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person_profile-Martha Sleeper

Martha Sleeper Died at age: 72

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Martha Sleeper

Date of Birth:

Jun 24, 1910

Country of birth:

USA

Died:

Mar 25, 1983

Biography of

Martha Sleeper

    From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    Martha Sleeper (June 24, 1910 – March 25, 1983) was a film actress of the 1920s–1930s and, later, a Broadway stage actress. She studied dancing for five years with Russian ballet master, Louis H. Chalif, at his New York dancing studio. Her first public exhibitions were at Carnegie Hall at his class exhibitions.

    Sleeper's film career began in 1923 and continued until 1945. Her first screen appearance, at the age of 13, was in The Mailman (1923), an independent production. After appearing in several kiddie comedies at the Christie studio she was signed by the Hal Roach studio for the Our Gang" series but she quickly outgrew that role. From 1925-27 she appeared in comedies playing opposite the studio's most popular male stars. She left the Roach studio in late 1927 and moved to the FBO studio where she starred in six silent features during 1928–29. With the coming of sound she was signed by MGM and placed in their training program.

    From 1930 to 1936 she played supporting roles in many melodramas her role typically that of a well-bred somewhat snobbish society woman who ends up losing her man to the film's leading lady. Frustrated by the types of roles she was being offered, Martha began playing onstage in and about Los Angeles, at one point drawing raves as Eliza Doolittle in a performance of Pygmalion in 1932.

    After appearing in some low budget melodramas for the poverty row Monogram studio Martha and her husband, actor Hardie Albright, left Hollywood for New York in 1936 where Martha began a long run in both on- and off-Broadway plays. In 1945, as a favor to director Leo McCarey, Martha played the role of Patsy's mother in The Bells of St. Mary's. It was her last screen role.

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Martha Sleeper

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Filmography of

Martha Sleeper

Found 25 Movies in total

Days of Thrills and Laughter

archive footage ( Actor )

... 1961

The Bells of St. Mary's

Mary Gallagher ( Actor )

... 1945

Rhythm on the Range

Constance Hyde ( Actor )

... 1936

Two Sinners

Elsie Summerstone ( Actor )

... 1935

The Scoundrel

Julia Vivian ( Actor )

... 1935

Great God Gold

Marcia Harper ( Actor )

... 1935

West of the Pecos

Ril Lambeth ( Actor )

... 1934

Tomorrow's Youth

Ellen Hall ( Actor )

... 1934

Hollywood Party

Show Girl (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1934

Spitfire

Eleanor Stafford ( Actor )

... 1934

Broken Dreams

Martha Morley ( Actor )

... 1933

Bombshell

Lola's Hair Stylist (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1933

Penthouse

Sue Leonard ( Actor )

... 1933

Midnight Mary

Barbara Mannering ( Actor )

... 1933

The Secret of Madame Blanche

Chorus Girl Who Hears 'My Country Tis of Thee' (Uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1933

Rasputin and the Empress

Party Girl (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1932

Huddle

Barbara ( Actor )

... 1932

Confessions of a Co-Ed

Lucille ( Actor )

... 1931

A Tailor-Made Man

Corrine ( Actor )

... 1931

Girls Demand Excitement

Harriet Mundy ( Actor )

... 1931

Ten Cents a Dance

Nancy Clark ( Actor )

... 1931

War Nurse

Helen ( Actor )

... 1930

Madam Satan

Fish Girl ( Actor )

... 1930

Our Blushing Brides

Evelyn Woodforth ( Actor )

... 1930

The Little Yellow House

Emmy Milburn ( Actor )

... 1928