Martha Sleeper
Known For: Acting
Gender: Female
Date of Birth: June 24, 1910
Day of Death: March 25, 1983 (73 years old)
Place of Birth: Lake Bluff, Illinois, USA
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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Actor Marie, the Maid
Along Came Auntie
Actor
A Punch in the Nose
Actor Princess Helga of Thermosa
Long Fliv the King
Actor The bride
Crazy Like a Fox
Actor Hector's Wife
Say It with Babies
Actor Bride
Thundering Fleas
Actor The Butler
What's the World Coming To?
Actor
Madame Mystery
Actor Bit Role (uncredited)
Bromo and Juliet
Actor The Nervous Little Girl
Mum's the Word
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Actor Hotel Telephone Operator
Sherlock Sleuth
Actor Teenaged 'Vamp'
Better Movies
Actor Girl at Party (uncredited)
Innocent Husbands
Actor Vermuda
Sure-Mike!
Actor Imogene-the Bride
There Goes the Bride
Actor Flirty McFickle
The Rat's Knuckles
Actor Jimmie's Girl Friend
Bad Boy
Actor Book store clerk
Big Red Riding Hood
Actor Smyrna, Verbena's Daughter
Should Sailors Marry?
Actor Fiance
Plain and Fancy Girls
Actor
Laughing Ladies
