Lane Nora
Nora Lane (September 12, 1905 – October 16, 1948) was an American film actress.
Nora Bennett Schilling was born in Chester, Illinois. She grew up and went to school near St. Louis. After modeling for a time, she went to visit a friend in California and was noticed by someone in the film industry. She successfully passed her screen test and began playing small parts in silent films in 1927, taking on the name Lane. In her 17 year career she played in over 80 films. Her notable works include her role as Zerelda in Jesse James (1927), her role as Sally in The Cisco Kid (1931), the villainous role of Goldie in Western Frontier (1935), as well as her supporting part in Jimmy the Gent (1934) which starred James Cagney and Bette Davis.
She played in four Hopalong Cassidy films, two of which she was cast as the widowed ranch owner, Nora Blake. In her personal life, she was noted as an excellent swimmer and won many awards. On August 5, 1931, she and fellow actors Warner Baxter and Edmund Lowe were involved in a Southern Pacific train crash 20 miles east of Yuma, Arizona, but managed to escape uninjured.
In 1941 she married Burdette Henney and retired from movies in 1944. The two lived a happy marriage until tragedy struck in 1948 when they went on a fishing trip in Bishop, California, during which Nora's husband died suddenly of a heart attack. On October 16, exactly one month after Burdette's death, the grief stricken widow shot herself dead after leaving a note to her step-son, simply saying she could not go on without him.
Filmography
- 1944 Lake Placid Serenade Benda's Secretary (uncredited)
- 1944 Atlantic City Senator's Wife (uncredited)
- 1944 Alerte aux marines Kitty - Secretary (uncredited)
- 1943 The Masked Marvel Secretary (uncredited)
- 1943 Chatterbox Secretary (uncredited)
- 1943 The Youngest Profession Hilda (uncredited)
- 1942 Secrets of the Underground Fashion Store Saleswoman (uncredited)
- 1942 Undercover Man Donna Louise Saunders
- 1942 Henry Aldrich, Editor Secretary (uncredited)
- 1942 Judy, espionne improvisée Mrs. Ashley (uncredited)
- 1942 Small Town Deb Customer
- 1942 Heart of the Rio Grande Secretary (uncredited)
- 1942 Born to Sing Dignified Woman (uncredited)
- 1942 A Tragedy at Midnight Nurse (uncredited)
- 1942 Blue, White and Perfect Salesgirl (uncredited)
- 1941 Pacific Blackout Nurse in Bomb Shelter (uncredited)
- 1941 Dick Tracy vs. Crime, Inc. Trent's Secretary (uncredited)
- 1941 The Pittsburgh Kid (uncredited)
- 1941 La vie commence pour André Hardy Miss Howard (uncredited)
- 1941 Sunset in Wyoming Mrs. Blake (uncredited)
- 1941 Puddin' Head Miss Jenkins
- 1940 City of Chance Mrs. Dorothy Grainger
- 1940 Les renégats du Texas Ruth Rand
- 1939 The Gentleman from Arizona Martha
- 1938 Six-Gun Trail Midge
- 1938 Cassidy of Bar 20 Nora Blake
- 1937 Hopalong Rides Again Nora Blake
- 1937 Step Lively, Jeeves! Lady in Black (uncredited)
- 1937 Borderland Grace Rand
- 1936 La petite provinciale Cissie (uncredited)
- 1935 Western Frontier Goldie (aka Gale Masters)
- 1935 The Outlaw Deputy Joyce Rutledge
- 1934 Elinor Norton Publisher's Staff (uncredited)
- 1934 Stand Up and Cheer! Toe Dancer (uncredited)
- 1934 George White's Scandals Dancer (uncredited)
- 1934 Jimmy the Gent Sarah Posy Barton
- 1933 Husbands' Reunion (Short) Nora
- 1933 See You Tonight (Short) Nora Willard
- 1933 Roadhouse Queen (Short) Lulu
- 1933 Sweet Cookie (Short) Mrs. Clark
- 1933 Easy on the Eyes (Short) Nora
- 1933 Don't Play Bridge with Your Wife (Short) Dorothy Roberts
- 1932 The Western Code Polly Loomis
- 1932 This Sporting Age Mrs. Wainleigh
- 1932 The Trial of Vivienne Ware Evelyn Vandeler (uncredited)
- 1932 Careless Lady Ardis Delafield
- 1932 Disorderly Conduct Gwen Fiske
- 1932 After Tomorrow Florence Blandy
- 1932 Dance Team Jane Boyden
- 1931 The Cisco Kid Sally Benton
- 1931 Young Sinners Maggie McGuire
- 1931 King of the Wild Muriel Atrmitage
- 1931 The Champion (Short)
- 1931 Kane Meets Abel (Short)
- 1931 The Lady Killer (Short)
- 1931 Framed! (Short)
- 1930 All for a Lady (Short)
- 1930 The Mardi Gras (Short)
- 1930 The Comeback (Short)
- 1930 The Knockout (Short)
- 1930 Hammer and Tongs (Short)
- 1930 Madame Satan Zeppelin Reveler (uncredited)
- 1930 Kid Roberts (Short)
- 1930 Rain or Shine Grace Conway
- 1930 Night Work Arlene Ogalthorpe
- 1930 The Man Hunter Lady Jane Winston
- 1930 Lucky Larkin Emmy Lou Parkinson
- 1929 Sally Marcia
- 1929 One Hysterical Night Nurse Josephine
- 1929 Masked Emotions Emily Goodell
- 1929 Cohen et Kelly aux bains de mer Rosalinde Cohen
- 1929 The Lawless Legion Mary
- 1929 Sunset Pass Leatrice Preston
- 1929 Marquis Preferred Peggy Winton
- 1928 The Gun Runner Inez
- 1928 Amour d'indienne Josefa
- 1928 A Night of Mystery Thérèse D'Egremont
- 1928 The Texas Tornado Ellen Briscoe
- 1928 Pioneer Scout Mary Baxter
- 1927 L'insurgé Zerelda Mimms
- 1927 The Flying U Ranch Sally Denson
- 1927 Arizona Nights Ruth Browning
- 1927 La riposte Girl