Martha Sleeper
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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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Sex and the College Girl
1964 · Costume Supervisor
Days of Thrills and Laughter
1961 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Bells of St. Mary's
1945 · Mary Gallagher
Four Days Wonder
1936 · Nancy Fairbrother
Rhythm on the Range
1936 · Constance Hyde
Two Sinners
1935 · Elsie Summerstone
The Scoundrel
1935 · Julia Vivian
Great God Gold
1935 · Marcia Harper
West of the Pecos
1934 · Ril Lambeth
Tomorrow's Youth
1934 · Ellen Hall
Hollywood Party
1934 · Show Girl (uncredited)
Spitfire
1934 · Eleanor Stafford
Broken Dreams
1933 · Martha Morley
Bombshell
1933 · Lola's Hair Stylist (uncredited)
Penthouse
1933 · Sue Leonard
Midnight Mary
1933 · Barbara
The Secret of Madame Blanche
1933 · Chorus Girl Who Hears 'My Country Tis of Thee' (Uncredited)
Rasputin and the Empress
1932 · Party Girl (uncredited)
Huddle
1932 · Barbara
Confessions of a Co-Ed
1931 · Lucille
A Tailor-Made Man
1931 · Corrine
Girls Demand Excitement
1931 · Harriet Mundy
Ten Cents a Dance
1931 · Nancy Clark
War Nurse
1930 · Helen
Madam Satan
1930 · Fish Girl
Our Blushing Brides
1930 · Evelyn Woodforth
The Voice of the Storm
1929 · Ruth
The Air Legion
1929 · Sally
Taxi 13
1928 · Flora Mactavish
Danger Street
1928 · Kitty
Skinner's Big Idea
1928 · Dorothy
The Little Yellow House
1928 · Emmy Milburn
Should Tall Men Marry?
1928 · Martha Skittle
Pass the Gravy
1928 · Daughter
Flaming Fathers
1927 · Daughter
Fighting Fathers
1927 · Max's Daughter
Love 'em and Feed 'em
1927 · Martha, a stenographer
Fluttering Hearts
1927 · Daughter
Jewish Prudence
1927 · Rachel Gimplewart
The Honorable Mr. Buggs
1927 · The Fiancée
Bromo and Juliet
1926 · Bit Role (uncredited)
Crazy Like a Fox
1926 · The bride
Along Came Auntie
1926 · Marie, the Maid
Thundering Fleas
1926 · Bride
Long Fliv the King
1926 · Princess Helga of Thermosa
Don Key (Son of Burro)
1926
Say It with Babies
1926 · Hector's Wife
Mum's the Word
1926 · The Nervous Little Girl
Madame Mystery
1926
What's the World Coming To?
1926 · The Butler
A Punch in the Nose
1926
Should Sailors Marry?
1925 · Smyrna, Verbena's Daughter
Better Movies
1925 · Teenaged 'Vamp'
Innocent Husbands
1925 · Girl at Party (uncredited)
Sherlock Sleuth
1925 · Hotel Telephone Operator
Sure-Mike!
1925 · Vermuda
Big Red Riding Hood
1925 · Book store clerk
Bad Boy
1925 · Jimmie's Girl Friend
Plain and Fancy Girls
1925 · Fiance
The Rat's Knuckles
1925 · Flirty McFickle
There Goes the Bride
1925 · Imogene-the Bride
Laughing Ladies
1925
The Royal Razz
1924
Too Many Mammas
1924 · The Apache Dancer
Outdoor Pajamas
1924 · Girl with Runaway Pony
Sweet Daddy
1924 · Daughter
Seeing Nellie Home
1924
A Ten-Minute Egg
1924 · Mrs. Dugan
The Racing Kid
1924 · Martha
All Wet
1924 · Boarding house maid (uncredited)
The Mailman
1923 · Betty
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