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Nora Lane (September 12, 1905 – October 16, 1948) was an American film actress. She appeared in more than 80 films between 1927 and 1944. Lane was born in Chester, Illinois. She and her family moved to St. Louis when she was 10 years old. She attended schools there and worked there as a model in women's clothing shops.
Nora Lane was a silent film actress who appeared in over 80 movies from 1927 to 1944. She died by suicide in 1948, one month after her husband's death, and left a note to her stepson.
- January 1, 1
- Chester, Illinois, USA
- January 1, 1
- Glendale, California, USA
Nora Lane. Actress: The Western Code. 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.
- September 12, 1905
- October 16, 1948
Nora Lane is known as an Actor. Some of her work includes Jimmy the Gent, Cassidy of Bar 20, The Cisco Kid, The Fighting Seabees, Madam Satan, City of Chance, Six-Gun Trail, and Careless Lady.
A former model and stock-company ingenue, brunette Nora Lane agreed to a screen test "just for the fun of it." She landed a contract with FBO (the future RKO) and made her debut opposite cowboy star Tom Tyler in The Flying U Ranch (1927).
- September 12, 1905
- October 16, 1948
Nora Lane was a Hollywood actress who starred in Western and adventure films in the 1920s and 1930s. She was born in Illinois, became a leading lady after a screen test, and survived a train wreck and a studio fire.
twenty-nine of Hollywood's 15,000 registered extras made good during 1927, and she’s one of lucky few. “Nora Lane (Norma Stone), youthful wife of a doctor, signed early in the year as leading woman for Fred Thomson…
