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Priscilla Alden

Priscilla Alden

Actor

Born June 27, 1939 in San Francisco, California, USA

Died August 24, 2007

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Character actress Priscilla Diane Alden, known for her heavyset appearance, was born on June 27, 1939, in San Francisco, California. She relocated with her family to Santa Barbara, where she completed high school and graduated from UC Santa Barbara. Alden earned a master's degree in English literature from the University of Montana before returning to the Bay Area to study at the School of Drama at San Francisco State College. Throughout the 1970s, 80s, and 90s, she performed in a wide variety of stage productions at venues including the Magic Theatre, Theatre Rhinoceros, and the One Act Theatre Company. In 1982, Priscilla received the Bay Area Theatre Critics Award for her role as Lady Bracknell in "Earnest in Love" at the Lamplighters Theatre and occasionally appeared as a spear carrier in operas. Alden gained lasting cult film fame for her role as the obese, unhinged compulsive eater and serial killer Ethel Janowski in Criminally Insane (1975). She was also notable for her portrayal of the equally disturbed and dangerous Edith Mortley in Death Nurse (1987). Priscilla Alden passed away at age 68 due to complications from diabetes on August 24, 2007, at her home in San Francisco, California.

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Death Nurse Trailer Slasher // Video

"ETHEL PUT THAT GOD DAMN KNIFE DOWN NOW!!!" ['Crazy Fat Ethel 2'/'Criminally Insane 2' scene - 1987]

Crazy Fat Ethel II - Fan Cut

Blu-ray Promo Trailer

Filmography

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A Tribute to Priscilla Alden Documentary2012

The Turn of the Screw Poster

The Turn of the Screw Feature Film2003Mrs. Grose

Nash Bridges Poster

Nash Bridges TV Series1996Nurse Rachet

Nine Months Poster

Nine Months Feature Film1995Older Woman

Quest of the Delta Knights Poster

Quest of the Delta Knights Video1993Old woman

Dying Young Poster

Dying Young Feature Film1991Nurse

Stolen: One Husband Poster

Stolen: One Husband TV Movie1990Court Clerk

Death Nurse 2 Poster

Death Nurse 2 Video1988Edith Mortley R.N.

Midnight Caller Poster

Midnight Caller TV Series1988Elderly Woman

Criminally Insane 2 Poster

Criminally Insane 2 Feature Film1987Ethel Janowski

Death Nurse Poster

Death Nurse Video1987Edith Mortley R.N.

Birdy Feature Film1984Waiting Room Lady

Please Please Me Feature Film1978Psychiatrist

.357 Magnum Poster

.357 Magnum Feature Film1977Esther

Rocket to Mars Poster

Rocket to Mars Feature Film1977Dr. Brona

Criminally Insane Poster

Criminally Insane Feature Film1975Ethel Janowski

Sodom and Gomorrah: The Last Seven Days Feature Film1975Townsperson

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Crazy Fat Ethel Poster

Crazy Fat Ethel Feature Film2016

A Tribute to Priscilla Alden Documentary2012

Behind the Green Door: the Sequel Feature Film1986

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