Sally Blane
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| Born | Elizabeth Jane Young July 11, 1910 Salida, Colorado, U.S. |
| Died | August 27, 1997 (aged 87) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1917–1957 |
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Sally Blane (July 11, 1910 – August 27, 1997) was an American actress. Blane was the sister of actresses Polly Ann and Loretta Young, and half-sister to actress Georgiana Young, the wife of actor Ricardo Montalban. She appeared in over 70 movies.
Early life and career
Born Elizabeth Jane Young in Salida, Colorado, she had her film debut at the age of seven when she appeared in Sirens of the Sea in 1917. She returned to the film business as an adult in the 1920s where she played small parts in a number of silent films.
Her career continued into the 1930s when Blane appeared in a number of low-budget films, among them Once a Sinner (1930), A Dangerous Affair (1930), Arabian Knights (1931), Anabelle's Affairs (1931), Hello Everybody! (1933),[1] City Limits (1934), Against the Law (1934) and This Is the Life (1935). Some of her scenes, including one in Annabell's Affairs, in which she appeared in skimpy lingerie with Jeanette Macdonald and Joyce Compton, were quite risqué for their day, pre-dating the industry's Hays Code that largely forbade such shots after 1934.
Although her film appearances tapered off toward the late 1930s, Blane eventually appeared in over 100 films. She appeared onscreen at one time or another with all her sisters, for example with all three in The Story of Alexander Graham Bell (1939). After that Blane appeared in only four more movies in small supporting roles – Fighting Mad (1939), Charlie Chan at Treasure Island (1939), La Fuga (1944) and A Bullet for Joey (1955).
Personal life and death
Blane married actor and director Norman Foster in October 1935, eight months later in June of 1936 they had their first child Gretchen named after her sister Loretta Young[2] . They had two children, Robert and Gretchen.
Blane died of cancer, as had her sisters Polly and Loretta, in 1997 at the age of 87.
Selected filmography
- Shanghaied Love (1931)
- X Marks the Spot (1931)
- I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)
- Crime on the Hill (1933)
- The Great Hospital Mystery (1937)
- Angel's Holiday (1937)
- One Mile from Heaven (1937)
- Crashing Through Danger (1938)
- Numbered Woman (1938)
- The Story of Alexander Graham Bell (1939)
- Charlie Chan at Treasure Island (1939)
- Way Down South (1939)
- Fighting Mad (1939)
- La fuga (1944)
References
External links
- Sally Blane at IMDb
- Sally Blane at AllMovie
- Sally Blane at Find a Grave
- Sally Blane at Virtual History