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Lola Lane

Lola Lane

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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".

Checking Out: Grand Hotel

2004

as Self (archive footage)

They Made Me a Killer

1946

as Betty Ford

Deadline at Dawn

1946

as Edna Bartelli

Why Girls Leave Home

1945

as Irene Mitchell

Steppin' in Society

1945

as The Duchess

Identity Unknown

1945

as Wanda

Buckskin Frontier

1943

as Rita Molyneaux

Lost Canyon

1942

as Laura Clark

Miss V from Moscow

1942

as Vera Marova

Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6

1942

as Herself

Mystery Ship

1941

as Patricia Marshall

Four Mothers

1941

as Thea Lemp Crowley

Girls of the Road

1940

as Ellie

Gangs of Chicago

1940

as June Whitaker

Zanzibar

1940

as Jan Browning

Convicted Woman

1940

as Hazel Wren

Four Wives

1939

as Thea Lemp Crowley

Daughters Courageous

1939

as Linda Masters

Four Daughters

1938

as Thea Lemp

Mr. Chump

1938

as Jane Mason

When Were You Born

1938

as Nita Kenton

Torchy Blane in Panama

1938

as Torchy Blane

Hollywood Hotel

1938

as Mona Marshall

The Sheik Steps Out

1937

as Phyllis 'Flip' Murdock

Marked Woman

1937

as Dorothy "Gabby" Marvin

In Paris, A.W.O.L.

1936

as Lola

His Night Out

1935

as Lola

Death from a Distance

1935

as Kay Palmer

Alias Mary Dow

1935

as Minnie

Murder on a Honeymoon

1935

as Phyllis La Font

Ticket to a Crime

1934

as Peggy Cummings

Port of Lost Dreams

1934

as Molly Deshon / Molly Clark Christensen

Burn 'Em Up Barnes

1934

as Marjorie Temple

The Woman Condemned

1934

as Jane Merrick

Public Stenographer

1934

as Ann McNair

Ex-Bad Boy

1931

as Letta Lardo

Hell Bound

1931

as Platinum Reed

The Costello Case

1930

as Mollie

Good News

1930

as Pat

The Big Fight

1930

as Shirley

Let's Go Places

1930

as Marjorie Lorraine

The Voice of Hollywood No. 5

1930

as Self

The Girl from Havana

1929

as Joan Anders

Fox Movietone Follies of 1929

1929

as Lila Beaumont

Speakeasy

1929

as Alice Woods