Biography
One of four actress sisters, the others being Polly Ann Young, Georgiana Young and Loretta Young. Sally retired from the screen ca. 1939. Although this lovely, light brown-haired leading lady would wind up better known as one of Loretta Young's three acting sisters, Sally Blane nevertheless enjoyed a modest "B" film career during the late 20s and 30s. The resemblance to her "A" level sister was very strong -- the same graceful, elongated face and fawn-like, wide-set eyes. Unlike her sister,...
Known For
Complete Filmography

A Bullet for Joey
1955
as Marie Temblay
Raoul Leduc is a police inspector trailing a spy who plots to kidnap an important American atomic scientist. Joe Victor a gangster who is hired to car...

Fighting Mad
1939
as Ann Fenwick
Ann Fenwick is a witness to a bank robbery in the U.S. and the bandits, led by Trigger and Leon capture her and when she disappears, a warrant is issu...

Charlie Chan at Treasure Island
1939
as Stella Essex
Charlie Chan's investigation of a blackmail-induced suicide as a case of murder leads him into a world of magick and mysticism peopled with a stage ma...

Way Down South
1939
as Claire Bouton
In the pre-Civil War South, a plantation owner dies and leaves all his possessions, including his slaves, to his young son. While the deceased treated...

The Story of Alexander Graham Bell
1939
as Gertrude Hubbard
Alexander Graham Bell falls in love with deaf girl Mabel Hubbard while teaching the deaf and trying to invent means for telegraphing the human voice. ...

Crashing Through Danger
1938
as Ann Foster
Three electrical linemen work through the hazardous conditions of the Depression Era. Sparks fly, and things become truly dangerous, when Ann comes be...

Numbered Woman
1938
as Linda Morgan
After her brother is wrongfully arrested for the theft of some bonds, a nurse sets out to clear his name by setting a trap for the real thieves.

Sunday Night at the Trocadero
1937
as Sally Blane
A series of vignettes with a loose plot. Featured are Frank Morgan, Groucho Marx, Frank McHugh, Robert Benchley and The Brian Sisters. Not bad, more i...

One Mile from Heaven
1937
as Barbara Harrison
A female journalist travels to a new neighborhood after getting a (false) lead and is surprised by what she finds.

Angel's Holiday
1937
as Pauline Kaye
Lively June, teen-aged daughter of mystery writer Waldo Everett, who calls her "Angel," becomes involved in intrigue centering on movie star Pauline K...

The Great Hospital Mystery
1937
as Ann Smith
A nurse's brother who's pursued by the mob, hides out in a hospital by pretending to be a patient.

This Is the Life
1935
as Helen Davis
A popular child star, exploited and overworked by her greedy guardians, decides enough is enough--and takes it on the lam.

The Silver Streak
1934
as Ruth Dexter
A high-speed train becomes the star of the film as it rushes from Chicago to Hoover Dam to transport an iron lung to a needy patient.

Against the Law
1934
as Martha Gray
Steve Wayne, a daring young ambulance driver for a large hospital in Los Angeles, is a rival with his friend, Doctor Bill Barie (the house surgeon in ...

She Had to Choose
1934
as Clara Berry
A young actress hits Hollywood determined to be a movie star and runs into a lot of roadblocks along the way.

Half a Sinner
1934
as Phyllis
A con man poses as a hillbilly preacher.

City Park
1934
as Rose Wentworth
The old men meet a young girl, broke, hungry and discouraged, in the park. Colonel Henry Randolph Ransome (Henry B. Walthall) bluffs his way into obta...

City Limits
1934
as Helen Matthews
The wealthy president of a big railroad, who's beginning to crumble under the combined pressure of business, personal and physical problems, meets up ...
Stolen Sweets
1934
as Patricia Belmont
Wealthy but unhappy Patricia Belmont meets fun-loving insurance salesman Bill Smith (and his fun-loving friends Sam Ragland and Betty Harkness)on a sh...

No More Women
1934
as Helen Young
Two deep-sea divers, known only by their nicknames of "Three-Time" and "Forty-Fathoms," find that no place on earth is big enough for both of them at ...

Crime on the Hill
1933
as Sylvia Kennett
In this murder mystery, Vicar Casson looks into the poisoning of a wealthy man. He soon finds that the man they convicted, the fiance of the rich man'...

