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Sally Eilers

Sally Eilers

Birthday: 1908-12-11 | Place of Birth: New York City, New York, USA

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).

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

1950
Stage to Tucson

as    Annie Benson

1948
Coroner Creek

as    Della Harms

1945
Strange Illusion

as    Virginia Cartwright

1939
They Made Her a Spy

as    Irene Eaton a.k.a. Margaret Brennan

1939
Full Confession

as    Molly Sullivan

1938
The Nurse from Brooklyn

as    Elizabeth Thomas

1938
Condemned Women

as    Linda Wilson

1938
Everybody's Doing It

as    Penny Wilton

1937
Danger Patrol

as    Cathy Street

1937
We Have Our Moments

as    Mary Smith

1937
Lady Behave!

as    Paula Kendall

1935
Remember Last Night?

as    Bette Huling

1935
Pursuit

as    Maxine Bush

1934
She Made Her Bed

as    Laura Gordon

1933
State Fair

as    Emily Joyce

1931
Bad Girl

as    Dorothy Haley

1931
A Holy Terror

as    Jerry Foster

1931
The Black Camel

as    Julie O'Neil

1927
The Red Mill

as    Skater (uncredited)