Monday 20 March 2023

Cigarette Card Stars (12) : Lupino Lane and Sally Gray

Lupino Lane was an English comedian and actor who achieved Hollywood fame in the 1920s with his physical comedy due to being double jointed and very agile. After starting out on the stage, he starred in a number of silent movies though was unable to adapt to the talkies. He returned to the stage and had a successful career. He died in 1959. He was the second cousin of famous actress Ida Lupino.

English actress Sally Gray began her career on stage dancing in minstrel shows. She later moved into film and starred in a number of British films in the 1930s. Her career stalled after a nervous breakdown in the early 1940s but resumed in the late 1940s but after her marriage to a member of the aristocracy she made her last film in 1952. She died in 2006.