Priscilla Presley

They married in Las Vegas May 1, 1967 and welcomed their first and only child together, a daughter named Lisa Marie Presley, nine months later on February 1, ...

“It was as though we were an old married couple rather than about-to-be divorced adversaries.” Priscilla also called Elvis “tender and sweet” the day they finalized their divorce and revealed that he sang Dolly Parton’s “I Will Always Love You” to her when they exited the courtroom. In the documentary, Elvis by the Presleys, Priscilla claimed that Elvis’ use of prescription pills increased throughout separation and divorce. “My problems were secondary.” Priscilla went on to have another affair with her karate instructor, Mike Stone. In 1972, she told Elvis she was leaving him. Priscilla’s parents agreed and Priscilla enrolled at the Immaculate Conception High School in Tennessee and moved in with Elvis’ father and stepfather before living with Elvis in Graceland, his home in Memphis. She graduated in May 1963. Elvis told her that he wanted her to recover, but Priscilla later wrote in her 1986 book, Elvis and Me: The True Story of the Love Between Priscilla Presley and the King of Rock N’ Roll, that Elvis had been turned off from other women who had children in the past. After Priscilla’s fourth date with Elvis, Priscilla’s parents asked to meet Elvis. At the meeting, Priscilla’s father asked Elvis why he was interested in his 14-year-old daughter, to which Elvis responded, “Well, sir, I happen to be very fond of her. So why did Elvis and Priscilla Presley divorce? Elvis—who saw a resemblance between Priscilla and his late mother, Gladys, who had recently died—told his friend, Rex Mansfield, after the meeting that Priscilla was “young enough that I can train her any way I want,” according to Biography.com. After the meeting, Elvis asked Priscilla on a second date, where he took her to his room and they kissed. While she was out with her younger brother one night, an Air Force member asked Priscilla if she’d like to come with him and his wife to meet Elvis. After she checked in with her father, who talked to the Air Force member’s commanding officer, Priscilla was given permission to meet Elvis. That night, Priscilla, who was in ninth grade at the time, wore a navy-and-white sailor dress and met Elvis at his temporary home in Bad Nauheim, Germany. According to Biography.com, Priscilla immediately captured Elvis’ attention and he even played several of his songs, including “Are You Lonesome Tonight?” for her. Elvis was stationed in Germany at the time during his stint in the U.S. Army. Priscilla, for her part, had moved to Germany that year after her father, a member of the Air Force, was transferred there. Despite her and Elvis’ whirlwind romance, Priscilla told The Guardian in 2022 that she and the King of Rock N’ Roll had issues in their marriage from the start. “That’s when I started not reading papers any more or [magazines] in the grocery stores.” She continued, “There were rumours I was pregnant, and that’s why he got married and I’m going: ‘Oh my God, this is not gonna be good for me.’ So it was hard to get accepted.”

“I was never that confident. I mean, here he was — the most sexiest, the most gorgeous human being, truly,” Priscilla recalled of their romance during a ...

I feel such a responsibility to Elvis and to Priscilla and Lisa Marie, and all the people around the world who love him so much.” “When I began the process, I set out to get my voice to be identical. If anything, I left because I needed to find out what the world was like.” She added at the time: “It was hard to get accepted. There were rumors I was pregnant, and that’s why he got married and I’m going, ‘Oh, my God, this is not gonna be good for me.’ That’s when I started not reading papers anymore or [magazines] in the grocery stores.” “I was never that confident.

Legendary singer Elvis Presley met his wife Priscilla at a young age. We take a deep dive into their unconventional love story that many people don't know ...

Following eight years of marriage, Priscilla and Elvis remained close, and even held each other while leaving the courthouse after their divorce was finalized. While filming Live a Little, Love a Little in 1968, Elvis was gone for a prolonged period and Priscilla decided to take private dancing lessons. While serving in the army (and somehow continuing to lead the music charts with unreleased music), Elvis was deployed to Germany in 1958. Later, in 1982, Priscilla announced that their home of Graceland would become a memorial museum for the late singer and open to the public. Exactly nine months to the day of their wedding, Priscilla gave birth to the couple's only child, Lisa Marie Presley. According to Priscilla's book Elvis and Me, she was not prepared for pregnancy. He proudly agreed to joining the force and was eventually promoted to sergeant.

It's easy to think of Elvis and Priscilla Presley as one of the biggest love stories in music history, but the truth is a lot more complicated than that ...

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To really get a sense of her experience—from her struggles to her achievements—you must understand her backstory. From her childhood to marriage to The King to ...

I can hear laughter and music playing in the music room. One of the major ways she did this was by opening Graceland to the public in 1982. When I go to Graceland, my gosh, I can walk in that door and see him walking down the stairs. It's a dull color with no spark to it,'" she shared with The Guardian. "I was a young kid, 16 years old, so I thought: 'Oh, OK!' It wasn't until I got a little older that I started developing things that I liked." "It's 45 years since his passing, and I still can't believe it," Priscilla told fans outside Graceland in 2022. The couple chats with Tom Jones in Las Vegas. Elvis and Tom became great friends, even vacationing together in Hawaii—and Priscilla has stayed close with singer over the years. My physical and emotional needs were unfulfilled," she wrote in Elvis and Me. don't even listen and don't look at the tabloids,'" she revealed at the same exhibit in 2016. In 1959, Priscilla met Elvis at a party when she was just 14 years old. After Lisa Marie was born, their relationship took a turn for the worse. It wasn't easy living in the shadow of music's biggest star, and finding herself took some time—even after their divorce. Priscilla's mother and stepfather, Ann Wagner and Paul Beaulieu, didn't like the idea of their daughter seeing someone 10 years her senior.

Legendary singer Elvis Presley met his wife Priscilla at a young age. We take a deep dive into their unconventional love story that many people don't know ...

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Is Priscilla Presley still alive? Elvis' relationship with his first wife is explored in the movie, so let's take a look beyond the film.

“Given the nature of the story and the way that it’s been told, I really just wanted to make her grounded and real. She moved over to Los Angeles to be with him in 1963 and talk of marriage reached her parents long before Elvis proposed to Priscilla in 1966. Austin Butler (Once Upon a Time in Hollywood) stars as the titular King of Rock and Roll, as he is so often referred to.