Jocelyn "Jackie" Lane (born 16 May 1937) is a former actress and model
of the 1950s and 1960s. She was married to Prince Alfonso of
Hohenlohe-Langenburg.Lane was born as Jocelyn Olga Bolton in Vienna,
Austria in 1937. She is the youngest daughter of Russian-born pianist
mother Olga Mironova and English father Briton John Bolton, who worked
for an American oil firm; he later died in a car crash in the US. She
was educated in New Rochelle, New York, in the United States. At the
age of 14, she moved to Britain, where she received dance training.
Her older sister Mara Lane was a well-known British model and actress
in the 1950s.Lane established herself as a popular model in the United
Kingdom by the time she was 18, using the pseudonym Jackie Lane. She
appeared in several British films beginning in 1955 with a travelogue
April in Portugal. One of her most striking film roles in the 1950s
was as the second female lead in These Dangerous Years (1957),
directed by Herbert Wilcox and starring Frankie Vaughan. As Lane was
confused with another actress named Jackie Lane (known for starring in
Doctor Who), she began to be credited with her full first name when
she moved to Hollywood in 1964. Her resemblance to Brigitte Bardot was
widely remarked upon. She was featured in the September 1966 issue of
Playboy magazine.
of the 1950s and 1960s. She was married to Prince Alfonso of
Hohenlohe-Langenburg.Lane was born as Jocelyn Olga Bolton in Vienna,
Austria in 1937. She is the youngest daughter of Russian-born pianist
mother Olga Mironova and English father Briton John Bolton, who worked
for an American oil firm; he later died in a car crash in the US. She
was educated in New Rochelle, New York, in the United States. At the
age of 14, she moved to Britain, where she received dance training.
Her older sister Mara Lane was a well-known British model and actress
in the 1950s.Lane established herself as a popular model in the United
Kingdom by the time she was 18, using the pseudonym Jackie Lane. She
appeared in several British films beginning in 1955 with a travelogue
April in Portugal. One of her most striking film roles in the 1950s
was as the second female lead in These Dangerous Years (1957),
directed by Herbert Wilcox and starring Frankie Vaughan. As Lane was
confused with another actress named Jackie Lane (known for starring in
Doctor Who), she began to be credited with her full first name when
she moved to Hollywood in 1964. Her resemblance to Brigitte Bardot was
widely remarked upon. She was featured in the September 1966 issue of
Playboy magazine.
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