English: Publicity photo of Priscilla Dean from Stars of the Photoplay. Priscilla Dean, born in New York, and of a theatrical family, made her debut on the stage at the age of four. She continued her stage work a few years and then a convent school occupied her time until she was fourteen. She returned to the stage and later tried to get into pictures. She was finally signed up with Universal and is now heading her own company. Her husband, Wheeler Oakman, is a popular leading man and has played opposite her in a number of her Universal pictures. She is five feet, five inches tall, weighs 130 pounds, has brown hair and eyes.