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Like many of Coppola’s previous films, Priscilla, which stars Cailee Spaeny in the titular role, follows a teenage girl’s coming of age. At age 14, Priscilla meets the 24-year-old Elvis (played by Euphoria’s Jacob Elordi), and he comes to define her entire being, right down to her sky-high bouffant and kohl-rimmed eyes. But not forever: the film reveals how Priscilla carves out an identity outside of her famous lover. By putting the focus on Priscilla, Coppola also offers a look at a side of Elvis rarely portrayed, one that is controlling, abusive, and likely to upset the legend’s biggest fans. (Not to mention, make for a fascinating double-feature with Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis .) Olivia DeJonge portrayed Priscilla in the 2022 biopic Elvis, which starred Austin Butler as her ex-husband and gave a stylized portrayal of his career and their relationship.

Although she never remarried, Presley began living with her boyfriend and Italian screenwriter Marco Garibaldi in 1984. The couple had a son, Navaronne Garibaldi Garcia, in 1987. Ultimately, the relationship didn’t last, with Presley and Garibaldi splitting in 2006. Priscilla Presley Elected to MGM Board". Articles.latimes.com. September 12, 2000 . Retrieved March 22, 2014. a b c Presley, Priscilla (August 1973). "For the First Time... Elvis Presley's ex-wife Tells All - My Life With and Without Elvis Presley" (Interview). Interviewed by Sandra Shevey. Ladies Home Journal – via Elvis Australia - Official Elvis Presley Fan Club. In 2013, Presley spoke out against the Tennessee Ag-Gag Bill in a letter to Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam. Presley cited her and Elvis' love of horses and expressed her concern that the bill would hinder animal cruelty investigations and reduce protections for horses and other farm animals. [96] Honors [ edit ] a b "The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988)". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango . Retrieved August 3, 2019.The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988)". Metacritic. CBS Interactive . Retrieved August 3, 2019. On September 13, 1959, 14-year old Priscilla Beaulieu met 24-year old Elvis Presley at a party at his home in Bad Nauheim, Germany, which he had rented during his military service. [13] Her presence is said to have made Elvis seem "awkward" and "embarrassed"; however, he composed himself by the end of the evening. [14] Priscilla's late return home on the night of that first meeting upset her parents, who insisted that she never see Elvis again. However, his eagerness for another rendezvous and his promise to never bring her home late again [15] led Priscilla's parents to relent. Thereafter, Priscilla and Elvis were frequently together until his departure from West Germany in March 1960. After Elvis left, Priscilla was inundated with requests for interviews from media outlets around the world. Priscilla received fan mail from Elvis fans, some positive and some negative, as well as mail from "lonesome G.I.s.". With gossip-magazine rumors swirling about his relationship with Nancy Sinatra, Priscilla became convinced that her romance with Elvis was over, and she was concerned she would never see him again. [16] Move to Graceland [ edit ] Graceland Lowry, Brian (March 17, 2023). " 'Agent Elvis' turns the King into a secret agent in a surreal Adult Swim-style comedy". CNN . Retrieved July 22, 2023. The King and Karate: The Story Behind Elvis Presley's Fascination with the Martial Arts. March 1998. p.52. Russo, Gus (December 12, 2008). Supermob: How Sidney Korshak and His Criminal Associates Became America's Hidden Power Brokers. Bloomsbury Publishing USA. ISBN 9781596918986 . Retrieved July 14, 2023– via Google Books.

In the memoir’s most harrowing moment, Priscilla describes being summoned to Elvis’s Las Vegas hotel room. She was “filled with curiosity” as to why he wanted to see her since, by this point in 1972, they were living separate lives and had been for months. She wondered if he wanted to have a real discussion about their marriage. But when she arrived, she found an intoxicated Elvis lying in bed. “He grabbed me and forcefully made love to me,” Priscilla writes. “It was uncomfortable and unlike any other time he’d ever made love to me before, and he explained, ‘This is how a real man makes love to his woman.’”Presley had originally been offered a role as one of the angels on Charlie's Angels. She turned down the role because she disliked the show. [82] Presley made her television debut as co-host of Those Amazing Animals in 1980. [71] [83] In 1983, she had her first professional acting role on a season 2 episode of The Fall Guy titled "Manhunter". [18] She then went on to play in a television film titled Love is Forever, starring alongside Michael Landon. [84] Although she was treated well by most of the cast and crew, and her acting was praised by several of her co-stars, she found Landon difficult to work with on set. After the television film aired, Presley took on the role of Jenna Wade in the soap opera Dallas. As the third actor portraying Jenna, she played the role for the longest of the three. In 1988 after five years, Presley left the show. Also during her tenure on the series, she was offered the role of Bond girl Stacey Sutton in A View to a Kill (1985), but due to scheduling conflicts, she had to decline the role. [85] a b Roberts, Andrew (June 2, 2019). "Lisa Marie Presley: Why Elvis' Daughter Is Shunned by Church of Scientology". PopCulture. Both mother and daughter were members of the group for decades ... But by 2016, [Lisa Marie] Presley had defected from the church and her mother followed one year later. Presley was conferred the degree of Doctor of Humanities by Rhodes College in 1998. [97] She was named godmother of the largest river steamboat ever built, American Queen, christened April 27, 2012, at its home port in Memphis. [98] The AutoZone Liberty Bowl chose her as its 2018 Distinguished Citizen Award winner. [99] On July 22, 2022, Theatre Memphis honored her contributions to Memphis art and tourism with a gala, "Honoring Priscilla Presley: The Artist, The Woman", featuring more than a dozen speakers and a live musical tribute. [100] She has a square named after her in Egersund – Priscilla Presleys plass. The area is in the street outside the house where her grandfather was born in 1899, and lived. [101] Filmography [ edit ] Priscilla Presley film work Following Lisa Marie’s death, Presley mounted a legal challenge over a 2016 amendment to her daughter’s will. In the amendment, Lisa Marie replaced Priscilla as well as her former business manager, Barry Siegel, as co-trustees of her estate with her children, Riley and Benjamin Keough. (Benjamin died in 2020.)

