Sally Fraser

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Sally Fraser (born December 12, 1932 in Williston , North Dakota - † January 13, 2019 in Harrison , Idaho ) was an American actress . She gained notoriety through her roles in B-movies of the 1950s.

Life

Sally Fraser was born in Williston in 1932 and grew up with her four older siblings in Minneapolis when she was four before the family moved to Southern California when Fraser was ten. After appearing on a local television show, she took acting classes and got her first roles in plays. In 1952, Fraser got a small role in an episode of the television series Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok . In the following years she appeared as a guest actress in various television series, including 1953 in an episode of the early science fiction series Space Patrol . In her first two small film roles in All my Sehnsucht and Company Panthersprung in the same year, Fraser remained unnamed in the credits.

Sally Fraser was best known for her roles in so-called B-Movies. She played in 1956 the wife of the lead actor Peter Graves in science fiction - Horror It Conquered the World and in 1958 a minor role in the horror movie Earth vs. the Spider . In the same year, Fraser took on the female lead roles in the monster films War of the Colossal Beast and In the Clutches of the Giant . Her best-known film appearances outside of B-Movies included a small role as a receptionist at the United Nations in Alfred Hitchcock's The Invisible Third in 1959. In 1960 she played a prostitute in the literary film adaptation of Elmer Gantry , but remained anonymous in the credits.

Sally Fraser was active as an actress until 1970 and then retired into private life. She married and became a mother. In the 1980s, the family moved to a farm in Idaho , where Fraser lived until her death. She died on January 13, 2019 at the age of 86 in the small town of Harrison.

Filmography (selection)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Sally Fraser. In: glamourgirlsofthesilverscreen.com. Retrieved November 8, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Tom B .: RIP Sally Fraser. In: Westernboothill. February 9, 2019, accessed February 11, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Fraser, Sally
BRIEF DESCRIPTION US-american actress
DATE OF BIRTH December 12, 1932
PLACE OF BIRTH Williston , North Dakota , United States
DATE OF DEATH January 13, 2019
Place of death Harrison , Idaho , United States