Sally Blane
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Sally Blane |
Sally Blane (
July 11,
1910 -
August 27,
1997) was an American actress. Blane was the sister of actresses
Polly Ann Young and
Loretta Young, and half-sister to actress
Georgiana Young, the wife of actor
Ricardo Montalban. She appeared in over 70 movies.
Born
Elizabeth Jane Young in
Salida, Colorado, she had her first film appearance 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 20's 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),
City Limits (1934),
Against the Law (1934) and
This Is the Life (1935).
She married actor and director
Norman Foster in 1935. Her film work greatly reduced during the late 1930s. However, she did appear with all her acting sisters, including Georgiana, in the 1939 film,
The Story of Alexander Graham Bell.
After that Sally Blane appeared only in four more movies in small support roles -
Fighting Mad (1939),
Charlie Chan at Treasure Island (1939),
La Fuga (1944) and
A Bullet for Joey (1955).
Blane died of
cancer, just like her sisters, Polly and Loretta, in 1997 (aged 87).
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