- Her husband, Lt. Leslie Arnold, made history by flying around the world in 1924.
- Died at age 91 in Las Vegas from injuries suffered in a fall the previous September.
- Came from a theatrical family and grew up around actors. Her mother was popular stage actress May Preston Dean.
- After only four talkies she retired from the film business.
- Close friend of Doris May. An article by Leah Fink in Pantomime Magazine (April 15, 1922, page fifteen) detailed their friendship.
- She was propelled to stardom after she appeared in The Gray Ghost in 1917. Following this film, she became very successful in her work.
- She married Wheeler Oakman, who was also under contract at Universal and appeared in The Virgin of Stamboul and Outside the Law with Priscilla. They divorced in the mid-1920s.
- Dean died at her home in Leonia, New Jersey at the age of 91 on December 27, 1987, from injuries related to a fall she had suffered the previous September.
- Her career ended with the arise of the sound movie. She only got roles in second class movies for small independent studios.
- In 1911 she went to Universal Pictures and became a popular leading actress in comedies at Eddie Lyons' and Lee Moran's side.
- In 1918 she became engaged to American fighter ace in World War I and Medal of Honor recipient Eddie Rickenbacker.
- She married Leslie P. Arnold on October 6, 1928 in Tijuana, Mexico. He was famous as one of the "Around The World Flyers". He was previously married and divorced, and a court rules that his divorce was invalid, making him a bigamist. A later court decree-ruled his divorce valid. Dean and Arnold remained married until his death in the 1960s. She had no children.
- She made her film debut at the age of 14 and took part in a whole string of one-act plays for Biograph.
- The actress Priscilla Dean made her first appearances already as a child together with her parents at the theater.
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