Martha Sleeper
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Martha Sleeper is a working actress in American film and television, though the record kept on her career is a modest one. Her time in the business covers roughly 103 years. She plays Mary Gallagher in 'The Bells of St. Mary's'. Age at the first credit: 13. Drama accounts for most of what is on file.
Martha Sleeper
56 Movies
Martha Sleeper is a working actress in American film and television, though the record kept on her career is a modest one. Her time in the business covers roughly 103 years. She plays Mary Gallagher in 'The Bells of St. Mary's'. Age at the first credit: 13. Drama accounts for most of what is on file.
Movies
Plays Mary Gallagher
The Bells of St. Mary's
1945
Plays Daughter
Fluttering Hearts
1927
Plays Nancy Clark
Ten Cents a Dance
1931
Plays Imogene-the Bride
There Goes the Bride
1925
Plays Barbara
Huddle
1932
Plays Evelyn Woodforth
Our Blushing Brides
1930
Plays Fish Girl
Madam Satan
1930
Plays The bride
Crazy Like a Fox
1926
Plays Barbara
Midnight Mary
1933
Plays Helen
War Nurse
1930
Plays Flirty McFickle
The Rat's Knuckles
1925
Plays Daughter
Pass the Gravy
1928
Plays Marie, the Maid
Along Came Auntie
1926
Plays Ellen Hall
Tomorrow's Youth
1934
Plays Lucille
Confessions of a Co-Ed
1931
Plays Sue Leonard
Penthouse
1933
Plays Eleanor Stafford
Spitfire
1934
Plays Fiance
Plain and Fancy Girls
1925
Plays Princess Helga of Thermosa
Long Fliv the King
1926
Plays The Apache Dancer
Too Many Mammas
1924
Plays Bride
Thundering Fleas
1926
Plays Julia Vivian
The Scoundrel
1935
Plays Martha Skittle
Should Tall Men Marry?
1928
Plays Daughter
Flaming Fathers
1927
Plays Jimmie's Girl Friend
Bad Boy
1925
Plays Marcia Harper
Great God Gold
1935
Plays The Nervous Little Girl
Mum's the Word
1926
Plays Rachel Gimplewart
Jewish Prudence
1927
Plays Elsie Summerstone
Two Sinners
1935
Plays The Butler
What's the World Coming To?
1926
Plays Smyrna, Verbena's Daughter
Should Sailors Marry?
1925
Plays Teenaged 'Vamp'
Better Movies
1925
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The Bells of St. Mary's
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The Bells of St. Mary's
Mary Gallagher
1945
Film
Rhythm on the Range
Constance Hyde
1936
Film
Two Sinners
Elsie Summerstone
1935
Film
The Scoundrel
Julia Vivian
1935
Film
Great God Gold
Marcia Harper
1935
Film
West of the Pecos
Ril Lambeth
1934
Film
Tomorrow's Youth
Ellen Hall
1934
Film
Hollywood Party
Show Girl (uncredited)
1934
Film
Spitfire
Eleanor Stafford
1934
Film
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Frequently Asked Questions
Is Martha Sleeper still alive?
Martha Sleeper passed away on March 25, 1983 at age 72.
What are the most famous roles of Martha Sleeper?
Martha Sleeper is best known for roles in The Bells of St. Mary's, Bombshell, Madam Satan.
How many movies has Martha Sleeper been in?
Over a 60-year career (since 1923), Martha Sleeper has appeared in 56 movies and 0 TV shows.
What was Martha Sleeper's first movie?
The career of Martha Sleeper began with The Mailman (1923).
What is Martha Sleeper's most recent movie or series?
Martha Sleeper's most recent release is The Bells of St. Mary's, which premiered on December 27, 1945.
Martha Sleeper
1910-06-24 · Lake Bluff, Illinois, USA
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.