Martha Sleeper (Actor) – Overview, Biography

Name:Martha Sleeper
Occupation: Actor
Gender:Female
Height:163 cm (5′ 5”)
Birth Day: June 24,
1910
Death Date:March 25, 1983
Age: Aged 73
Country: Not Known
Zodiac Sign:Cancer

Martha Sleeper

Martha Sleeper was born on June 24, 1910 in Not Known (73 years old). Martha Sleeper is an Actor, zodiac sign: Cancer. Nationality: Not Known. Approx. Net Worth: Undisclosed.

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As per our current Database, Martha Sleeper died on March 25, 1983.

Physique

HeightWeightHair ColourEye ColourBlood TypeTattoo(s)
163 cm (5′ 5”) N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Biography

Biography Timeline

1910

Many sources had cited 1907 as Sleeper’s year of birth, but she was actually born shortly after the 1910 census was taken in April 1910. Martha’s true date of birth is June 24, 1910, as verified by a copy of her birth certificate.

No “Martha Sleeper” appears in the 1910 census records; however, a “Martha Sleeper” is listed as 9 years old in the 1920 census (April 1920) and 19 years old in the 1930 census (April 1930). An airline passenger list, flight CBA 611 from St. Maarten to Charlotte Amalie, VI, on 10 Sep 1962, gives a birthdate of 6-24-1910, in Illinois (ancestry.com). A U.K. Incoming Passenger list (ancestry.com) for the RMS Queen Elizabeth, from New York to Southamptom, arriving 19 Aug 1958, gives a birthdate of 24.6.10. The Social Security Death Index records the date of birth of a “Martha Stelling” (Sleeper’s third husband’s surname) who died in March 1983 in Beaufort County, South Carolina as June 24, 1910. Sleeper’s 1983 New York Times obituary, as well, was titled “Martha Sleeper Is Dead At 72.”

1923

Her father retired to Los Angeles, California, in 1923 due to ill health. Martha was under contract to Hal Roach studios beginning in 1924, when she was 14 years old. Her father was found dead of heart disease on September 1, 1925, in bed at his home. Sleeper, then 15 years old, with her mother and sister, were away, having taken a short trip to New York City.

Sleeper’s film career began in 1923 and continued until 1945. Her first screen appearance, at the age of 12, 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, leaving it shortly after her 14th birthday. From 1925-27 she appeared in comedies playing opposite the studio’s most popular male stars. She left the Roach studio in late 1927 and moved to the FBO studio where she starred in six silent features during 1928–29. With the coming of sound she was signed by MGM and placed in their training program.

1927

In 1927, Sleeper was one of 13 actresses selected as a WAMPAS Baby Star. Later that year, FBO introduced Sleeper and Bryant Washburn as a new comedy team.

1930

From 1930 to 1936 she played supporting roles in many melodramas her role typically that of a well-bred somewhat snobbish society woman who ends up losing her man to the film’s leading lady. Frustrated by the types of roles she was being offered, Sleeper began playing onstage in and about Los Angeles, at one point drawing raves as Eliza Doolittle in a performance of Pygmalion in 1932.

1936

After appearing in some low budget melodramas for the poverty row Monogram studio Sleeper and her husband, actor Hardie Albright, left Hollywood for New York in 1936 where Sleeper began a long run in both on- and off-Broadway plays. Her first Broadway play was Good Men and True (1934). In 1945, as a favor to director Leo McCarey, Sleeper played the role of Patsy’s mother in The Bells of St. Mary’s. It was her last screen role. In 1945, after appearing in The Bells of St, Mary’s, Martha returned to New York and played Spencer Tracy’s wife in the Broadway play The Rugged Path.

1949

In 1949, she and her second husband were on an extended cruise in the Caribbean. Her destination was the Virgin Islands and a vacation with her husband, however, when she reached Puerto Rico, she fell in love with the island. Terminating the cruise Martha and her husband took up permanent residence in San Juan. Looking for a new challenge, and no longer interested in jewelry design, She reinvented herself one more time and began designing women’s clothing and resort wear. She had her designs manufactured locally and sold them through a boutique that she established in a 300-year-old building in Old Town San Juan. She won many awards and commissions from large corporations for unique designs. She operated this business from 1950 until her retirement in 1969. In 1969, married her third husband and left San Juan for Beaufort, South Carolina, where she spent her remaining years.

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