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Priscilla Alden

Heavyset character actress Priscilla Diane Alden was born on June 27, 1939 in San Francisco, California. Alden moved with her family to Santa Barbara, where she attended high school and graduated from UC Santa Barbara. After receiving a master's degree in English literature from the University of Montana, Priscilla returned to the Bay Area to enroll in the School of Drama at San Francisco State College. Alden acted throughout the 1970's, 80's, and 90's in an eclectic array of stage productions in such venues as the Magic Theatre, Theatre Rhinoceros, and the One Act Theatre Company. Moreover, in 1982 Priscilla won the Bay Area Theatre Critics Award for her performance as Lady Bracknell in a stage production of "Earnest in Love" at the Lamplighters theatre and appeared at times as a spear carrier in operas. Alden achieved her greatest enduring cult cinema popularity with her unforgettable portrayal of obese and unhinged compulsive eater serial killer Ethal Janowski in Criminally Insane (1975). She was likewise memorable as the equally deranged and dangerous Edith Mortley in Death Nurse (1987). Priscilla died at age 68 from complications of diabetes on August 24, 2007 in her home in San Francisco, California.


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Born:
Jun 27, 1939 In San Francisco, California, USA
Movie/TV Credits:
9
First Appeared:
In the movie Criminally Insane 1975-07-12
Latest Project:
Movie Nine Months 1995-07-12
Known For
Poster of Death Nurse 2
Poster of Death Nurse
Poster of Criminally Insane 2
Poster of .357 Magnum
Filmography
Movie Nine Months Older Woman 1995-07-12
Movie Quest of the Delta Knights Old Woman 1993-10-01
Movie Stolen: One Husband Court Clerk 1990-11-18
Movie Death Nurse 2 Edith Mortley 1988-01-01
Movie Criminally Insane 2 Ethel Janowski 1987-01-01
Movie Death Nurse Edith Mortley 1987-01-01
Movie Birdy Waiting Room Lady 1984-12-14
Movie .357 Magnum Esther 1977-01-20
Movie Criminally Insane Ethel Janowski 1975-07-12