Passage: Lane's grandmother, Eleanor Scott, was a Pentecostal preacher of the Apostolic denomination, and Lane was influenced theatrically by the demonstrative quality of her grandmother's sermons. Lane began acting professionally at the age of six at the La Ma Ma Experimental Theatre Club in New York, where she appeared in a production of Medea. Wakati Lane alikuwa na umri wa miaka 12, alikuwa na jukumu katika uzalishaji wa Joseph Papp wa The Cherry Orchard na Meryl Merep na Irene Worth. Wakati huu, Lane alikuwa ameandikishwa katika programu ya kuharakisha katika Shule ya Upili ya Chuo cha Hunter; hata hivyo, darasa lake liliteseka kutokana na ratiba yake ya shughuli nyingi.
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