Sally Eilers

Actor: Sally Eilers

Born: Dec 11, 1908 in New York City, New York
Died: Jan 05, 1978 in Woodland Hills, California
Occupation: Actor
Active: '20s-'30s
Major Genres: Drama, Comedy
Career Highlights: State Fair, Sailor's Luck, Bad Girl
First Major Screen Credit: Dry Martini (1928)

Biography

Versatile blond leading lady Sally Eilers studied to be a dancer before heading to Hollywood in her teens. She joined the Mack Sennett troupe in the mid-1920s, graduating from bathing beauty roles to the lead in Sennett's 1928 feature The Good-Bye Kiss; that same year, she was selected as one of the WAMPAS "baby stars." One of the busiest actresses in the early-talkie era, Sally appeared opposite James Dunn in a series of popular Fox vehicles, including Bad Girl (1931), Sailor's Luck (1932) and Arizona to Broadway (1933). She was married to Hoot Gibson in 1930, but the union fell apart as her star soared and his diminished. While never a major star, Eilers retained her popularity into the late 1930s, tackling such tricky roles as the Aimee Semple McPherson-ish heroine in 1938's Tarnished Angels. She eased into character roles in the 1940s, the most intriguing of which was her characterization of James Lydon's mother in the 1945 Hamlet derivation Strange Illusion. Sally Eilers retired from moviemaking in 1951 after completing her work on Stage to Tucson. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

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Sally Eilers
from the trailer for the film Pursuit (1935)
Born	Dorothea Sally Eilers December 11, 1908(1908-12-11) New York City, New York, U.S.
Died	January 5, 1978 (aged 69) Woodland Hills, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1927–1950

Sally Eilers (December 11, 1908 – January 5, 1978) was an American actress.

Born as Dorothea Sally Eilers in New York City to a Jewish-American mother and an Irish-American father, Eilers made her film debut in 1927 in The Red Mill, directed by Fatty Arbuckle. After several minor roles, she found work with Mack Sennett as one of his "bathing beauties" in several comedy short-films, along with Carole Lombard, who had been a school friend. In 1928 she was voted as one of the WAMPAS Baby Stars, a yearly list of young actresses nominated by exhibitors based on their box-office appeal.

Eilers was a popular figure in early-1930s Hollywood, known for her high spirits and vivacity. Her films were mostly comedies and crime melodramas such as Quick Millions (1931) with Spencer Tracy and George Raft, but by the end of the decade her popularity had waned, and her subsequent film appearances were few. She made her final film appearance in 1950.

Death

During her final years, Eilers suffered poor health, and died from a heart attack in Woodland Hills, California, at the age of 69.

Selected filmography

The Red Mill (1927)
The Show of Shows (1929)
She Couldn't Say No (1930)
Parlor, Bedroom and Bath (1931)
Quick Millions (1931)
Bad Girl (1931)
Central Airport (1933)
State Fair (1933)
Remember Last Night? (1935)
Coroner Creek (1948)

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NAME	Eilers, Sally
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SHORT DESCRIPTION	American actress
DATE OF BIRTH	December 11, 1908
PLACE OF BIRTH	New York City, New York, U.S.
DATE OF DEATH	January 5, 1978
PLACE OF DEATH	Woodland Hills, California, U.S.

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