Rosemary Lane (actress)

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Rosemary Lane
Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, California
OccupationActress
Years active1937–1945
Spouse
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(m. 1941; div. 1954)​
Children1

Rosemary Lane (born Rosemary Mullican;[1] April 4, 1913 – November 25, 1974) was an American actress and singer. She is known for her performances with Lola and Priscilla as the Lane Sisters[2] and Fred Waring's Pennsylvanians in the 1930s, and for her film career in the 1930s to 1940s.

Early years

Rosemary was born in

Leotabel (Leota), Dorothy (Lola), Martha and Priscilla, three of whom later had careers in entertainment. As children, Rosemary and her sister Priscilla traveled to Des Moines every weekend to study dancing with Rose Lorenz, a renowned dance teacher.[4] The girls made their first professional appearance on September 30, 1930, at Des Moines' Paramount Theater. In 1930, Rosemary performed on stage as part of the entertainment accompanying the release of her sister Lola's Hollywood movie Good News. Rosemary, a member of the National Honor Society, graduated from Indianola High in 1931 and attended Simpson College for a while, playing on the freshman basketball team.[4]

In 1932 Rosemary moved with her mother to New York, where her older sisters Leota and Lola had already made their debuts on

Broadway. Fred Waring, an orchestra leader, heard Rosemary and Priscilla singing, and contracted the Lane sisters to join his band, The Pennsylvanians.[5]

Film career

Rosemary and Priscilla remained with Fred Waring for almost five years. In 1937, Waring was engaged by

Rudy Vallee
.

Priscilla, Rosemary and Lola in Four Wives (1939)

Priscilla, Rosemary, and Lola appeared as three of four sisters (the fourth being Gale Page) in Four Daughters in 1938; in the similarly themed Daughters Courageous in 1939, and in two sequels, Four Wives in 1939 and Four Mothers in 1941. She also starred in The Oklahoma Kid in 1939, playing a 'real girl of the West' who falls in love with James Cagney, while Humphrey Bogart plays the 'real villain'.[8]

Rosemary Lane in August 1940

Lane earned good reviews for The Boys from Syracuse in 1940, based on

Pacific Palisades
.

In 1942, a street in Burbank, California was named Rosemary Lane in her honour.[11]

Personal life

Lane married Hollywood makeup artist George H. "Bud" Westmore on December 28, 1941.[12] They were married for 13 years and had a daughter, Bridget Westmore.[13] The couple divorced in 1954.[14]

Death

Lane died of diabetes and pulmonary obstruction at

Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California with a grave marker finally placed in 2012.[15]

Filmography

Year Film Role Notes
1937 Varsity Show Barbara 'Babs' Steward
Hollywood Hotel Virginia Stanton
1938 Gold Diggers in Paris Kay Morrow
Four Daughters Kay Lemp
1939 Blackwell's Island Mary 'Sunny' Walsh
The Oklahoma Kid Jane Hardwick
Daughters Courageous Tinka Masters
The Return of Doctor X Joan Vance
Four Wives Kay Lemp
1940 An Angel from Texas Lydia Weston
Ladies Must Live Pat Halliday
The Boys from Syracuse Phyllis
Always a Bride Alice Bond
1941 Four Mothers Kay Lemp Forrest
Time Out for Rhythm Frances Lewis
1943 Chatterbox Carol Forrest
All by Myself Val Stevenson
Harvest Melody Gilda Parker
1944 Trocadero Judy
1945 Sing Me a Song of Texas Laurie Lang

References

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  2. ^ Erickson, Hal. "Rosemary Lane". AllMovie. Retrieved February 9, 2014.
  3. ^ "My Neat Stuff - Webporium Hall of Fame". www.myneatstuff.ca.
  4. ^ a b "The Era of Miss Betty: 1955 to 1975". Betty Hill Dance. Retrieved April 1, 2020.
  5. ^ "SINGER AND ACTRESS PRISCILLA LANE DIES". Deseret News. April 7, 1995.
  6. ^ "Rosemary Lane of Singing Lanes Dies". November 27, 1974 – via NYTimes.com.
  7. ^ Shipman, David (April 10, 1995). "Obituary: Priscilla Lane". The Independent. London. Retrieved February 9, 2014.
  8. ^ Bowling Green State University (1939). "Bee Gee News April 26, 1939" – via JSTOR. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  9. ^ "Best Foot Forward". Concord Theatricals.
  10. ^ "Rosemary Lane In "Best Foot Forward" - Hosted by Google". images.google.com.
  11. ^ Kines, Mark Tapio (October 17, 2020). "Rosemary Lane".
  12. ^ Skelton, Scott (December 1, 1998). Rod Serling's Night Gallery: An After-Hours Tour. Syracuse University Press. p. 114.
  13. ^ a b "Obituaries". Variety. Dec 4, 1974. pg. 70. Via Proquest.
  14. ^ "Bud Westmore, Makeup Artist For Movies and Television, Dies", (archives) New York Times, p.48, 26 Jun 1973.
  15. ^ Wilson, Scott. Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons, 3d ed.: 2 (Kindle Locations 25047-25048). McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. Kindle Edition.

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