Sallie Fisher
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Sallie Fisher | |
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_(cropped).jpg) Sallie Fisher in 1912 | |
| Born | August 10, 1880 Wyoming Territory, U.S. |
| Died | June 8, 1950 (aged 69) |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1902-1921 |
| Spouse | Arthur Houghton (m. 1913) |
Sallie Fisher (August 10, 1880 – June 8, 1950) was an American stage and vaudeville actress who appeared in the 1916 silent The Little Shepherd of Bargain Row.[1]
Fisher "was born on a ranch in Wyoming" but moved with her family to Salt Lake City "when a very little girl."[2] She was educated by tutors.[3] (In a 1909 interview, Fisher told a reporter that she was born in Salt Lake City.)[4]
Stage
Fisher appeared in musical comedy, musical farce, fantasy, operetta, revue and revivals. She debuted in Salt Lake City with the Salt Lake Opera Company.[5] In Chicago, "she rose from the chorus of a comic opera company to the ranks of the truly elect, otherwise known as prima donna."[6] She portrayed Flora in the 1902 Broadway musical The Billionaire.[7]
In 1907, an article in The Washington Post described Fisher as having been "for several seasons a prima donna in the Dillingham forces."[8] She appeared with George M. Cohan in 45 Minutes from Broadway[2] and with John Barrymore in Stubborn Cinderella.[9]
A St. Louis Post-Dispatch review of the production of The Goddess of Liberty in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1910 described Fisher's work as follows: "Sallie Fisher is most of the show and she is worth while [sic]. She sings well, dances divinely and is as good to look at as one could wish."[10]
