Sara Shane, born Elaine Sterling, (May 18, 1928 – July 31, 2022) was an American actress, who starred in film and television during the Golden Age Era in the 1950s and early 1960s.

Born Elaine Sterling, Shane secured a film contract with MGM and was featured in a few musicals (billed with her birth name).

Among Shane's television appearances, she played the role of defendant Alyce Aitken in the 1961 Perry Mason episode, "The Case of the Envious Editor."

She also played the role of Ethel Meridith in The Outer Limits TV series, Episode 8, Season 2, titled "Wolf 359" which aired on November 7, 1964.

Shane's final acting role was as the Countess in the first-season, Christmas-themed episode "Long Live the Kingdom" of the ABC television series Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea which aired on December 21, 1964.