- Born
- Birth namePriscilla Ann Wagner
- Nicknames
- Cilla
- Pris
- Satnin
- Nona
- Height5′ 4″ (1.63 m)
- Priscilla Presley's stepfather was an Air Force officer stationed in West Germany when as a teenager she met Elvis Presley in 1959, then four years into his meteoric career in rock and roll and serving with the U.S. Armed Forces. After an eight year courtship, she married him on 1 May 1967. As their marriage was winding down, she began studying karate and acting. After his death she went into business and began work in movies and TV, notably playing the part of Jenna Wade (1983-88) in the very successful series Dallas (1978). She more recently established herself as Jane Spencer in the "Naked Gun" (The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988)) movies.
- IMDb mini biography by: Ed Stephan <stephan@cc.wwu.edu>
- SpouseElvis Presley(May 1, 1967 - October 9, 1973) (divorced, 1 child)
- Children
- ParentsJames Wagner
- RelativesBenjamin Keough(Grandchild)Harper Lockwood(Grandchild)Finley Lockwood(Grandchild)Riley Keough(Grandchild)Michelle Beaulieu(Half Sibling)
- Sparkling blue eyes
- Long, jet black hair, teased into a bouffant
- Her poised, calm, cool and collected demeanor
- Soft voice
- Surreally youthful, almost geisha-like visage
- 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 (1990) in The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear (1991).
- Met future husband Elvis Presley in Bad Nauheim, Germany in 1959 when she was fourteen years old. They started living together in 1962.
- 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.
- Due to the protective lifestyle she lived as Elvis's wife, she never actually signed a check until she was 29 years old.
- 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.
- [her reaction to Suzanne Finstad's 1996 biography of her, "Child Bride"] Talk about 5 minutes [of fame]! There are people in that book I've never even heard of. That woman made me out to be some kind of prostitute. I dated. But that was just my life...
- [on marrying Elvis Presley] I was so young and naive at the time, there was just no way I could have made a success of that marriage. I realized I couldn't give him the kind of adulation he got from his fans, and he needed that adulation desperately. Without it he was nothing.
- I don't care about being a superstar, but I feel I have something to give and to share, and if I can do that and maintain my values...well, I can.
- [about her guest arc on Melrose Place (1992)] Writers had envisioned a Nurse Ratched, right out of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975). I saw her differently. There's already so much bitchiness on the show, and I didn't want to do what the audience would expect.
- [on why she won't marry Marco Garibaldi, 1988] Marriage is somewhat of a business, and as of now our relationship is not a business.
- Dallas (1978) - $30,000 per episode
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