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Lana M. Tisdel (born May 28, 1975) [2] is an American woman whose early life and involvement with the December 1993 murders of Brandon Teena, Lisa Lambert and Phillip DeVine, at the hands of John Lotter and Tom Nissen, is chronicled in the 1998 documentary The Brandon Teena Story and the 1999 film Boys Don't Cry (which left out DeVine).
Tisdel is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Jeff Tisdel (born 1956), American football coach; Lana Tisdel (born 1975), American criminal; Mark Tisdel (born 1955), American politician; See also. Tisdale (disambiguation)
At the time he had been dating Lana Tisdel's sister, Leslie Tisdel." Is this intended as an example? If so, perhaps "For example, the film portrays a only double murder, when in actuality a third person, Phillip DeVine—a black disabled man—was killed at the scene. At the time, he had been dating Lana Tisdel's sister, Leslie Tisdel."
Brandon Teena [note 1] (December 12, 1972 – December 31, 1993) was an American trans man who was raped and later, along with Phillip DeVine and Lisa Lambert, murdered in Humboldt, Nebraska by John Lotter and Tom Nissen. [2] [3] His life and death were the subject of the films The Brandon Teena Story and Boys Don't Cry .
She was raised primarily in Bel Air, Los Angeles, and described her early life as: "famous at birth and pampered silly." [7] She attended St. Paul the Apostle School, a Catholic primary and secondary school in Los Angeles, [8] and later, Emerson Junior High School. [9] In 1957, she began attending the Happy Valley School in Ojai, California. [10]
In recent years, she's continued to build upon her father's incredible legacy with her own involvement in the organization. Now 81, Marlo and her husband live in New York City. RELATED: See Sophia ...
She initially lived in New York City, where she danced at the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Ballet Hispanico, Broadway Dance Center, and Martha Graham Center of Contemporary Dance. She later enrolled at Florida State University (FSU) in Tallahassee, Florida, majoring in dance and acting.