Sally Blane

Sally Blane (born Elizabeth Jane Young; July 11, 1910 – August 27, 1997) was an American actress who appeared in more than 100 movies.
Early life
Blane was born in Salida, Colorado. She was the sister of actresses Polly Ann Young and Loretta Young, and the half-sister of Georgiana Young, who was the wife of Mexican actor Ricardo Montalbán.
Career
Blane 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, playing small parts in a number of silent films. Her career continued into the 1930s when Blane appeared in several low-budget films, including Once a Sinner (1930), A Dangerous Affair (1930), Arabian Knights (1931), Annabelle's Affairs (1931), Hello Everybody! (1933), City Limits (1934), Against the Law (1934), The Silver Streak (1934), and This is the Life (1935). Some of her scenes, including one in Annabelle's Affairs, in which she appeared in skimpy lingerie with Jeanette MacDonald and Joyce Compton, were risqué for their day, pre-dating the industry's Hays Code that largely forbade such shots after 1934. The footage from Annabelle's Affairs is considered lost.
Although her appearances began to fade toward the late 1930s, Blane acted in more than 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 this, Blane appeared in only four more films in small supporting roles: Fighting Mad (1939), Charlie Chan at Treasure Island (1939), La Fuga, (1944) and A Bullet for Joey (1955).
Personal life
Blane, at one time romantically linked to singer Russ Columbo, married actor and director Norman Foster in October 1935. In June 1936, they had their first child, Gretchen, named after Blane's sister Loretta Young, whose birth name was Gretchen. They later had a son named Robert. Blane was Catholic and was educated in convent school.
Death
Blane died at her home near Beverly Hills, California, on August 27, 1997, of cancer (as did her sisters Polly, who died seven months prior, and Loretta, who died in 2000) at the age of 87.
Blane is buried next to her husband (Section W, tier 19, grave 21) in Culver City's Holy Cross Cemetery.
Selected filmography
Sirens of the Sea (1917) - Child
The Sheik (1921) - Arab Child (uncredited)
Casey at the Bat (1927) - Floradora Girl
Rolled Stockings (1927) - (uncredited)
Shootin' Irons (1927) - Lucy Blake
Wife Savers (1928) - Colette
Dead Man's Curve (1928) - Ethel Hume
Her Summer Hero (1928) - Grave
Horseman of the Plains (1928) - Dawn O'Day
Fools for Luck (1928) - Louise Hunter
The Vanishing Pioneer (1928) - June Shelby
King Cowboy (1928) - Polly Randall
Outlawed (1929) - Anne
Wolves of the City (1929) - Helen Marsh
Eyes of the Underworld (1929) - Florence Hueston
The Very Idea (1929) - Nora
Half Marriage (1929) - Sally
Tanned Legs (1929) - Janet Reynolds
The Show of Shows (1929) - Performer in 'Meet My Sister' Number
The Vagabond Lover (1929) - Jean Whitehall
The Little Accident (1930) - Madge
Once a Sinner (1931) - Hope Patterson
Ten Cents a Dance (1931) - Molly
Women Men Marry (1931) - Rose Bradley
Annabelle's Affairs (1931) - Dora
The Star Witness (1931) - Sue Leeds
Shanghaied Love (1931) - Mary Swope
A Dangerous Affair (1931) - Marjory Randolph
The Spirit of Notre Dame (1931) - Peggy
X Marks the Spot (1931) - Sue Taylor
Good Sport (1931) - Marge
Law of the Sea (1931) - Betty Merton
The Local Bad Man (1932) - Marion Meade
Cross-Examination (1932) - Grace Varney
The Reckoning (1932) - Judy
Probation (1932) - Janet
Disorderly Conduct (1932) - Helen Burke
Escapade (1932) - Kay Whitney
Forbidden Company (1932) - Barbara Blake
The Phantom Express (1932) - Carolyn Nolan
Heritage of the Desert (1932) - Judy
The Pride of the Legion (1932) - Peggy Smith
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932) - Alice
Wild Horse Mesa (1932) - Sandy Melberne
Hello, Everybody! (1933) - Lily Smith
Trick for Trick (1933) - Constance Russell
Night of Terror (1933) - Mary Rinehart
Mayfair Girl (1933) - Brenda Mason
Crime on the Hill (1933) - Sylvia Kennett
Advice to the Lovelorn (1933) - Louise
No More Women (1934) - Helen Young
Stolen Sweets (1934) - Patricia Belmont
City Limits (1934) - Helen Matthews
City Park (1934) - Rose Wentworth
Half a Sinner (1934) - Phyllis
She Had to Choose (1934) - Clara Berry
Against the Law (1934) - Martha Gray
The Silver Streak (1934) - Ruth Dexter
This Is the Life (1935) - Helen Davis
The Great Hospital Mystery (1937) - Ann Smith
Angel's Holiday (1937) - Pauline Kaye
One Mile from Heaven (1937) - Barbara Harrison
Crashing Through Danger (1938) - Ann Foster
Numbered Woman (1938) - Linda Morgan
The Story of Alexander Graham Bell (1939) - Gertrude Hubbard
Way Down South (1939) - Claire Bouton
Charlie Chan at Treasure Island (1939) - Stella Essex
Fighting Mad (1939) - Ann Fenwick
The Escape (1944) - Mrs. Garland
A Bullet for Joey (1955) - Marie Temblay
References
External links
Sally Blane at Virtual History
1910 births
1997 deaths
20th-century American actresses
American child actresses
American film actresses
American silent film actresses
American television actresses
American Roman Catholics
Burials at Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City
Deaths from cancer in California
Actresses from Palm Springs, California
Actresses from Salt Lake City
People from Salida, Colorado
WAMPAS Baby Stars
Catholics from Colorado
Catholics from California