Person Biography:
Sally Fraser was born on December 12, 1932, in Williston, North Dakota. She was the youngest of five children and moved to Southern California with her family after spending a few years in Minneapolis. Her father operated a feed store in the Canoga Park area of Los Angeles and worked there after school.
As a young girl, Sally expressed an interest in singing and joined her church choir while taking voice lessons. She was spotted after singing on a local TV show and encouraged to take drama courses. She started to gain experience in local and summer stock plays, including "Bus Stop" with Marie Wilson, "Separate Tables" with Don Porter and Signe Hasso, and "The Moon Is Blue".
Sally's move into television came as a result of her singing skills. She played Belle and The Ghost of Christmas Past in a TV version of "A Christmas Carol" starring Fredric March as Scrooge and Basil Rathbone as Marley's Ghost. Her singing voice was dubbed by operatic diva Marilyn Horne.
She went on to appear in numerous western shows, including "The Gene Autry Show", "Annie Oakley", and "Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok". Sally made guest appearances on "December Bride", "Bachelor Father", "Mr. Lucky", and took her last job in the late 1960s in "Lassie".
In films, Sally made her debut in "All I Desire" (1953) and quickly found herself pocketed in low-budget 50s sci-fiers. She played the wife of Peter Graves who becomes possessed by aliens in "It Conquered the World" (1956); the brave sister of the colossal man in "War of the Colossal Beast" (1958); and a mother protecting her baby in "The Spider" (1958).
