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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Sally Fraser, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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1987
Creepy Classics
Movie Joyce Manning - (archive footage)
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1962
Dangerous Charter
Movie June
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1960
Elmer Gantry
Movie Prostitute
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1959
North by Northwest
Movie Second United Nations Receptionist (uncredited)
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1959
Roadracers
Movie Joanie Wilson
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1959
One Step Beyond
TV show Ann
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1958
Earth vs. the Spider
Movie Helen Kingman
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1958
War of the Colossal Beast
Movie Joyce Manning
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1958
Giant from the Unknown
Movie Janet Cleveland
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1956
It Conquered the World
Movie Joan Nelson
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1955
It's a Dog's Life
Movie Dorothy Wyndham
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1954
Outlaw's Son
Movie
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1954
A Christmas Carol
Movie Belle / Spirit of Christmas Past
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1953
Flight Nurse
Movie Best Girl
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1953
All I Desire
Movie Daughter in Auditorium
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1952
The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
TV show Jackie Fraser
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1952
Four Star Playhouse
TV show Trudy