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Considers her work with Leslie Nielsen in the Naked Gun trilogy the highlights of her acting career. They had a riot recreating the Patrick Swayze/Demi Moore pottery scene from Ghost - Nachricht von Sam (1990) in Die nackte Kanone 2 1/2 (1991).

Due to the protective lifestyle she lived as Elvis's wife, she never actually signed a check until she was 29 years old.

Has 2 children: daughter, Lisa Marie Presley (February 1, 1968 - January 12, 2023) with ex-husband, Elvis Presley & son, Navarone Garibaldi Garcia (b. March 1, 1987) with ex-boyfriend, Marco Garibaldi.

Met future husband Elvis Presley in Bad Nauheim, Germany in 1959 when she was fourteen years old. They started living together in 1962.

Studied karate with Chuck Norris in L.A. and Kang Rhee in Memphis.

Former father-in-law Vernon Presley appointed Priscilla as executor of his son's estate in 1979, thereby giving her licensing to Elvis' name, image and likeness. Through legal maneuvering, she removed Colonel Tom Parker's hold over any of her ex-husband's assets and in 1981, incorporated Elvis Presley Enterprises, Inc. (EPE). Graceland opened for tours a year later. Priscilla relinquished duties as chairman of the board to daughter Lisa Marie in 1998 and now serves in an advisory position. In 2004, Lisa Marie sold 85% interest in the company for a $100 million payout, retaining sole ownership of Graceland as well as Elvis' personal effects.

The song "Personal Jesus" by Depeche Mode was inspired by Priscilla's 1985 autobiography.

Walked Lisa Marie Presley down the aisle at her wedding to Michael Lockwood. (22. Januar 2006)

Was, very briefly, the mother-in-law of singer Michael Jackson.

Stepfather Paul Beaulieu passed away January 4, 2018, eight months shy of what would've been his 70th wedding anniversary with her mother, Ann Beaulieu.

Is a celebrity advocate for the Humane Society of the United States' Animal Rescue Team.

In 1988, she left Dallas (1978) after five seasons because she became unhappy with the direction of the series and her character.

A successful boutique owner in 1973-76, clients included Carol Burnett, Victoria Principal, Liza Minnelli, Lana Turner, Julie Christie, Natalie Wood, Suzanne Pleshette, Barbra Streisand, Cher, Dyan Cannon, Michelle Phillips, Diana Ross, Mary Tyler Moore and Jill Ireland.

Began modeling while living in West Germany.

Rejected offer to play female lead in James Bond film James Bond 007 - Im Angesicht des Todes (1985).

Split with boyfriend of 22 years, Marco Garibaldi, in April 2006.

Serves as Ambassador of the Dream Foundation, a Santa Barbara-based wish-granting organization for terminally ill adults.

Grandmother of Riley Keough, Benjamin Keough, Harper Lockwood and Finley Lockwood.

Won an August 1998 defamation judgment against Currie Grant, a retired U.S. airman who claimed they had sex in 1959 before he introduced her to Elvis. In 2005, she considered suing photographer Terry O'Neill for his claim that they had an affair in the mid-'70s.

Her father, Ensign James Frederick Wagner, was a Naval submariner and later a pilot during World War II, having enlisted for six years in December 1940, just one year before America entered the war. Although war had officially ended by November 3, 1945, Wagner was still on active duty as a pilot when he was killed when his single-engine, two-seat SNJ Navy training plane crashed near the border of New York and Connecticut.

She was born to Anna Lillian (Iversen) and James Frederick Wagner. Her biological father James Wagner was killed in a plane crash when she was six months old. She was formally adopted at age five, by her mother's second husband, Paul Beaulieu, and took on his surname.

Elected to the board of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. (11. September 2000)

Launched worldwide line of bed linens in 2006, partnered with Australian designer Bruno Schiavi. Also has a furniture line called the Priscilla Presley Home Collection.

Lived with Marco Garibaldi from 1984 to 2006.

