Mary, Lola Lane as Gabby, Isabel Jewell as Emmy Lou and Mayo Methot as Estelle) in the night club he's taken over, early in Marked Woman, 1937.

Four Daughters (1938) -- (Movie Clip) Right On The Nose Michael Curtiz directing, father (Claude Rains) conducting, Kay (Lane sister Rosemary) singing, Thea (Lola) fretting, Jane (Priscilla) cooking and Emma (Gale Page) assisting, preparing for eligible dinner guest Ben Crowley (Frank McHugh), in Four Daughters, 1938.

Hollywood Hotel (1938) -- (Movie Clip) Mona Marshall In Glamour Girl The real Mona having a tantrum, her stunt double Virginia (Rosemary Lane) has been recruited to stand-in at her premiere, featuring another Louella Parsons appearance, escorted by studio hack Bernie (Allyn Joslyn) and newly signed singer Ronnie (Dick Powell), who doesn’t know about the swap, Ronald Reagan handling introductions, in Warner Bros.’ Hollywood Hotel, 1938.

Hollywood Hotel -- (Movie Clip) Opening Credits Opening credits from Warner Bros.' Hollywood Hotel, 1938, directed by Busby Berkeley, starring Dick Powell and Lola and Rosemary Lane, songs by Dick Whiting and Johnny Mercer.

Daughters Courageous (1939) -- (Movie Clip) Not Enough Enthusiasm Happy mayhem at the Carmel, Ca home of the the Masters sisters, Lola Lane as Linda, Gale Page as Cora, Rosemary Lane as Tinka, greeting Jeffrey Lynn as playwright Johnny, who’s really there to see Buff (Priscilla Lane), May Robson as Penny, early in the non-sequel to Four Daughters(1938), Daughters Courageous, 1939.

Daughters Courageous (1939) -- (Movie Clip) A Well Brought-Up Mother Fay Bainter is mom to the Masters sisters (Lola Lane, Priscilla Lane, Rosemary Lane and Gale Page) of Carmel, Ca, indirectly informing them that Sam, the landlord, has proposed, early in Warner Bros.’ same-cast but not-sequel to the hit Four Daughters from the previous year, Daughters Courageous, 1939.

Daughters Courageous (1939) -- (Movie Clip) Who's Head Of The Family Landlord Sam (Donald Crisp), his proposal accepted by Mrs. Masters (Fay Bainter) is joining the girls (Priscilla Lane, Lola Lane, Rosemary Lane and Gale Page) for a first meal when maid Penny (May Robson) announces dad Jim (Claude Rains), appearing for the first time in 20 years, in Daughters Courageous, 1939.

Deadline At Dawn (1946) -- (Movie Clip) The Sailor Took It Blind "Sleepy" (Marvin Miller) having walked upstairs during credits, woozy Edna (Lola Lane) finds the money she owes him gone, from a story by Cornell Woolrich, script by Clifford Odets, the only film by noted stage director Harold Clurman, Deadline At Dawn, 1946, starring Susan Hayward.

Four Daughters (1938) -- (Movie Clip) Genius In The Famiiy Opening introducing father Adrian Lemp (Claude Rains) then all four girls (Lane sisters, Priscilla as "Ann" on violin, Rosemary, vocal, as "Kay", Lola, as "Thea" on piano, and Gale Page, as "Emma," on harp), and May Robson as "Aunt Etta," from the Warner Bros. hit Four Daughters, 1938.

Marked Woman -- (Movie Clip) Open, Johnny Opening credits and first scene entering the "Club Intime," as gangster Johnny (Eduardo Cianelli) moves in, from Marked Woman, 1937, starring Bette Davis and Humphrey Bogart.

Girls of the Road -- (Movie Clip) Next County Line Vagrant girls including Kay (Ann Dvorak) and Mickey (Helen Mack) who seems rightly freaked about boarding a train, leading to some compelling shots from director Nick Grinde in Girls of the Road, 1940.

Girls of the Road -- (Movie Clip) Debu-Tramps Incognito do-gooder Kay (Ann Dvorak) and pal Mickey (Helen Mack) enter an ad hoc girls' camp under the thumb of witty Elly (Lola Lane) in the social-drama exploitation hybrid Girls of the Road, 1940.

Family

Leota Lane

Sister

Actor.

Rosemary Lane

Sister

Actor.

Priscilla Lane

Sister

Actor.

Companions

Lew Ayres

Husband

Actor. Married in 1931; divorced in 1933.

Alexander Hall

Husband

Director.

Henry Clay Dunham

Husband

Roland West

Husband

Director. Died in 1952.

Robert Hanlon

Husband

Fifth husband; married in 1955.

Bibliography

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