Priscilla was keen to go to Hollywood with Elvis, but he kept telling her he was too busy and had her stay in Memphis. During that period, Priscilla read reports about an affair between Elvis and his Viva Las Vegas co-star Ann-Margret. Priscilla confronted Elvis, who explained the reports as rumors to promote the film, urging her to not trust the press. Over the next few years, Elvis had numerous intimate relationships with his co-stars, but denied each of them to Priscilla. [ citation needed] Eventually, she was allowed to visit him in Hollywood, but her visits were kept short. [18] Marriage and pregnancy [ edit ] Elvis and Priscilla with newborn Lisa Marie, February 1968 January – June". Elvispresleypedia.com. Archived from the original on June 19, 2018. January 11 – Elvis tried to convince Priscilla's parents to let her stay in Memphis, but she had to fly home on schedule to Frankfurt, Germany." "January 21 – The production on the new Hal Wallis picture, Fun in Acapulco, began." "March 2 – Priscilla arrived in Los Angeles with her father, Captain Paul Beaulieu, to meet with Elvis and to conclude arrangements permitting Priscilla to live in Memphis with Vernon and Dee and complete her senior year at Immaculate Conception High School. Elvis assured Priscilla's father that his parents would take good care of her and that she would get a good education at the Catholic parochial school. "March 22 – Elvis was released from duties after Hal Wallis had seen and approved the film. Elvis left for Memphis right away, because Priscilla was there waiting for him. {{ cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL ( link) a b c "Priscilla Presley's Dating History: From Elvis Presley to Robert Kardashian and Nigel Lythgoe". Usmagazine.com. January 16, 2023.Born as Priscilla Ann Wagner, later changed to Beaulieu by adoption, on May 24, 1945, she is an American actress and business tycoon. Her biological father was a US Navy pilot James Wagner. After his death in a plane crash when Presley was six months old, her mother married a US Air Force officer named Paul Beaulieu in 1949. She came to know about her real father later when she spotted clues in an old wooden box of family keepsakes, although her mother urged her to keep the secret to herself lest it “endanger our family closeness.” Her adopted father took over her care and he was the only father she knew. His Air Force career moved them from Connecticut to New Mexico to Maine. She described herself of that time as “a shy, pretty, little girl, unhappily accustomed to moving from base to base every two or three years.” She later recalled how uneasy it was for her to move so often, never knowing whether she would make long-term friends or if she would be at ease with the people she would meet at the next place. Elysa Gardner (October 29, 2015). "Priscilla Presley talks about revisiting Elvis, with a full orchestra". USA Today. Archived from the original on April 5, 2023. Despite Priscilla's affair and Elvis's on-and-off affairs with his co-stars, the first few years they were married seemed a happy time for the couple. However, when Elvis's career took off, again, after his 1968 television special, he was constantly touring and playing in Las Vegas and having affairs, while Priscilla stayed at home to care for their daughter, Lisa Marie. [ citation needed] Separation and divorce [ edit ] The Presleys in October 1973 after their divorce was finalized Priscilla Presley joined the Church of Scientology along with her daughter after Elvis's death. [91] [92] In 2006, she helped inaugurate Narconon's Stonehawk Rehabilitation Center in Michigan. [93] [94] When Lisa Marie left Scientology by 2016, it was reported that Priscilla had also distanced herself from the church at the same time, [92] however, in October 2017 Priscilla Presley's representative denied that she had left the church. [95] Video – Elvis Priscilla Lived Here First Vernon Presley Hermitage Drive Spa Guy". YouTube. June 18, 2018. Archived from the original on October 30, 2021.