Sally O'Neil
Acting
Biography
After beginning in vaudeville, she was signed by Hal Roach Studios in 1925. When talking pictures arrived, her roles were limited because of her strong accent. After leaving movies, she found work on the stage and toured with the USO.
Born: October 23, 1908
Place of Birth: Bayonne, New Jersey, USA
Known For
Kathleen Mavourneen
Kathleen O'Connor, fresh off the boat from Ireland, must decide between the two men who love her - a poor plumber and a wealthy politician.
Kathleen Mavourneen
Kathleen O'Moore returns to her home in rural Ireland and becomes torn between the affections of Michael Rooney, a poor but honest man, and the wealthy squire with the power to make her dreams come true.
Battling Butler
A meek millionaire masquerades as a boxing star to win a girl's heart.
1925 Studio Tour
A tour of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio in 1925 shows the people who make the movies there, and gives viewers a glimpse at how movies are made.
Broadway Scandals
Ted Howard, a vaudevillian left, stranded in a tank town. A local girl, Mary (Sally O'Neil), proposes to finance a new act with her savings and the team succeeds in a minor way until Ted is discovered by Broadway femme fatale Valeska (Carmel Myers). Not wishing to stand in her partner's way, Mary nobly resigns from the act and instead accepts a minor role in the show. She proves a sensation on opening night, however, and a jealous Valeska demands her ousted. But Ted, who is in love with Mary, reorganizes their old act and they begin a new life together as man and wife.
Convention Girl
Wily hotel 'hostess' Babe LaVal navigates booming business, cabaret calls and shady deals in Atlantic City. She meets a soup magnate, and begins to feel it might be 'the real thing'.
Murder by the Clock
A policeman investigates a woman's link to murders that are preceded by a shrilling horn inside a family mausoleum.
Hold Everything
A man is mistaken for a champion fighter.
Round About Hollywood
This short travelogue depicts snippets of locations in Hollywood, California, most of them as seen from the streets. Considerable time is taken showing the kinds of architecture of private homes. There are images of various important buildings, and a depiction of the Hollywood Bowl. Finally, there is a sequence revolving around the premiere of the film “Dirigible” (1931) at the famed Chinese Theatre.
By Appointment Only
When a mother dies of heart failure in a doctor's office, the physician--feeling somewhat guilty because he couldn't save her--takes an interest in the woman's young daughter, and makes her his ward, but his fiancé doesn't particularly like it. After he returns from a three-year engagement in Europe, the doctor discovers that his ward is now a beautiful, full-grown woman, and finds himself falling for her--even though she's engaged to his fiancé's brother.
Filmography
as Kathleen O'Moore
as Ann Miller
as Gracie, Call Girl
as Myrt Malloy
as Diana Wyman
as Rosita
as Dot La Tour
as Judy Carroll
as The Brat
as Jane, a Maid
as Myrtle
as Self
as Kathleen O'Connor
as Sally Malone
as Sue Burke
as Josie
as Performer in 'What Became of the Floradora Boys' & 'Meet My Sister' Numbers
as Mary
as Ruth Morgan
as Margie Callahan
as Kitty
as Teena Johnson
as Erie McCadden
as Sally McAllister
as Pat Bixby
as Ruth, the Daughter
as Cuddles
as Georgie Hastings
as Rebecca O'Brien McCloskey
as Ellen Callahan
as Sally Colleen Lapidowitz
as Mary Munson
as Orville's Sister (as Sue O'Neil)
as The Mountain Girl
as Bernice Lane
as Susie, the Hermit's Daughter (as Sue O'Neill)
as Mary O'Brien
as Tracey Moffat
as Self