
Known for
Acting
Born
June 24, 1910
Birthplace
Lake Bluff, Illinois, USA
Died
March 25, 1983 (aged 72)
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Martha Sleeper (June 24, 1910 – March 25, 1983) was a film actress of the 1920s–1930s and, later, a Broadway stage actress. She studied dancing for five years with Russian ballet master, Louis H. Chalif, at his New York dancing studio. Her first public exhibitions were at Carnegie Hall at his class exhibitions.
Sleeper's film career began in 1923 and continued until 1945. Her first screen appearance, at the age of 13, was in The Mailman (1923), an independent production. After appearing in several kiddie comedies at the Christie studio she was signed by the Hal Roach studio for the Our Gang" series but she quickly outgrew that role. From 1925-27 she ap...
1964
Costume Supervisor
1961
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1945
as Mary Gallagher
1936
as Nancy Fairbrother
1936
as Constance Hyde
1935
as Elsie Summerstone
1935
as Julia Vivian
1935
as Marcia Harper
1934
as Ril Lambeth
1934
as Ellen Hall
1934
as Show Girl (uncredited)
1934
as Eleanor Stafford
1933
as Martha Morley
1933
as Lola's Hair Stylist (uncredited)
1933
as Sue Leonard
1933
as Barbara
1933
as Chorus Girl Who Hears 'My Country Tis of Thee' (Uncredited)
1932
as Party Girl (uncredited)
1932
as Barbara
1931
as Lucille
1931
as Corrine
1931
as Harriet Mundy
1931
as Nancy Clark
1930
as Helen
1930
as Fish Girl