Sally Finney

born: 26 August 1907 Kansas City, Kansas, United States of America

died: 16 December 1963 New York City, New York, United States of America (lung cancer, age 56)

American actress and dancer, later and better known as Sally Hansen, founder and namesake of the famed nail cosmetics line. She ran a dance studio in the 1920s before taking over her parents' cosmetics business, turning it into the successful House of Hollywood, and writing a regular column, "Your Candid Mirror," for the Los Angeles Times during early-mid 1934, eventually founding her own namesake company in 1946. She was married three times, with her more famous surname being her second husband's. She is buried at Rose Hills Memorial Park in Whittier, California.

Real name: Sally Genevieve Finney

Films listed on this page: complete Hal Roach filmography.

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1925 The Uneasy Three [?] 1925 His Wooden Wedding [?] Acknowledgements: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FWF9-289 (birth record) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCKQ-ZS9 (1920 Census) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8NN-4M2 (1927 marriage) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8JC-1ZM (1933 marriage) Sally G Hansen and Jack B Newton, "New York, New York, U.S., Marriage License Indexes, 1907-2018" (Ancestry.com) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6XRW-R44V (1950 Census) Sally Newton, "New York, New York, U.S., Death Index, 1949-1965" (Ancestry.com) https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/111018040 (Find a Grave) https://www.familysearch.org/en/tree/person/details/LYDF-65Y (family tree, FamilySearch.org) https://www.sallyhansen.com/en-ie/about-us/sally-story (Sally's Story, SallyHansen.com) https://www.musee-mccord-stewart.ca/en/blog/fascinating-miss-finney/ (McCord Stewart Museum) https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/380420500/ (Los Angeles Times, 13 Feb 1927) Robert Demoss (cast identification in His Wooden Wedding) Jesse Brisson (bio notes and research) This page was last updated on: 28 May 2026