As of January 2017 she was dating Tom Jones.

Protested alongside Kim Basinger, Donna D'Errico and Elizabeth Daily at the Korean Consulate General in Los Angeles to end canine meat trade. (Juli 2018)

Media reports that she left Scientology were immediately denied by her publicist. (22. Oktober 2017)

Turned down a main role on the television series Drei Engel für Charlie (1976).

Ex-mother-in-law of Nicolas Cage, Danny Keough and Michael Lockwood.

She was named godmother of the largest steamboat ever built, American Queen, christened 27 April 2012 at its home port of Memphis, Tenn.

By age 10 she had attended six schools.

In 2006, when still a vocal Scientologist, she helped inaugurate the Narconon Stone Hawk Rehabilitation Center in Albion, Michigan. Narconon is based on principles developed by science fiction writer L. Ron Hubbard, the founder of Scientology, and is "capable of eliminating the very cravings that drive addicts in recovery back to drugs," Presley said in a statement. Both her children have battled substance abuse.

Pursued the role of Susan Atwell in No Way Out - Es gibt kein Zurück (1987) which eventually went to Sean Young.

She was named after actress Priscilla Lane.

Hal B. Wallis, a Hollywood producer who financed several of Elvis' early films, was interested in signing Priscilla to a contract. Elvis, however, had no intentions of allowing his wife to have a career of any kind; in his opinion, albeit a very common one at the time, "a woman's place is in the home looking after her man".

Had long-term relationships with karate champion Mike Stone, male model Michael Edwards and television producer Nigel Lythgoe. Other past consorts include lawyer Robert Kardashian, hairdresser Elie Ezerzer, financier Kirk Kerkorian, crooner Julio Iglesias, actor Richard Gere, restaurateur Richie Palmer, variety entertainer Barry Crocker and disc jockey Toby Anstis. The ex-lover pseudonymously referred to as "Mark" in her autobiography is rumored to be dance instructor Steve Peck, but she denies it's him.

Her favorite movies are Doktor Schiwago (1965) and Vom Winde verweht (1939).

Owns two Tennessee Walking Horses, which she stables at Graceland.

Her father had German, and smaller amounts of Swiss-German, Scottish, Irish, and English, ancestry. Her maternal grandfather, Albert Henry Iversen, was an emigrant from Egersund, Rogaland, Norway. Her maternal grandmother, Lorraine Grace (Davis), was born in New London, New London Co., Connecticut, and had a Colonial American (English) lineage, with deep roots in the state.

Son, Navarone Garibaldi Garcia, fronts the rock band Them Guns.

Though originally from the East coast, she grew up primarily in Austin, Texas. Her family moved there from Maine when she was in fourth grade and left the summer before she started high school.

Made her pantomime debut as the Wicked Queen in "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" at the New Wimbledon Theatre, Wimbledon in 2012 and reprised the role at the Opera House in Manchester in 2014.

(2016-2019) Touring Europe with The Wonder of You, a concert featuring her late ex-husband's voice with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.

Has regular chemical peels to get rid of wrinkles and brown spots.

Played the genie in a pantomime production of "Aladdin" at the Milton Keynes Theatre in Buckinghamshire, UK. (Dezember 2015)

The developer of an international fragrance line since 1988. Her fragrance line including Moments, Experiences, Indian Summer, and Roses and More. Moments was worth $90 million a year in 1996.

Is portrayed by Season Hubley in Elvis - The King (1979), Susan Walters in Elvis und ich (1988), Antonia Bernath in Elvis (2005), Olivia DeJonge in Elvis (2022), and Cailee Spaeny in Priscilla (2023).

In 1983, became the third actress to play Jenna Wade on Dallas (1978), after Morgan Fairchild in 1978 and Francine Tacker in 1980.

The AutoZone Liberty Bowl chose her as its 2018 Distinguished Citizen Award winner.

Her role in Die nackte Kanone (1988) was originally offered to Bo Derek.