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Lola Lane

Lola Lane
Lola Lane
Born: 1909 in Macy, Indiana
Died: Jun 22, 1981 in Santa Barbara, California
Occupation: Actor
Active: '30s-'40s
Major Genres: Drama, Mystery
Career Highlights: Four Daughters, Hollywood Hotel, Marked Woman
First Major Screen Credit: Fox Movietone Follies of 1929 (1929)
2 Videos for Lola Lane
Hollywood Hotel (1937) Marked Woman (1937)
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Biography:

Born Dorothy Mullican, she was playing piano at age twelve in cinemas as accompaniment to silent films. She studied at a music conservatory for two years, then went to New York with her sister Leota; they appeared in the Gus Edwards vaudeville revue and debuted on Broadway in {~Greenwich Village Follies}.

In 1928 Lola starred opposite George Jessel in Broadway's {~War Song}, after which she was signed to a film contract by Fox; she debuted onscreen in Speakeasy (1929). Until the late '30s she appeared as brassy leads, mostly in minor productions; she became more successful with a string of films in which she was cast with her sisters Priscilla and Rosemary Lane.

She retired from the screen in 1946. She was married five times; her husbands included actor Lew Ayres and directors Alexander Hall and Roland West. ~ All Movie Guide.