Sleeper, Martha (1907–1983)
Sleeper, Martha (1907–1983)
American stage and screen actress. Born June 24, 1907, in Lake Bluff, IL; died Mar 25, 1983, in Beaufort, NC; m. Hardie Albright (actor), 1934 (div. 1940); m. Harry Dresser (Deutchbein), 1940; children: Victoria Albright.
Began film career as a child actress in Hal Roach comedies; later appeared in Danger Street, Our Blushing Brides, War Nurse, Madam Satan, Ten Cents a Dance, Huddle, Rasputin and the Empress, Broken Dreams, Spitfire, West of the Pecos, The Scoundrel and The Bells of St. Mary's; made Broadway debut in Stepping Out (1929), followed by Dinner at 8, Russet Mantel, Save Me the Waltz and Christopher Blake, among others.
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