Sara Shane, Actress in ‘Tarzan’s Greatest Adventure’ and ‘The King and Four Queens,’ Dies at 94
A contract player at MGM and Universal, she also appeared in 'Three Bad Sisters' and 'Affair in Havana' and in two films for Douglas Sirk.
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Sara Shane, who starred opposite Gordon Scott in Tarzan’s Greatest Adventure and appeared alongside Clark Gable in The King and Four Queens, has died. She was 94.
Shane died July 31 on the Gold Coast of Australia, her family announced.
Shane also starred with Kathleen Hughes and Marla English in the melodrama Three Bad Sisters (1956) and had the female lead in Affair in Havana (1957), featuring John Cassavetes and Raymond Burr.
With the Jane character absent in the John Guillermin-directed Tarzan’s Greatest Adventure (1959), Shane stepped in to portray Angie Loring, an American model and pilot who meets up with the King of the Jungle in Africa. The film was Scott’s fourth as Tarzan.
And in The King and Four Queens (1956), helmed by Raoul Walsh, Shane played Oralie McDade, one of four young widows — Eleanor Parker, Jean Willes and Barbara Nichols are the others — who are living with their mother-in-law (Jo Van Fleet) and harboring stolen loot.
Elaine Sterling was born in St. Louis on May 18, 1928. She worked as a model in her hometown and for the Powers agency in New York before heading out to California, where she was signed by MGM and appeared in Easter Parade (1948), Julia Misbehaves (1948) and Esther Williams‘ Neptune’s Daughter (1949).
After MGM dropped her, her agent placed ads in The Hollywood Reporter and Variety to drum up publicity for her career. As Bob Thomas of the Associated Press wrote in 1954, one trade paper “featured a pin-up pose of her from the waist. An ad in the other trade showed her assets from the waist down. Put them both together and you got a lovely girl.”
She signed with Universal, adopted the stage name Sara Shane and made two films for director Douglas Sirk, Sign of the Pagan and Magnificent Obsession, both released in 1954. However, her stay at that studio didn’t last long, either.
She worked mostly in television in the 1960s, appearing on episodes of Perry Mason, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, The Outer Limits and Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea.
Shane was married to real estate tycoon William Hollingsworth from 1949 until their 1957 divorce, and they had a son, Jamie.
Actress (23 credits)
1964 Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (TV Series)
Countess
- Long Live the King (1964) ... Countess
1964 The Outer Limits (TV Series)
Ethel Meridith
- Wolf 359 (1964) ... Ethel Meridith
1962 The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (TV Series)
Helen Barrow
- Captive Audience (1962) ... Helen Barrow (as Sarah Shane)
1961 Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV Series)
Loretta Burns
- The Old Pro (1961) ... Loretta Burns
1961 Perry Mason (TV Series)
Alyce Aitken
- The Case of the Envious Editor (1961) ... Alyce Aitken
1960 Tales of the Vikings (TV Series)
Helga
- Port of Thieves (1960) ... Helga
1959 Tarzan's Greatest Adventure
Angie Loring
1958 State Trooper (TV Series)
Marilyn Thayer
- Diamonds in the Rough (1958) ... Marilyn Thayer
1957 Dragnet (TV Series)
Alva Clawson
- The Big Tomato Cans (1957) ... Alva Clawson
1957 The Bob Cummings Show (TV Series)
Joy Healy
- Bob Gets Neighborly (1957) ... Joy Healy
1957 Affair in Havana
Lorna
1956 Johnny Moccasin (TV Movie)
Sue Easton
1956 The King and Four Queens
Oralie McDade
1956 Three Bad Sisters
Lorna Craig
1955 The Great Gildersleeve (TV Series)
Mrs. Hall
- Practice What You Preach (1955) ... Mrs. Hall
1955 Daddy Long Legs
Pat (uncredited)
1954 Sign of the Pagan
Myra
1954 Magnificent Obsession
Valerie
1953 I Led 3 Lives (TV Series)
Eva Philbrick
- Pilot #2 (1953) ... Eva Philbrick (as Elaine Sterling)
1953 Crown Theatre with Gloria Swanson (TV Series)
- Was It Red? (1953) ... (as Elaine Sterling)
1949 Neptune's Daughter
Miss Pratt (uncredited)
1948 Julia Misbehaves
Mannequin (uncredited)
1948 Easter Parade
Showgirl (uncredited)
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