Sally Starr (January , â€" May, , ) was an American theatrical and
film actress known for her work during the s and s. A native of
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, she was discovered while visiting the set of
the Ted Lewis show as a teenager.Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania as
"Sarah Kathryn Sturm" on January , , she was a daughter of Harry and
Sarah E. Sturm. As a toddler, she resided with her parents at the home
of her paternal grandparents, Henry and Lotta Sturm, in Pittsburgh's
th ward, where her father and grandfather were both hardware merchants
and her paternal aunt was a school teacher. A decade later, she and
her five-year-old brother, Raymond, were living with their parents at
their own home in Pittsburgh's th ward. Her father was employed that
year as a laundry superintendent.While on a summer break from her
studies at Pittsburgh's Peabody High School, she was sent to New York
by her parents to visit her maternal grandmother, Mrs. Emma Imhoff,
and was noticed as she spontaneously danced in the wings to the music
of a Ted Lewis show rehearsal, having been invited to that rehearsal
by a friend. Recruited by the show's director, she was subsequently
chaperoned by her grandmother, who accompanied her as she toured with
the Lewis show chorus. Freqeuently compared to Clara Bow, Sturm made
her debut in Lewis' Frolics, and then also appeared in George White's
Scandals of . After making her move to Hollywood, she signed a
contract with MGM.While in Hollywood, she became better known as
"Sally Starr," and performed leading roles in So This Is College (),
The Woman Racket (), Not So Dumb (), Personality (), Pardon My Gun ()
and For The Love o' Lil (). Starr was signed among the cast of Swing
High (), a production of Pathe Pictures. Starr also continued her
theatrical work after her motion picture career began, performing with
Eleanor Powell and George Hassell in The Optimists, staged at the
Century Roof Theater in January . The same year she was cast with
Elliott Nugent, Robert Montgomery, and Phyllis Crane in So This Is
College. Her final films are Meet The Bride (), Getting An Eyeful (),
Love and Onions (), and Money on Your Life ().
film actress known for her work during the s and s. A native of
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, she was discovered while visiting the set of
the Ted Lewis show as a teenager.Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania as
"Sarah Kathryn Sturm" on January , , she was a daughter of Harry and
Sarah E. Sturm. As a toddler, she resided with her parents at the home
of her paternal grandparents, Henry and Lotta Sturm, in Pittsburgh's
th ward, where her father and grandfather were both hardware merchants
and her paternal aunt was a school teacher. A decade later, she and
her five-year-old brother, Raymond, were living with their parents at
their own home in Pittsburgh's th ward. Her father was employed that
year as a laundry superintendent.While on a summer break from her
studies at Pittsburgh's Peabody High School, she was sent to New York
by her parents to visit her maternal grandmother, Mrs. Emma Imhoff,
and was noticed as she spontaneously danced in the wings to the music
of a Ted Lewis show rehearsal, having been invited to that rehearsal
by a friend. Recruited by the show's director, she was subsequently
chaperoned by her grandmother, who accompanied her as she toured with
the Lewis show chorus. Freqeuently compared to Clara Bow, Sturm made
her debut in Lewis' Frolics, and then also appeared in George White's
Scandals of . After making her move to Hollywood, she signed a
contract with MGM.While in Hollywood, she became better known as
"Sally Starr," and performed leading roles in So This Is College (),
The Woman Racket (), Not So Dumb (), Personality (), Pardon My Gun ()
and For The Love o' Lil (). Starr was signed among the cast of Swing
High (), a production of Pathe Pictures. Starr also continued her
theatrical work after her motion picture career began, performing with
Eleanor Powell and George Hassell in The Optimists, staged at the
Century Roof Theater in January . The same year she was cast with
Elliott Nugent, Robert Montgomery, and Phyllis Crane in So This Is
College. Her final films are Meet The Bride (), Getting An Eyeful (),
Love and Onions (), and Money on Your Life ().
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