Grace Jones

She appeared in the September 1987 issue of Playboy magazine.
. Earlier in her acting career, she starred alongside future governor of California Arnold Schwarzenegger and NBA legend Wilt Chamberlain in 1984's Conan the Destroyer. She died from lung cancer in Andover, Massachusetts. She later had a role in the 1992 Eddie Murphy film Boomerang. Priscilla never acted after her retirement but made a comeback as a hostess for a Boston talk show some years later. She was a Bond girl in A View to a Kill, a 1985 movie in the James Bond series of films. Rosemary died from diabetes and pulmonary obstruction in Woodland Hills, California.

Later, she recorded hip-hop flavored dance music. Lola married five times, and was married for two years to the actor Lew Ayres. She died of arterial disease in Santa Barbara, California. Musically, she began singing disco, then moved on into quirky pop and reggae, featuring big names in Jamaican music on albums such as Nightclubbing. Leota married once, and died in Glendale, California. She gained a reputation for temperament after she physically attacked British chat show host, Russell Harty, because he turned his back on her to speak to another guest. Despite Priscilla's initial success, by the end of the decade each of the sisters had retired from films. Jones is known for her post-modern costuming and performance, at which she dressed in men's clothing and gorilla suits. Leota's attempt at a film career had failed completely.

Grace Jones (May 19, 1952) born Grace Mendoza, in Spanish Town, Kingston, Jamaica; 1948 and 1954 have also been listed as her year of birth) is a model, singer and actress. She was cast in such successes as Alfred Hitchcock's Saboteur (1942) and Arsenic and Old Lace (1944), but while her career was building, Rosemary and Lola were finding the quality and frequency of their roles steadily decreasing. Universal Masters Collection (Universal) 2003. She was considered for the role of Melanie in Gone With The Wind, and although she did not won the role, she impressed several producers. Private Life: The Compass Point Sessions (Island) 1998. For that reason she was able to emerge as a personality in her own right. Bulletproof Heart (Capitol) 1989. While the sisters were all regarded as beautiful, Priscilla conveyed the softest and most wholesome quality, and was also seen as having the most natural talent.

Inside Story (Manhattan) 1986. By this time Priscilla was being recognised for her individual potential. Slave to the Rhythm (Manhattan/Island) 1985. Daughter's Courageous, and Four Wives, (both 1939), and Four Mothers (1941) were popular successes. Island Life (Island) 1985 - collected singles. The three Lane Sisters were promoted as "The Picture of American Girlhood" and the film was a great success, leading to more joint film appearances by the three sisters in sequels. Living My Life (Island) 1982. The film was released in 1938 as Four Daughters with the fourth sister played by Gail Patrick.

Nightclubbing (Island) 1981. Each was tested for the roles of the four sisters, with only Leota being rejected as unsuitable. Warm Leatherette (Island) 1980. The following year Davis was offered a role in the film version of Fannie Hurst's novel Sister Act and when she turned down the part, Lola suggested to Jack Warner that the Lane Sisters would be suitable. Muse (Island) 1979. In the same year Lola played a strong supporting role in the Bette Davis crime melodrama Marked Woman, as the type of hardboiled character that exemplified many of her later roles with Warner Brothers. Fame (Island) 1978. She and Rosemary made their film debuts together in Varsity Show in 1937.

Portfolio (Island) 1977. In 1937 Priscilla was signed to a contract with Warner Brothers Studios. First performing as a quartet with a dance band in 1932, the sisters toured the United States, and gradually their popularity grew. By 1932 she had joined her three younger sisters to form a singing act. Lola began her career as an actress in 1929 and made several films during the early 1930s.

They changed their names from Mullican when they began their careers. Lola was born in Macy, Indiana and Leota, Rosemary, and Priscilla were born in Indianola, Iowa. The sisters were Lola (May 21, 1906 - June 22, 1981), Leota (? - 1913 - July 25,1963), Rosemary (April 4, 1914 - November 25, -1974), and Priscilla (June 12, 1915 - April 4, 1995). The Lane Sisters were four siblings who achieved success during the 1930s as a singing act, with their popularity leading to a series of successful films.