Martha Sleeper

Martha Sleeper

Acting 1910-06-24 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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1964 Costume Supervisor
1961 Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1945 Mary Gallagher
1936 Nancy Fairbrother
1936 Constance Hyde
1935 Julia Vivian
1935 Marcia Harper
1935 Elsie Summerstone
1934 Eleanor Stafford
1934 Ellen Hall
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1934 Ril Lambeth
1934 Show Girl (uncredited)
1933 Sue Leonard
1933 Barbara
1933 Martha Morley
1933 Lola's Hair Stylist (uncredited)
1933 Chorus Girl Who Hears 'My Country Tis of Thee' (Uncredited)
1932 Barbara
1932 Party Girl (uncredited)
1931 Lucille
1931 Nancy Clark
1931 Harriet Mundy
1931 Corrine
1930 Helen
1930 Fish Girl
1930 Evelyn Woodforth
1929 Sally
1928 Daughter
1928 Martha Skittle
1928 Flora Mactavish
1928 Kitty
1928 Emmy Milburn
1927 The Fiancée
1927 Rachel Gimplewart
1927 Daughter
1927 Daughter
1927 Martha, a stenographer
1927 Max's Daughter
1926 Marie, the Maid
1926 Princess Helga of Thermosa
1926 The bride
1926 Hector's Wife
1926 Bride
1926 The Butler
1926 Bit Role (uncredited)
1926 The Nervous Little Girl
1925 Hotel Telephone Operator
1925 Teenaged 'Vamp'
1925 Girl at Party (uncredited)
1925 Vermuda
1925 Imogene-the Bride
1925 Flirty McFickle
1925 Jimmie's Girl Friend
1925 Book store clerk
1925 Smyrna, Verbena's Daughter
1925 Fiance
1924 Daughter
1924 The Apache Dancer
1924 Mrs. Dugan
1924 Girl with Runaway Pony
1924 Boarding house maid (uncredited)
1923 Betty