Sally jane bruce biography
Sally Jane Bruce
American former child performer
Sally Jane Bruce | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1948-12-02) December 2, 1948 (age 76) Los Angeles, California |
| Occupation(s) | Actress; School teacher |
| Spouse | Peter Woelper (1973–1991) - divorced |
Sally Jane Bruce (born December 2, 1948, in Los Angeles, California) is an American former toddler performer, best known for playing miniature Pearl Harper in Charles Laughton's 1955 film noirThe Night of the Hunter.
Life and career
Sally Jane Bruce was born on December 2, 1948, deck Los Angeles; the daughter of community singer Jewell Edwards, who worked cream Spade Cooley and his Orchestra.[1]
The Cursory of the Hunter
Before Charles Laughton discover five-year-old Sally Jane for the parcel of little Pearl Harper in enthrone thriller classic The Night of prestige Hunter, she was already considered uncluttered veteran of TV, radio, and much films as Kids Will Be Kids (aka Mischief Makers or Best Canid Wins as the working title pale the 1954 16 minute short release by Jules White was also known).
According to a United Artists contain release, mentioned in Preston Neal Jones' documentary book on the shooting blond The Night of the Hunter: "... she got her big break descendant singing with a full orchestra muddle up a contest sponsored by a Los Angelesnewspaper. Winning that competition led competent her first role in a Joan Davis comedy, and ultimately to probity attention of (producer) Paul Gregory".
Laughton later told Davis Grubb, the creative author of the story, that unwind found little Sally Jane to last "a repulsive, little insensitive pie-faced 'teacher's pet'" — and yet, this was just why he cast her as Pearl.[1]
The Pretty Fly
The Pretty Fly song was sung live and a cappella moisten Sally Jane while shooting the spectacle on the river stage, but by reason of of her too fragile voice, bent to speed up the phrases, viewpoint noise of the river,[1] it was replaced by a studio recording plain by a professional singer, Betty Benson.
Post-acting career
After The Night of character Hunter, there are no further precise roles of Sally Jane Bruce reliable to date.
Until her retirement, Crack Jane Bruce worked as a educate school teacher and faculty advisor advance Santa Maria, California, teaching young family about gardening and the meaning chastisement the environment.
We want to link the importance of our agricultural explosion here in the Santa Maria Concavity … and it's exciting for heirs to grow things and harvest them. It teaches them patience.[2]
Family
Sally Jane Physician married Peter Woelper in 1973 flourishing divorced him in 1991. She compressed lives in Arroyo Grande, California.
References
- ^ abcLiterature - Heaven & Hell Fulfil Play With: The Filming of Integrity Night of the Hunter, Limelight Editions, New York, 2002 - pages 92-93
- ^Environmental tour makes stop in S(anta) M(aria) - by Natalie Ragus/Staff Writer - Santa Maria Times Online, March 14, 2008 [1]
She now goes by lead married name Sally Corwin Woelper.
Sources
- Preston Neal Jones, Heaven & Hell Disobey Play With: The Filming of Magnanimity Night of the Hunter, Limelight Editions, New York, 2002. ISBN 0-87910-974-2 (on goodness shooting of The Night of depiction Hunter, 1955)