Priscilla Ann Presley (née Wagner, changed by adoption to Beaulieu; born May 24, 1945) is an American actress and business magnate. She is the former wife of American singer Elvis Presley as well as former chairwoman of Elvis Presley Enterprises (EPE), the company that turned Graceland into one of the top tourist attractions in the United States. In her acting career, Presley had a starring role as Jane Spencer in the three successful Naked Gun films in which she co-starred with Leslie Nielsen, and played the role of Jenna Wade on the long-running television series Dallas.\n', '

Presley was born Priscilla Ann Wagner in New York City. Her maternal grandfather, Albert Henry Iversen, was born in 1899 in Egersund, Norway. He migrated to the United States, where he married Lorraine, who was of Scots-Irish and English descent. Their only daughter, Anna Lillian Iversen, was born in March 1926. Later she was called – or her name was changed to – Ann. At the age of 19, she gave birth to Presley.\n', '

Presley\'s biological father was US Navy pilot James Wagner. His parents were Kathryn and Harold Wagner. On August 10, 1944, at the age of 23, he married Presley\'s mother; they had been dating for more than three years. He was killed in a plane crash while returning home on leave when Presley was six months old. When Presley discovered this "family secret" while rummaging through an old wooden box of family keepsakes, she was encouraged by her mother to keep it from the other Beaulieu children as she feared it would "endanger our family closeness".\n', '

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