Sally Fraser
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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 | Acting |
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Most Rating | 4.099 |
Birthday | 1932-12-12 |
Place of Birth | Williston, North Dakota, USA |
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1956
It Conquered the World
4.765/49
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...
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It Conquered the World
1958
The Spider
4.644/59
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...
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The Spider
1958
War of the Colossal Beast
3.9/40
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War of the Colossal Beast
1958
Giant from the Unknown
4/13
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...
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Giant from the Unknown
1955
It's a Dog's Life
3/2
A bull terrier tells his life story, from the streets of the Bowery to a life of luxury.
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1962
Dangerous Charter
4.8/4
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Dangerous Charter
1959
Roadracers
5/2
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1959
North by Northwest
7.986/3982
Advertising man Roger Thornhill is mistaken for a spy, triggering a deadly cross-country chase.
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1954
A Christmas Carol
6/11
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A Christmas Carol
1960
Elmer Gantry
7.3/164
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Elmer Gantry
1953
Flight Nurse
5.5/2
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1954
Outlaw's Son
0/0
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Creepy Classics
6.3/6
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All I Desire
6.9/39
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