Sarah "Sallie" Lane (22 September 1822 – 16 August 1899) was an English actress, playwright and theatre manager.

She began performing as a singer and dancer at the age of seventeen under the stage name Sarah Wilton.

[1][2] In 1843, she married Sam Lane, the manager of the Britannia Theatre.

From 1873 to 1881, she wrote or translated from French eight melodramas that were presented at the theatre, including The Faithless Wife and Bad Josephine.

Lane presented the works of at least six women playwrights, including Melinda Young.