[2] When Lane was a baby, she appeared in a television commercial for soap and in an educational film.

[5] In 1964,[2] producer William Castle[3] saw Lane's picture in a newspaper in connection with a Miss Los Angeles Teenage beauty contest.

[3] In 1966, executive producer Frank Price signed Lane to portray Elizabeth Grainger on The Virginian.

[7] Being the owner of two horses, Lane was an experienced horsewoman and did her own riding scenes on the show except when the producer insisted on use of a double.

[2] Lane died from breast cancer at her home in Napa, California, on March 3, 2023, aged 73.