Eilers, Sally (1908–1978)

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Eilers, Sally (1908–1978)

American actress. Born Dorothea Sally Eilers, Dec 11, 1908, in New York, NY; died Jan 5, 1978, in Beverly Hills, California; m. Hoot Gibson (actor), 1930 (div. 1933); m. Harry Joe Brown (producer), 1933 (div. 1943); m. Howard Barney, 1943 (div. 1949); m. John Morse, 1949 (sep 1958); children: Harry Joe Brown Jr. (screenwriter).

Featured in Mack Sennett's The Goodbye Kiss (1928); appeared in over 40 films, including Sailor's Holiday, Long, Long Trail, Show of Shows, Bad Girl, Second Hand Wife, State Fair, Carnival, Strike Me Pink, Lady Behave and Stage to Tucson; retired (1951).