Priscilla Alden

Born: 1939-06-27

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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Nine Months

as Older Woman
Released: 1995-07-12

When he finds out his longtime girlfriend is pregnant, a commitment-phobe realizes he might have...

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Birdy

as Waiting Room Lady
Released: 1984-12-14

Two young men are seriously affected by the Vietnam War. One of them has always been obsessed...

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Criminally Insane

as Ethel Janowski
Released: 1975-07-12

An obese woman recently released from an insane asylum kills anyone who attempts to get her to...

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Criminally Insane 2

as Ethel Janowski
Released: 1987-01-01

A mental hospital, faced with a severe decrease in funding, is forced to release mass-murderer...

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Quest of the Delta Knights

as Old Woman
Released: 1993-10-01

A secret society, the Delta Knights, attempts to save a medieval society from the evil over-lady.

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Death Nurse

as Edith Mortley
Released: 1987-01-01

Shady Palms Clinic, a place where nurse Edith Mortley and her brother Dr. Gordon Mortley take...

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Death Nurse 2

as Edith Mortley
Released: 1988-01-01

That crazy killer nurse is at it again! Edith Mortley continues to slay more and more...

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Stolen: One Husband

as Court Clerk
Released: 1990-11-18

An angry wife seeks revenge against her philandering entrepreneur husband who left her for a...

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.357 Magnum

as Esther
Released: 1977-01-20

American Jonathan "Johnny" Hightower works as a contract secret agent and his favorite tool is...

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Sodom and Gomorrah: The Last Seven Days

as Townsperson
Released: 1975-09-01

After returning from Egypt, Abraham and his nephew Lot separate and Lot settles outside of Sodom...

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