Advice to the Lovelorn
1933
as Louise
Los Angeles newspaper reporter Toby Prentiss is continually in trouble with his editor. He is demoted to running the paper's "Miss Lonelyhearts" advic...
Mayfair Girl
1933
as Brenda Mason
An American girl is framed for killing a cad while drunk.

Night of Terror
1933
as Mary Rinehart
The heirs to a family fortune are required to attend a seance at the spooky old family mansion. However, throughout the night members of the family ar...
Trick for Trick
1933
as Constance Rusell
Six months after the unsolved murder of a young woman who had been his assistant magician Azrah arranges a seance that will be attended by his former ...

Hello, Everybody!
1933
as Lily Smith
The setting is a farm. Kate Smith and Sally Blane play sisters; assorted relatives live with the sisters, but everyone at home, and in the whole town,...
Boys Will Be Boys
1932
as Kiki
Frank Albertson's parents are worried about his seeing a showgirl instead of an "upstanding" young lady of class. But then Frank's father learns that ...

Wild Horse Mesa
1932
as Sandy Melberne
Chane Weymer, an Arizona rancher, goes after a gang that is trapping wild horses by the use of barbed-wire enclosures.

I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
1932
as Alice
A World War I veteran’s dreams of becoming a master architect evaporate in the cold light of economic realities. Things get even worse when he’s false...

The Pride of the Legion
1932
as Peggy
After suffering a traumatic injury, a policeman resigns from the force and, after he's saved from a suicide attempt, goes to work at a café frequented...

Heritage of the Desert
1932
as Judy
A young man must defend his land from claim jumpers in this adaptation of the popular Zane Grey novel.

The Phantom Express
1932
as Carolyn Nolan
Railroad foes cause terror on the tracks with the illusion of a ghost train.

Escapade
1932
as Kay Whitney
Upon release from the penitentiary, Phillip Whitney tells his friend, Bennie, that he is going straight, and visits his lawyer brother John. Phillip l...

Disorderly Conduct
1932
as Helen Burke
When motorcycle cop Dick Fay gives a ticket to Phyllis Crawford, her father's graft-fed influence leads to his demotion to foot patrolman.

Probation
1932
as Janet Holman
Janet Holman is suspicious of her fiancé, Allen Wells, after he kisses her best friend Gwen when the lights are turned out during a party. Allen leave...

The Circus Show-Up
1932
as Maisie
The sixth in The Shadow series of shorts from Universal. In this one the circus trapeze artist falls to her death when someone flips the light switch ...

The Reckoning
1932
as Judy Marsh
Two young lovers caught up in the underworld decide to get out and go straight, but a gang leader has other plans for them.

Cross-Examination
1932
as Grace Varney
Defense Atorney Gerald Waring uses great skill and ingenuity in his efforts to save the life of a young man charged with the murder of his father. Wit...
Running Hollywood
1932
as Sally Blane
Running Hollywood is a comedy short.

The Local Bad Man
1932
as Marion Meade
The Murdock's bank is in trouble. So they ship money on the train and rob it to get back the money plus the insurance, Bonner and his two pals recover...

Law of the Sea
1931
as Betty Merton
A sadistic, evil ship captain lusts after a beautiful young girl he spots in town. It turns out that she's the girlfriend of a young man whose father ...

X Marks the Spot
1931
as Sue
The story begins in 1923 where after an accident, a newspaper reporter needs to raise $5,000 to pay for an operation, otherwise his young sister will ...

Good Sport
1931
as Marge
Marilyn Parker decides not to accompany her husband Rex on his business trip to Europe when she receives a surprise visit from her mother.

The Spirit of Notre Dame
1931
as Peggy
Story of two friends who play football, one of whom is a self-centered quarterback who thinks he's the only man on the team.

A Dangerous Affair
1931
as Marjory Randolph
Holt plays police lieutenant McHenry, while Graves is his friendly rival, crime reporter Wally Cook. After the two men verbally duel over a variety of...

Shanghaied Love
1931
as Mary Swope
Captain Angus Swope (Noab Beery), known as The Black Yankee, skipper of the Golden Bough, treats his crew shamefully and he treats women no better, as...

The Star Witness
1931
as Sue Leeds
A tough District Attorney goes after a murderous crime gang, only to find that his witnesses, an innocent family, have clammed up in fear of reprisals...

Annabelle's Affairs
1931
as Dora
After only 11 hours of marriage, Annabelle and her husband separate-not knowing what each other truly looks like. Annabelle is given stocks by her hus...
The Champion
1931
Leather Pushers #10

Ten Cents a Dance
1931
as Molly
A taxi dancer with a jealous husband finds herself falling for a wealthy client.

