Sally Eilers
Born: 1908-12-11 in New York City, New York, USA
Died: 1978-01-05
Known For: Acting
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Dorothea Sally Eilers (December 11, 1908 – January 5, 1978) was an American actress. She made her film debut in 1927 in The Red Mill, directed by Roscoe Arbuckle. After several minor roles as an extra, in 1927-1928 she found work with Mack Sennett as one of his "flaming youth" comedians in several comedy short subjects, 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 selected by publicity people in the film business, with selection based on the actresses' having "shown the most promise during the past 12 months." 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. By the end of the decade, her popularity had waned, and her subsequent film appearances were few. She made her final film appearance in Stage to Tucson (1950).
Filmography
1952
- This Is Your Life as Self
1950
- Stage to Tucson as Annie Benson
1948
- Coroner Creek as Della Harms
1945
- Strange Illusion as Virginia Cartwright
1944
- A Wave, a WAC and a Marine as Margaret Ames
1943
- First Aid as Red Cross Worker
1941
- I Was a Prisoner on Devil's Island as Claire Martel
1939
- They Made Her a Spy as Irene Eaton a.k.a. Margaret Brennan
- Full Confession as Molly Sullivan
1938
- Tarnished Angel as Carol Vinson
- Everybody's Doing It as Penny Wilton
- Condemned Women as Linda Wilson
- The Nurse from Brooklyn as Elizabeth Thomas
1937
- We Have Our Moments as Mary Smith
- Danger Patrol as Cathy Street
- Lady Behave! as Paula Kendall
1936
- Talk of the Devil as Ann Marlow
- Without Orders as Kay Armstrong
- Don’t Get Personal as Sally van Ranseleer aka Jinxy
- Strike Me Pink as Claribel Higg
- Florida Special as Jerry Quinn
1935
- Starlit Days at the Lido as Self
- Remember Last Night? as Bette Huling
- Pursuit as Maxine Bush
- Carnival as Daisy
- Alias Mary Dow as Sally Gates
1934
- She Made Her Bed as Laura Gordon
- Three on a Honeymoon as Joan Foster
- I Spy as Thelma Coldwater
1933
- Central Airport as Jill Collins
- State Fair as Emily Joyce
- Made on Broadway as Mona
- Walls of Gold as Jeanie Satterlee Ritchie
- Second Hand Wife as Sandra Trumbull
- Sailor's Luck as Sally Brent
- Hold Me Tight as Molly Roberts Evans
1932
- Hat Check Girl as Gerry Marsh
- Dance Team as Poppy Kirk
- Disorderly Conduct as Phyllis Crawford
1931
- Bad Girl as Dorothy Haley
- Parlor, Bedroom and Bath as Virginia Embrey
- The Black Camel as Julie O'Neil
- Over the Hill as Isabel Potter as an Adult
- Quick Millions as Daisy De Lisle
- Reducing as Joyce Roche
- A Holy Terror as Jerry Foster
- Clearing the Range as Mary Lou Moran
1930
- Let Us Be Gay as Diane
- She Couldn't Say No as Iris
- Doughboys as Mary
- Roaring Ranch as June Marlin
- Trigger Tricks as Betty Dawley
1929
- The Show of Shows as Performer in 'Ladies of the Ensemble' Number (uncredited)
- Weary River as Hatcheck Girl (uncredited)
- The Long, Long Trail as June
- Sailor's Holiday as Molly Jones
- Matchmaking Mamma as Sally McNitt
- Broadway Babies as Navarre King
- Trial Marriage as Constance Bannister
1928
- The Crowd as Party Girl at Bert's Place (uncredited)
- Fazil as Harem Girl
- The Campus Carmen
- The Good-Bye Kiss as Sally
- The Campus Vamp as Sally
- Broadway Daddies as Chorus Girl
- Dry Martini as Lucille Grosvenor
1927
- Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans as Woman in Dance Hall (uncredited)
- Paid to Love as Excited Girl Tourist (uncredited)
- The Red Mill as Skater (uncredited)
- Cradle Snatchers as Flapper Girlfriend
- Slightly Used as Grace Martin