---
name: "Priscilla Presley"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/priscilla-presley"
fi1m_id: "priscilla-presley"
imdb_id: "nm0001636"
tmdb_id: 12949
wikidata_id: "Q234773"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "24 May 1945"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 79
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-04T23:42:37.904847+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Priscilla Presley

## Identity

Priscilla Presley

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/priscilla-presley
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** priscilla-presley
- **IMDb ID:** nm0001636
- **TMDB ID:** 12949
- **Wikidata ID:** Q234773
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Priscilla_Presley, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q234773, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001636/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/12949

Actor. Born 24 May 1945 in New York City, New York, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 24 May 1945, New York City, New York, USA
- **Active:** 1988–present
- **Also known as:** Priscilla Beaulieu Presley, Priscilla Ann Presley, پریسیلا پریسلی, Прісцилла Енн Преслі
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 5: 3 acting, 1 writing, 1 other
- **Frequently works with:** [David Zucker](https://film.one/person/david-zucker.md), [George Kennedy](https://film.one/person/george-kennedy.md), [Leslie Nielsen](https://film.one/person/leslie-nielsen.md), [O. J. Simpson](https://film.one/person/o-j-simpson.md), [Pat Proft](https://film.one/person/pat-proft.md), [Robert K. Weiss](https://film.one/person/robert-k-weiss.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 79, as actor, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 88 (1), 1990s 72 (1), 2020s 77 (3)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 79 to 76 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 2 of 2 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Comedy 3, Crime 3, Action 1
- **Screen time:** 4 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $447m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Priscilla_Presley, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q234773, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001636/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/12949

## Streaming the US now

- **Hulu:** [*The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!*](https://film.one/film/the-naked-gun-from-the-files-of-police-squad.md) (88), [*The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear*](https://film.one/film/the-naked-gun-212-the-smell-of-fear.md) (72)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Fi1m on Priscilla Presley

> Priscilla Presley makes broad comedy funnier by behaving as though nothing peculiar is happening. Her unflustered work opposite Leslie Nielsen in *The Naked Gun* is a considerable pleasure, and a lesson in leaving a joke alone.

Priscilla Presley keeps a straight face while the film around her becomes ridiculous. As Jane Spencer in David Zucker’s *The Naked Gun* (1988), she acts as though she has been hired for an ordinary film, and nobody has thought to tell her otherwise. We laughed at that untroubled seriousness beside Leslie Nielsen’s solemn detective. She gives him space, but her own apparent faith in what is happening makes the silliness funnier.

The route to that performance ran through *Dallas*, where she played Jenna Wade from 1983 to 1988. The poise and self-reliance she brought to that role proved useful when the material changed from soap opera to parody. Presley had no previous comedy experience when she was cast in *The Naked Gun*, a quality the filmmakers deliberately wanted. It is easy to see why: an actor busy demonstrating a sense of humour would have been less useful here.

Zucker surrounds her with actors who are equally willing to stay serious. Ricardo Montalban and George Kennedy share the business of treating the nonsense as ordinary, while composer Ira Newborn’s music treats Nielsen’s Drebin with the respect he expects. Presley fits that company because she does not keep asking us to admire her timing. The supporting cast leaves Nielsen room without leaving him to supply every laugh, and her restraint is part of why the comedy works so reliably.

She returned as Jane in *The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear* (1991) and *Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult* (1994). Those returns make the part central to her screen work, though the first film supplies the strongest evidence for our view of her. Its crude, elderly jokes are a reminder that playing things straight cannot make every gag worth keeping. Start with the 1988 film, and watch how rarely she asks to be noticed.

## Biography

Priscilla Presley is an American actress and businesswoman. Born on 24 May 1945 in New York City, she began studying acting while married to Elvis Presley.

She portrayed Jane Spencer in the Naked Gun film series, beginning with *The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!* (1988), followed by *The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear* (1991) and *Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult* (1994), and appeared in the 2025 film. She also played Jenna Wade in the television series *Dallas* (1983–1988).

Presley co-founded and chaired Elvis Presley Enterprises, which opened Graceland as a public museum in 1982.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, biography.com, britannica.com, thenakedgun.fandom.com.*

## On Fi1m (5)

### Performed in (3) — the average rests on these

- *The Naked Gun* (2025), Fi1m 77, as Jane Spencer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-naked-gun.md)
- *The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear* (1991), Fi1m 72, as Jane Spencer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-naked-gun-212-the-smell-of-fear.md)
- *The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!* (1988), Fi1m 88, as Jane Spencer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-naked-gun-from-the-files-of-police-squad.md)

### Wrote (1)

- *Priscilla* (2023), Fi1m 74, Book, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/priscilla.md)

### Also credited (1) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited

- *EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert* (2026), Fi1m 81, as Self (archive footage) — [page](https://film.one/film/epic-elvis-presley-in-concert.md)

