Priscilla Dean

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Priscilla Dean

Priscilla Dean, 1922
Born (1896-11-25)November 25, 1896
New York City, New York, U.S.
Died December 27, 1987(1987-12-27) (aged 91)
Leonia, New Jersey, U.S.
Occupation Actress
Years active 1912—1932
Spouse(s) Leslie Arnold
Wheeler Oakman

Priscilla Dean (November 25, 1896 – December 27, 1987) was an American actress popular in silent film as well as in theatre.

Life and career

Born in New York to an active theatrical family (her mother was popular stage actress Mary Preston Dean), Priscilla Dean made her stage debut at the age of four, appearing in plays starring her parents. From then on, she pursued her stage career at the same time as being educated at a convent school until the age of fourteen. Following her leave from school, Priscilla went to work on stage, then tried to get into the movies.

Dean made her film debut at the age of fourteen in one-reelers for Biograph and several other studios. She was finally signed on to Universal in 1911. She soon gained popularity as the female lead in the comedy series of Eddie Lyons and Lee Moran.

She was propelled to stardom after she appeared in The Gray Ghost in 1917. Following this film, she became very successful in her work. However, when the age of sound dawned, Priscilla's career was severely damaged. She continued to do several low-budget films for minor independent studios during the '30s, but never regained the popularity she had earned in silent films.

She married Wheeler Oakman, who was also under contract at Universal and appeared in The Virgin of Stamboul and Outside the Law with Priscilla. They divorced in the mid-1920s, and at the end of the decade, she married Leslie Arnold, who was famous as one of the "Around The World Flyers." They remained married until his death in the 1960s. She never had children.

Priscilla Dean died in Leonia, New Jersey at the age of 91 on December 27, 1987 from injuries related to a fall she had suffered the previous September.

Filmography

Silent

  • A Blot on the 'Scutcheon (1912)(short)
  • He Had But Fifty Cents (1912)(short)
  • The Man Who Wouldn't Marry (1913)(short)
  • Mother (1914)(short)
  • The Heiress and the Crook (1914)(short)
  • Oh, for the Life of a Fireman (1916)(short)
  • Bungling Bill's Burglar (1916)(short)
  • Igorrotes' Crocodiles and a Hat Box (1916)(short)
  • Heaven Will Protect a Woiking Goil (1916)(short)(*extant;Library of Congress)
  • Love, Dynamite and Baseballs (1916)(short)
  • More Truth Than Poetry (1916)(short)
  • Bungling Bill's Peeping Ways (1916)(short)
  • Search Me! (1916)(short)
  • The Social Pirates (1916)(short)
  • The Lion Hearted Chief (1916)(short)
  • Knocking Out Knockout Kelly (1916)(short)
  • Caught with the Goods (1916)(short)(extant;Library of Congress)
  • Beer Must Go Down (1916)(short)
  • He Maid Me (1916)(short)
  • All bets Off (1916)(short)
  • The Battle of Chili Con Carne (1916)(short)
  • Broke But Ambitious (1916)(short)
  • The Terrible Turk (1916)(short)
  • Tigers Unchained (1916)(short)
  • The Boy from the Gilded East (1916)(short)
  • Nobody Guilty (1916)(short)
  • A Silly Sultan (1916)(short)
  • Model 46 (1916)(short)
  • With the Spirit's Help (1916)(short)
  • When the Spirits Fell (1916)(short)
  • Almost Guilty (1916)(short)
  • His Own Nemesis (1916)(short)
  • The Barfly (1916)(short)
  • Love and a Liar (1916)(short)
  • A Political Tramp (1916)(short)
  • Knights of a Bathtub (1916)(short)
  • How Do You Feel? (1916)(short)
  • The White Turkey (1916)(short)
  • Pass the Prunes (1916)(short)
  • Two Small Town Romeos (1916)(short)
  • It Sounded Like a Kiss (1916)(short)
  • The Bad Man of Cheyenne (1917)(short)
  • Treat 'Em Rough (1917)(short)
  • Why Uncle! (1917)(short)
  • Goin' Straight (1917)(short)

Sound

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