 From 1930 to 1936 she played supporting roles in many melodramas her role typically that of a well-bred somewhat snobbish society woman who ends up losing her man to the film's leading lady.Frustrated by the types of roles she was being offered, Sleeper began playing onstage in and about Los Angeles, at one point drawing raves as Eliza Doolittle in a performance of "Pygmalion" in 1932.After appearing in some low budget melodramas for the poverty row Monogram studio Sleeper and her husband, actor Hardie Albright, left Hollywood for New York in 1936 where Sleeper began a long run in both on- and off-Broadway plays.