Introduction
Frances Sage (February 28, 1915 — January 7, 1963) was an American who appeared in three movies in the 1930s/40s.
Life and career
Sage was born on February 28, 1915, in New York City, New York. She made her screen debut in 1936 in the role of "Constance 'Connie' Trent" in George Nichols Jr.'s The Witness Chair, starring Ann Harding and Walter Abel. The same year, she was seen as "Penny Armstrong" in Lew Landers' drama Without Orders with Sally Eilers and Robert Armstrong.
Without Orders was her last credited work. In 1944, Sage had a minor, uncredited role in Vincent Sherman's Mr. Skeffington (based on the novel of the same name by Elizabeth von Arnim), in which she played the first secretary of Job Skeffington (played Claude Rains)
Personal life and death
Sage was married twice. Her first marriage was with writer/producer Julius J. Epstein from 1936 until the divorce in 1949. She was then married to actor/writer Nedrick Young until her death in January 1963.
Sage and Young were both blacklisted by Hollywood in the 1950s. At the time of her suicide, Young was collaborating with director John Frankenheimer on an upcoming project in which she would appear. Unable to find work, Sage committed suicide on January 7, 1963, in Malibu, California. She was 47.