Sally Fraser

Sally Fraser

1932-12-12 – 2019-01-13 (age 86) Williston, North Dakota, USA
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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
North by Northwest

1959

as Second United Nations Receptionist (uncredited)

Earth vs. the Spider
Earth vs. the Spider

1958

as Helen Kingman

Elmer Gantry
Elmer Gantry

1960

as Prostitute

Creepy Classics
Creepy Classics

1987

as Joyce Manning - (archive footage)

It Conquered the World
It Conquered the World

1956

as Joan Nelson

All I Desire
All I Desire

1953

as Daughter in Auditorium

War of the Colossal Beast
War of the Colossal Beast

1958

as Joyce Manning

It's a Dog's Life
It's a Dog's Life

1955

as Dorothy Wyndham

A Christmas Carol
A Christmas Carol

1954

as Belle / Spirit of Christmas Past

Roadracers
Roadracers

1959

as Joanie Wilson

Flight Nurse
Flight Nurse

1953

as Best Girl

Giant from the Unknown
Giant from the Unknown

1958

as Janet Cleveland

Dangerous Charter
Dangerous Charter

1962

as June

Outlaw's Son