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Aliases: No known aliases
Gender: Female
Place of birth: Williston, North Dakota, USA
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Movie Involvements: 12
TV Involvements: 1
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Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Sally Fraser (born December 12, 1932) is an American actress who appeared on television and in numerous films. She became best known for appearing in low-budget science fiction films of the 1950s. Born in Williston, North Dakota, Fraser moved to Southern California with her family after spending a few years in Minneapolis. Spotted after singing on a local TV show, she was encouraged to take drama lessons and eventually gained experience in stage plays. On television she appeared opposite Tyler MacDuff in the episode "The Saga of Clement O'Toole" of the western series, Annie Oakley. She also appeared on Guy Madison's series, The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok. and in the 1954 TV presentation of A Christmas Carol starring Frederic March. Fraser eventually became typecast in low budget 1950s sci-fi films. She played a wife possessed by aliens in the Roger Corman film It Conquered the World (1956), the sister of the titular monster in War of the Colossal Beast (1958), and a mother protecting her baby in Earth vs. the Spider (1958). She was briefly onscreen as the United Nations receptionist who introduces Cary Grant's character to Philip Ober's Lester Townsend in Hitchcock's North by Northwest. She continued to work on television and the stage into the 1960s until she decided to retire to raise her family. Fraser moved to Idaho in the 1980s and lives on a cattle ranch. Description above from the Wikipedia article Sally Fraser, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Most Famous Work
One Step Beyond
(1959) AnnNorth by Northwest
(1959) Second United Nations Receptionist (uncredited)Elmer Gantry
(1960) ProstituteWar of the Colossal Beast
(1958) Joyce ManningA Christmas Carol
(1954) Belle / Spirit of Christmas PastAll I Desire
(1953) Daughter in AuditoriumThe Spider
(1958) Helen KingmanIt Conquered the World
(1956) Joan NelsonActing
Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
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1987 | Joyce Manning - (archive footage) | |
1962 | June | |
1960 | Prostitute | |
1959 | Second United Nations Receptionist (uncredited) | |
Joanie Wilson | ||
Ann | ||
1958 | Helen Kingman | |
Joyce Manning | ||
Janet Cleveland | ||
1956 | Joan Nelson | |
1955 | Dorothy Wyndham | |
1954 | N/A | |
Belle / Spirit of Christmas Past | ||
1953 | Best Girl | |
Daughter in Auditorium | ||
1952 | Trudy | |
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