Rosemary Lane
Biography
Rosemary Lane was an American actress and singer known for performing with her sisters Lola and Priscilla as the Lane Sisters and for singing with Fred Waring's Pennsylvanians. Raised in Indianola, Iowa, she took dance lessons in Des Moines as a child and first appeared professionally there in 1930. She settled in New York in 1932, joined Waring's orchestra, and moved to Hollywood when the band was hired for Varsity Show in 1937, in which she and Priscilla had feature parts. She later co-starred with Lola in Hollywood Hotel and appeared in Gold Diggers in Paris. Her films included Four Daughters (1938), Daughters Courageous, Four Wives, Four Mothers, and The Oklahoma Kid (1939). Reviewers responded well to her work in The Boys from Syracuse in 1940. In 1941 she took a leading role on Broadway in Best Foot Forward. Her last film was Sing Me a Song of Texas in 1945. Lane died in 1974.
61years old at death
- Born Indianola
- Died Woodland Hills
- Star sign: AriesThe sign runs March 21 to April 19
- Rosemary Mullican (birth name)
Movie Career
- Films
- 3
- Career span
- 1 year1938 to 1939
Every film, newest first
- 1939The Oklahoma KidIMDb rating 6.4
- 1939The Return of Doctor XIMDb rating 5.7
- 1938Four DaughtersIMDb rating 6.9
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Beyond film
Lane took a rare path for a movie actress of her time when she became a Broadway star in Best Foot Forward, playing Gale Joy. The musical opened at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre on October 1, 1941, and ran for 326 performances.
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Worked with
Rosemary Lane shares two films with Humphrey Bogart, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Michael CurtizDirector, 1 film, 1938
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