Eliza Lane

For other uses of Lane, see Lane (disambiguation).

Lane, Eliza

Appeared in Encore in Death (Monday, June 28 - Thursday, July 1, 2061), mentioned in Payback in Death (early August, 2061), and referenced in Passions in Death (Monday, August 15 - Friday, August 19, 2061)

Personal Information

• Description: Deep, honeyed blond hair, styled in a severe blunt bob just to her jaw with a long, spiky fringe over her artic-blue eyes
• Age: 43
• Hair: Honeyed blond
• Eyes: Artic blue
• Relationships: Brant Fitzhugh (husband); unnamed parents (deceased in car crash); unnamed ex-husband in California
• New York Residence: Upper West Side penthouse in the Belmont Tower
• Other Residences: Malibu, California; East Hampton; and Aruba
• Occupation: Actor

Homicide Information

• Poisoned Fitzhugh with cyanide in a champagne cocktail
• Poisoned Debra Bernstein with cyanide in vodka
• Added pills to Leah Rose’s vodka twenty-five years ago
  • Ruled accidental overdose at the time

Interesting Facts

• Had won four Tony awards, including Best Supporting Actress for her role as Marcie Bright in Upstage.
• Brant bought her a ten-carat square-cut Burmese sapphire on a chain that sparkled with diamonds for her 40th birthday, and she was wearing it at the party.
• Leonardo designed her party dress, a bold red cocktail dress that showed off her dancer’s legs, fitting her slim, disciplined body to perfection, following the curves like a lover before the skirt flared, highlighting strong shoulders and toned arms with slim straps.
• Her breakout role was twenty-five years ago, at the age of 18, playing Marcie Bright in Cabot and Lowe’s Upstage; she was cast as the best friend, Angie, and the understudy to Leah Rose, who died from a deadly combination of pills and vodka, hours before the Broadway opening, also at age 18.
• Now, 25 years later, she was bringing the play back to Broadway, this time playing the stage mother, Lily Bright, to Samantha Keene’s Marcie Bright.
• Met her best friend, Sylvie Bowen, fifteen years ago (~2046) when they were in a vid together, Body of the Crime; they played sisters.
• Met and hired her Personal Assistant, Dolby Kessler, in All’s Fair.
• Played opposite Cosmo Wise in the vid, Can’t Dance - he was her love interest.
• She sang My Always to Brant at their wedding. Eliza said that Brant told her, “When it’s my time, I want my best clips run on the biggest screen you can find, and you singing, ‘My Always.’”
• Won an Oscar for her role in Beyond the Grave.