American actress, news figure, business executive and author; the former wife of American singer Elvis Presley, as well as co-founder and former chairwoman of Elvis Presley Enterprises (EPE), the company that turned Graceland into one of the top tourist attractions in the United States. A gorgeous woman, she played comedic foil well in the Naked Gun films.
The child of a USAF officer stationed in Germany, she was a teenager when introduced to Elvis Presley in 1959. Following a courtly eight-year courtship, during which Presley moved her to Nashville, Tennessee, they married on 1 May 1967 at 9:41 AM in Las Vegas, Nevada. Their daughter Lisa Marie was born nine months later to the day, 1 February 1968, but the marriage became increasingly tumultuous. Priscilla studied acting and karate, and in 1973, left Elvis for karate teacher Mike Stone, with whom she had a three year relationship. She and Elvis divorced on 11 October 1973.
Her next major relationship was with actor Michael Edwards for seven years, at which time she started her dabbling in Scientology.
Presley played Jenna Wade in the TV soap Dallas for five seasons from her debut in the spring of 1983.
Elvis died on 16 August 1977, and Priscilla published her memoirs Elvis and Me in January 1985. Taking over the management of the Presley estate, she proved a shrewd businesswoman, turning his millions into billions with the sale of paraphernalia, tours of Graceland, recordings and other memorabilia.
Suzanne Finstad in her biography speculates that Priscilla met Elvis on 13 September 1959 in Bad Nauheim, Germany. Her conclusion may be questionable inasmuch as she also reported that Priscilla was not a virgin bride, but had an affair with Lavern Grant, a former army buddy of Elvis’, repeating an oral testimony from Grant. Priscilla sued Grant for defamation and won the suit on 19 August 1998. Grant was ordered to pay her $75,000 in damages.
Priscilla met Brazilian Marco Garibaldi in 1984 when she was interested in a film writer. He soon moved in with her and ran his film company, Destiny Productions, from her house. On 1 March 1987, their son Navaronne was born in a drug-free 90 minutes attended by both Marco and daughter Lisa Marie. In 2006, Priscilla and Marco ended their relationship.
On 12 January 2023 her daughter Lisa Marie Presley suffered cardiac arrest at her home in Calabasas, California and died later that day at the age of 54.
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