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==Early life==
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[[File:Meeting priscilla presley (cropped).jpg|left|150px|thumb|alt=|Presley in December 2017.]]
[[File:Meeting priscilla presley (cropped).jpg|left|150px|thumb|alt=|Presley in December 2017.]]
Presley was born at Brooklyn Naval Hospital in [[Brooklyn]], [[New York City]]. <ref> https://ladypresley.tumblr.com/timeline </ref> Her maternal grandfather, Albert Henry Iversen (1899–1971), emigrated from Egersund in [[Norway]] to the United States in 1905.<ref>http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=roots-rooter&id=I11560</ref> He married Lorraine Davis (1903–1984),<ref>http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=roots-rooter&id=I11561</ref> who was of [[Scots-Irish]] and [[English people|English]] [[ancestry]]. They had three children: Albert, Jr. (March 1922), James Richard (March 1924) and Anna Lillian Iversen (March 1926). Anna was later called, or her name was changed to, Ann. She was called Rooney (short for Annie Rooney) as a child. At the age of 19, she gave birth to Priscilla.<ref name="Finstad 1997">Finstad (1997)</ref> They both still have cousins in Norway. In a letter to the City Hall of Egersund, Ann asked for information about their relatives, and wrote that Priscilla was interested in knowing about them; Priscilla's parents then visited family members in Norway in 1992.<ref>[http://www.vg.no/musikk/artikkel.php?artid=8666990 "I slekt med Elvis"]. ''[[Verdens Gang|VG NETT]]''. August 12, 2002. (The pictured woman is Priscilla's [[third cousin]])</ref>
Presley was born at Brooklyn Naval Hospital in [[Brooklyn]], [[New York City]]. <ref>{{cite web | url=https://ladypresley.tumblr.com/timeline | title=♥ ʟᴀᴅʏ ᴘʀᴇsʟᴇʏ - ʏᴏᴜʀ #1 sᴏᴜʀᴄᴇ ғᴏʀ ᴘʀɪsᴄɪʟʟᴀ ᴘʀᴇsʟᴇʏ }}</ref> Her maternal grandfather, Albert Henry Iversen (1899–1971), emigrated from Egersund in [[Norway]] to the United States in 1905.<ref>http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=roots-rooter&id=I11560</ref> He married Lorraine Davis (1903–1984),<ref>http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=roots-rooter&id=I11561</ref> who was of [[Scots-Irish]] and [[English people|English]] [[ancestry]]. They had three children: Albert, Jr. (March 1922), James Richard (March 1924) and Anna Lillian Iversen (March 1926). Anna was later called, or her name was changed to, Ann. She was called Rooney (short for Annie Rooney) as a child. At the age of 19, she gave birth to Priscilla.<ref name="Finstad 1997">Finstad (1997)</ref> They both still have cousins in Norway. In a letter to the City Hall of Egersund, Ann asked for information about their relatives, and wrote that Priscilla was interested in knowing about them; Priscilla's parents then visited family members in Norway in 1992.<ref>[http://www.vg.no/musikk/artikkel.php?artid=8666990 "I slekt med Elvis"]. ''[[Verdens Gang|VG NETT]]''. August 12, 2002. (The pictured woman is Priscilla's [[third cousin]])</ref>


She attended [[General H.H. Arnold High]] in [[Wiesbaden]], [[West Germany]].
She attended [[General H.H. Arnold High]] in [[Wiesbaden]], [[West Germany]].

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Priscilla Presley
Presley in January 2022
Born
Priscilla Ann Wagner

(1945-05-24) May 24, 1945 (age 79)
Other namesPriscilla Beaulieu
OccupationActress/Businesswoman
Years active1983–99 (acting)
1982–present (business)
Spouse
(m. 1967⁠–⁠1973)
(divorced)
Children
Websitewww.priscillapresley.com

Priscilla Presley (née Wagner) is an American actress. She is the former wife of Elvis Presley and is the mother of Lisa Marie Presley. Presley is probably most famous for her roles in the television primetime soap opera Dallas, and The Naked Gun movies with Leslie Nielson. She is also a member of Scientology.

Early life

Presley in December 2017.

Presley was born at Brooklyn Naval Hospital in Brooklyn, New York City. [1] Her maternal grandfather, Albert Henry Iversen (1899–1971), emigrated from Egersund in Norway to the United States in 1905.[2] He married Lorraine Davis (1903–1984),[3] who was of Scots-Irish and English ancestry. They had three children: Albert, Jr. (March 1922), James Richard (March 1924) and Anna Lillian Iversen (March 1926). Anna was later called, or her name was changed to, Ann. She was called Rooney (short for Annie Rooney) as a child. At the age of 19, she gave birth to Priscilla.[4] They both still have cousins in Norway. In a letter to the City Hall of Egersund, Ann asked for information about their relatives, and wrote that Priscilla was interested in knowing about them; Priscilla's parents then visited family members in Norway in 1992.[5]

She attended General H.H. Arnold High in Wiesbaden, West Germany.

References

  1. "♥ ʟᴀᴅʏ ᴘʀᴇsʟᴇʏ - ʏᴏᴜʀ #1 sᴏᴜʀᴄᴇ ғᴏʀ ᴘʀɪsᴄɪʟʟᴀ ᴘʀᴇsʟᴇʏ".
  2. http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=roots-rooter&id=I11560
  3. http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=roots-rooter&id=I11561
  4. Finstad (1997)
  5. "I slekt med Elvis". VG NETT. August 12, 2002. (The pictured woman is Priscilla's third cousin)

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