## Complete filmography (24)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Naked Gun* (2025), as Jane Spencer — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/the-naked-gun.md)
- *Return of the King: The Fall and Rise of Elvis Presley* (2024), Producer
- *Priscilla* (2023), Book, Executive Producer — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/priscilla.md)
- *Agent Elvis* (2023), series, as Priscilla Presley (voice) · Executive Producer, Creator
- *Christmas at Graceland: Home for the Holidays* (2019), as Priscilla Presley
- *Wedding at Graceland* (2019), as Priscilla Presley
- *Elvis Presley: The Searcher* (2018), series, Executive Producer
- *Hayley Wagner, Star* (1999), as Sue Wagner
- *Finding Graceland* (1998), Executive Producer
- *Breakfast with Einstein* (1998), as Keelin · Executive Producer
- *Spin City* (1996), series, as Marie Paterno
- *Touched by an Angel* (1994), series, as Dr. Meg Salter
- *Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult* (1994), as Jane Spencer
- *Melrose Place* (1992), series, as Nurse Benson
- *The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear* (1991), as Jane Spencer — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/the-naked-gun-212-the-smell-of-fear.md)
- *The Adventures of Ford Fairlane* (1990), as Colleen Sutton
- *Elvis* (1990), series, Executive Producer, Creator
- *Tales from the Crypt* (1989), series, as Gina
- *The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!* (1988), as Jane Spencer — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/the-naked-gun-from-the-files-of-police-squad.md)
- *Elvis and Me* (1988), Book
- *Elvis and Me* (1988), series, Book, Executive Producer
- *Elvis Presley’s Graceland* (1984), Actor
- *Love is Forever* (1983), as Sandy Redford
- *Dallas* (1978), series, as Jenna Wade

## Gallery

- ![Priscilla Presley](https://film.one/media/person/119360/gallery-f61bb0c278e8.jpg) Priscilla Presley — See Li from London, UK, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/af/Priscilla_Presley_2014.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Priscilla Presley and her family at her daughter's Lisa Marie Presley's funeral (2023)](https://film.one/media/person/119360/gallery-3c08425ed785.jpg) Priscilla Presley and her family at her daughter's Lisa Marie Presley's funeral (2023) — ruthdaniel3444, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/1-22-23_The_family_at_Lisa%27s_memorial_service._Finley_with_Priscilla%2C_Navarone%2C_Danny%2C_Michael_with_hat_on_in_back%2C_Ben_Smith_Peterson%2C_Riley%27s_husband.jpg/1280px-1-22-23_The_family_at_Lisa%27s_memorial_service._Finley_with_Priscilla%2C_Navarone%2C_Danny%2C_Michael_with_hat_on_in_back%2C_Ben_Smith_Peterson%2C_Riley%27s_husband.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Priscilla in 2022](https://film.one/media/person/119360/gallery-78124c7a5a4e.jpg) Priscilla in 2022 — ruthdaniel3444, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0d/1-8-22_Priscilla.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Priscilla in 2022](https://film.one/media/person/119360/gallery-adc605b227fa.jpg) Priscilla in 2022 — ruthdaniel3444, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/1-8-22_Priscilla_%282%29.jpg/1280px-1-8-22_Priscilla_%282%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Priscilla Presley](https://film.one/media/person/119360/gallery-f0a53be8ca56.jpg) Priscilla Presley — Image via TMDB
- ![Priscilla Presley](https://film.one/media/person/119360/gallery-54e9cb897361.jpg) Priscilla Presley — Image via TMDB
- ![Priscilla Presley](https://film.one/media/person/119360/gallery-a3e159f43295.jpg) Priscilla Presley — Image via TMDB
- ![Presley in 2022](https://film.one/media/person/119360/gallery-8530e9013331.jpg) Presley in 2022 — ruthdaniel3444, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/1-8-22_Priscilla_Presley_at_BD_Pops_concert.jpg/1280px-1-8-22_Priscilla_Presley_at_BD_Pops_concert.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Priscilla in 2022](https://film.one/media/person/119360/gallery-31d4996b1f36.jpg) Priscilla in 2022 — ruthdaniel3444, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/1-8-22_Tom_Brown_%26_Priscilla_Presley_-_Conversations.jpg/1280px-1-8-22_Tom_Brown_%26_Priscilla_Presley_-_Conversations.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Priscilla Presley](https://film.one/media/person/119360/gallery-47c6c7113434.jpg) Priscilla Presley — Image via TMDB
- ![Priscilla Presley](https://film.one/media/person/119360/gallery-89c56b4dcd91.jpg) Priscilla Presley — Image via TMDB
- ![Priscilla Presley](https://film.one/media/person/119360/gallery-43ccb37776b6.jpg) Priscilla Presley — Image via TMDB

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