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Cairns studied at California High School (Pennsylvania) in California, Pennsylvania. She finished second in the national competition, losing to Gale Storm.
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Sally Cairns
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She appeared in over 15 films between 1940 and 1944. She organized her own teenage orchestra, the "Ted Walden Orchestra". Upon arriving in Hollywood in 1940, Cairns made her film debut with cowboy star Addison Randall in Covered Wagon Trails.
Modern television viewers will recognize Cairns for her roles in two Three Stooges films from the 1940s.
Cairns also appeared as Tizzy in the film Back from the Front. Thanks to the popularity of the Stooges, Cairns is seen almost daily worldwide due to the films" constant television broadcasts.
Her last studio affiliation was with Radio-Keith-Orpheum Pictures. Cairns died of colorectal cancer on February 9, 1965 at age 45.
She is buried at Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery in Pomona, California.
Cairns was married twice, first to Thomas Piper on May 26, 1940. Her second marriage was to Harold Lewis, a second unit director and production manager. They had a daughter, Deanne, born in 1946.
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