Sally Fraser

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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

16

Gender

Female

Birthday

1932-12-12

Deathday

2019-01-13 (86 years old)

Place of Birth

Williston, North Dakota, USA

Sally Fraser

Biography

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Sally Fraser (born December 12, 1932) is an American actress who appeared on television and in numerous films. She became best known for appearing in low-budget science fiction films of the 1950s.

Born in Williston, North Dakota, Fraser moved to Southern California with her family after spending a few years in Minneapolis. Spotted after singing on a local TV show, she was encouraged to take drama lessons and eventually gained experience in stage plays. On television she appeared opposite Tyler MacDuff in the episode "The Saga of Clement O'Toole" of the western series, Annie Oakley. She also appeared on Guy Madison's series, The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok. and in the 1954 TV presentation of A Christmas Carol starring Frederic March.

Fraser eventually became typecast in low budget 1950s sci-fi films. She played a wife possessed by aliens in the Roger Corman film It Conquered the World (1956), the sister of the titular monster in War of the Colossal Beast (1958), and a mother protecting her baby in Earth vs. the Spider (1958). She was briefly onscreen as the United Nations receptionist who introduces Cary Grant's character to Philip Ober's Lester Townsend in Hitchcock's North by Northwest.

She continued to work on television and the stage into the 1960s until she decided to retire to raise her family. Fraser moved to Idaho in the 1980s and lives on a cattle ranch.        

                    

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Known For

North by Northwest
8.0%

North by Northwest

Jul 8, 1959

Elmer Gantry
7.3%

Elmer Gantry

Jul 7, 1960

The Spider
4.7%

The Spider

Sep 1, 1958

It Conquered the World
4.8%

It Conquered the World

Jul 14, 1956

All I Desire
7.0%

All I Desire

Jul 3, 1953

A Christmas Carol
6.3%

A Christmas Carol

Dec 1, 1954

Giant from the Unknown
4.0%

Giant from the Unknown

Jan 3, 1958

One Step Beyond
5.6%

One Step Beyond

Jan 20, 1959

FSP
6.1%

Four Star Playhouse

Sep 25, 1952

Creepy Classics
6.3%

Creepy Classics

Oct 1, 1987

Dangerous Charter
4.6%

Dangerous Charter

Sep 19, 1962

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Acting

1987
Creepy Classics as Joyce Manning - (archive footage)
1962
Dangerous Charter as June
1960
Elmer Gantry as Prostitute
1959
North by Northwest as Second United Nations Receptionist (uncredited)
1959
Roadracers as Joanie Wilson
1959
One Step Beyond as Ann
1958
The Spider as Helen Kingman
1958
War of the Colossal Beast as Joyce Manning
1958
Giant from the Unknown as Janet Cleveland
1956
It Conquered the World as Joan Nelson
1955
It's a Dog's Life as Dorothy Wyndham
1954
Outlaw's Son
1954
A Christmas Carol as Belle / Spirit of Christmas Past
1953
Flight Nurse as Best Girl
1953
All I Desire as Daughter in Auditorium
1952
Four Star Playhouse as Trudy
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