Once a Sinner
1931
as Hope Paterson
As Diana Barry is preparing to leave New York to marry inventor Tommy Mason she is offered financial assistance from her ex-lover Dick Kent, who still...

Little Accident
1930
as Madge
On the day before his second wedding, a man finds out that his bride-to-be has had a baby.

The Vagabond Lover
1929
as Jean Whitehall
A zany musical about an amateur musician in search of work who impersonates a big band leader.

The Show of Shows
1929
as Performer in 'Meet My Sister' Number
Now hear this. The studio that gave the cinema its voice offered 1929 audiences a chance to see and hear multiple silent-screen favorites for the firs...

Tanned Legs
1929
as Janet Reynolds
Peggy and Bill are high society lovebirds, but their marriage plans are put on hold while Peggy spends most of her summer straightening out her waywar...

Half Marriage
1929
as Sally
A young couple marries in secret. Judy's afraid her parents won't approve of Dick and she'll lose her generous allowance. Her parents bring her home f...

The Very Idea
1929
as Nora
Pre-code comedy (1929) about a young married couple's unsuccessful efforts to become parents.

Eyes of the Underworld
1929
as Florence Hueston
John Hueston, a wealthy newspaper publisher, plans to publish an exposé of a criminal gang but is silenced by a bullet. Pat Doran, rich sportsman, is ...

Outlawed
1929
as Anne
In this his third film for FBO (Film Booking Office), Mix plays Tom Manning, a cowboy framed for murder and bank robbery by bandit leader Ethan Laidla...

King Cowboy
1928
as Polly Randall
The story is set in Africa, where a band of cowboys, headed by Mix, embark on a search for their missing employer. They are accompanied in this ventur...

The Vanishing Pioneer
1928
as June Shelby
A western settlement of pioneer descendants is threatened with the loss of its water supply through the encroachments of nearby townspeople.

Fools for Luck
1928
as Louise Hunter
Wealthy Sam Hunter is approached by scheming Richard Whitehead about investing in oil. There appears to be no oil, and everyone is angry until oil is ...

Horseman of the Plains
1928
as Dawn O'Day
Tom Mix plays a cowboy coming to the aid of a rancher who's on the verge of foreclosure. Falling in love with Sally Blane, the rancher's pretty daught...
Her Summer Hero
1928
as Grace
Champion college swimmer and summer lifeguard Ken Holmes saves Joan Stanton from drowning. They are sweethearts until a misunderstanding causes Joan t...

Dead Man's Curve
1928
as Ethel Hume
A grease monkey discovers a defect in an auto engine being turned out by his employer. But since our hero discovers this only after losing an importan...

Wife Savers
1928
as Colette
While stationed in Switzerland, soldiers Louis and Rodney fall in love with local damsel Colette, much to the dismay of Colette's self-appointed boyfr...

Shootin' Irons
1927
as Lucy Blake
Story of a rancher clearing his girlfriend's father of a crime he didn't commit

Casey at the Bat
1927
as Floradora Girl
Casey is a slovenly junk man in a turn of the twentieth century hick town who has a remarkable ability to play baseball. An unscrupulous New York scou...

Flashing Oars
1927
as Betty Jane
Series #1, Episode #9 of The Collegians with the main focus on rowing and clubbing.

The Cinder Path
1927
as Betty Jane
Series #1, Episode #8 of The Collegians.

The Relay
1927
as Betty Jane
When the freshman girls beat the sophomore girls in the big relay race, the 'Frosh' start lording it over the 'Sophs.' Will the 'Sophs' take that kind...
Around the Bases
1927
as Betty Jane
Restricted to his room at college Ed sneaks out dressed as a girl attracting the attention of Don until he discovers Ed is not a girl and the two get ...
The Last Lap
1926
as Betty Jane
Series #1, Episode #4 of The Collegians.

The Sheik
1921
as Arab Child (uncredited)
Sheik Ahmed desperately desires feisty British socialite Diana, so he abducts her and carries her off to his luxurious tent-palace in the desert. The ...

Sirens of the Sea
1917
as Child (as Elizabeth Jane Young)
During a raging storm, a baby is washed up on shore on an island in Greece and is adopted by the wealthy Stanhopes, who name her Lorelei. Eighteen yea...