- Sally Eilers
Sally Eilers (
December 11 1908 –January 5 1978 ) was an American actress.Born as Dorothea Sally Eilers in
New York City to a Jewish-American mother and an Irish-American father, Eilers made her film debut, aged 18, in 1927 in "The Red Mill", directed by Fatty Arbuckle. After several minor roles, she found work withMack Sennett as one of his "bathing beauties" in several comedy short-films, along withCarole Lombard , who had been a school friend. In 1928 she was voted as one of theWAMPAS Baby Stars , a yearly list of young actresses nominated by exhibitors based on their box-office appeal.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) withSpencer Tracy andGeorge Raft , but by the end of the decade her popularity had waned, and her subsequent film appearances were few. She made her final film appearance in 1950.During her final years, Eilers suffered poor health, and died from a heart attack in
Woodland Hills, California , at the age of 69.elected filmography
* "State Fair" (1933)
* "Central Airport" (1933)
* "Bad Girl " (1931)
* "Quick Millions " (1931)
* "Parlor, Bedroom and Bath " (1931)
* "She Couldn't Say No" (1930)
* "The Show of Shows" (1929)
* "The Red Mill" (1927)External links
*imdb name|id=0251755|name=Sally Eilers
* [http://film.virtual-history.com/person.php?personid=1194 Photographs of Sally Eilers]
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