I whanau a Lane i New York City. Ko tana whaea, ko Colleen Leigh Farrington, he kaiwaiata karapu po me te pokapū Playboy (Miss Oketopa 1957), e mohiotia ana ko "Colleen Price". Ko tona papa, ko Burton Eugene Lane, he kaiako whakaari i Manhattan i whakahaere i tetahi awheawhe mahi me John Cassavetes, i mahi hei taraiwa taraiwa, a ka whakaako i nga tikanga tangata i te Whare Wananga o te Taone. I te 13 o nga ra o Lane, ka wehe ona maatua. I haere te whaea o Lane ki Mexico ka whiwhi i te wehenga i te wa e pupuri ana i te tiaki o Lane tae noa ki te ono o ona tau. I riro i te papa o Lane te tiaki o Lane i muri i te neke o te whaea o Lane ki tona whenua whanau, Georgia. I noho tana papa i roto i etahi hotera noho i New York ka eke ia ki roto i tana taxi. I te 15 o ona tau, i kii ia i te mana motuhake mai i tona papa ka rere ki Los Angeles mo te wiki me te kaiwhakaari a Christopher Atkins Lane.
kaiwaiata o te karapu pō me te Playboy centerfold