Sara Shane

Sara Shane was the stage name of Elaine Hollingsworth (née Sterling) (born May 18, 1928 in St. Louis, Missouri), an actress in film and television in the 1950s and early 1960s. Elaine Sterling became a model at age 14 and later secured a film contract with MGM. She was featured in a few musicals using her real name, then in 1953 hired publicist Russell Birdwell, and began using the name Sara Shane. She secured a seven year contract with Universal International pictures (UI), but after two films took a sabbatical, which at the time was predicted as likely being brief. She returned to film and television work in 1955, most notably in the Clark Gable film The King and Four Queens. Her last film, 1959’s Tarzan's Greatest Adventure, in which...