Trivia

Her husband, Lt. Leslie Arnold, made history by flying around the world in 1924.

Died at age 91 in Las Vegas from injuries suffered in a fall the previous September.

Came from a theatrical family and grew up around actors. Her mother was popular stage actress May Preston Dean.

After only four talkies she retired from the film business.

Close friend of Doris May. An article by Leah Fink in Pantomime Magazine (April 15, 1922, page fifteen) detailed their friendship.

She was propelled to stardom after she appeared in The Gray Ghost in 1917. Following this film, she became very successful in her work.

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.

Dean died at her home 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.

Her career ended with the arise of the sound movie. She only got roles in second class movies for small independent studios.

In 1911 she went to Universal Pictures and became a popular leading actress in comedies at Eddie Lyons' and Lee Moran's side.

In 1918 she became engaged to American fighter ace in World War I and Medal of Honor recipient Eddie Rickenbacker.

She married Leslie P. Arnold on October 6, 1928 in Tijuana, Mexico. He was famous as one of the "Around The World Flyers". He was previously married and divorced, and a court rules that his divorce was invalid, making him a bigamist. A later court decree-ruled his divorce valid. Dean and Arnold remained married until his death in the 1960s. She had no children.

She made her film debut at the age of 14 and took part in a whole string of one-act plays for Biograph.

The actress Priscilla Dean made her first appearances already as a child together with her parents at the theater.