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Sally Fraser

Born: 12th Dec 1932 Williston, North Dakota, USA - Died 13th Jan 2019
Dept: Acting
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.                                          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.                              Description above from the Wikipedia article Sally Fraser, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.                    
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Film and Tv Credits
Total number of credits listed: 16
Film: 14 (88%)
Television: 2 (13%)
Remaining genres not in graph: TV Movie, Family, Music, War

Filmography

Creepy Classics Documentary
1987
A compilation of trailers for various horror and sci-fi films, narrated and hosted by Vincent Price. ... view
Character:
Joyce Manning - (archive footage)
Dangerous Charter Drama, Thriller
1962
The crew of a fishing boat discovers a deserted luxury yacht at sea with a dead body on board. They claim the yacht as salvage, not knowing that a dru ... view
Character:
June
Elmer Gantry Drama
1960
A charismatic charlatan begins a business — and eventually romantic — relationship with a roadside evangelist to sell religion to 1920s America. B ... view
Character:
Prostitute
North by Northwest Thriller, Adventure
1959
Advertising man Roger Thornhill is mistaken for a spy, triggering a deadly cross-country chase. ... view
Character:
Second United Nations Receptionist (uncredited)
Roadracers Action, Drama
1959
The father of a race car driver blames him for a death on the track, disowns him, and sponsors a rival racer. ... view
Character:
Joanie Wilson
One Step Beyond Mystery, Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Jan 1959 (first aired)
Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond is an American anthology series created by Merwin Gerard. The original series ran for three seasons on ABC from Januar ... view
Character:
Ann (1 ep.)
Earth vs. the Spider Horror, Science Fiction
1958
Teenagers from a small town and their high school science teacher join forces to battle a giant mutant spider, living in a cave nearby and getting hun ... view
Character:
Helen Kingman
War of the Colossal Beast Horror, Science Fiction
1958
Glenn Manning, "The Amazing Colossal Man," believed dead after falling from the Hoover Dam, reemerges in rural Mexico, brain damaged, disfigured, and ... view
Character:
Joyce Manning
1958
A series of grisly murders plague a small mountain community and the sheriff suspects a local scientist whom he dislikes. Together with a former prof ... view
Character:
Janet Cleveland
It Conquered the World Science Fiction, Thriller, Horror
1956
An alien from Venus tries to take over the world with the help of a disillusioned human scientist, as his wife, his best friend and the friend's wife ... view
Character:
Joan Nelson
It's a Dog's Life Drama, Comedy
1955
A bull terrier tells his life story, from the streets of the Bowery to a life of luxury. ... view
Character:
Dorothy Wyndham
Outlaw's Son Western
1954
Two episodes of the TV series "Wild Bill Hickok" edited together and released as a feature. ... view
Character:
A Christmas Carol TV Movie, Family, Music
1954
Miser Ebenezer Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own miserable existence, what opportunities he wasted in his yout ... view
Character:
Belle / Spirit of Christmas Past
Flight Nurse War, Drama, Romance
1953
In this war drama, set during the Korean War, an Air Force nurse gets involved in a love triangle on the front lines. ... view
Character:
Best Girl
All I Desire Drama, Romance
1953
In 1910, a stage actress re-visits her husband and children she deserted ten years ago. ... view
Character:
Daughter in Auditorium
Four Star Playhouse Drama, Comedy
Sep 1952 (first aired)
Four Star Playhouse is an American television anthology series that ran from 1952 to 1956, sponsored in its first bi-weekly season by The Singer Compa ... view
Character:
Trudy (1 ep.)