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Sally Phipps (May 25, 1911-March 17, 1978) was an American film actress from Oakland, California. Her birth name was Byrnece Beutler.

Phipps was a 1927 Wampas baby star who was discovered by Frank Borzage in Los Angeles, California. She had just completed high school when she began making films. Her first role in motion pictures was in Bertha, the Sewing Machine Girl (1926). Soon she had completed appearances in both Girls (1927) and Love Makes 'Em Wild (1927). In Gentlemen Prefer Scotch (1927) Phipps plays a charmer in a Fox Film comedy.

In August 1927 she signed a five year contract with Sol M. Wurtzel.Wurtzel was personal secretary to William Fox. Fox sent Wurtzel to supervise west coast productions for his studio in 1917. Phipps' Fox Film contract, as it read in October 1927, stipulated she was bound to the studio for a period of five years. She would be paid a starting wage of $125 which would rise to $600 a week for the last six months before expiration.

Phipps was assigned the lead for Fox's production of The News Parade in January 1928. Her co-star was Nick Stuart. The movie is about the life of a news cameraman and the daughter of a camera-shy millionaire. The motion picture was filmed in New York. A 1927 review of Phipp's in Love Makes 'Em Wild complimented her skill as a performer. It said Miss Phipps is one of the most charming actresses we have had the privilege of seeing in many a day. She has a personality which is distinctly individual, to say the least, and flirts across the silver sheet with a grace which would become an actress of many more years experience. Her last screen credit came with her role as Detectives Wanted (1929).

Sally Phipps died in Long Island, New York in 1978.

• Appleton, Wisconsin Post-Crescent, Comedy Galore In Fox Film At Bijou, Wednesday Evening, May 24, 1927, Page 11.
• Los Angeles Times, Players Will Aid Exhibit, April 28, 1927, Page A8.
• Los Angeles Times, New Comedy Recruits", July 17, 1927, Page J4.
• Los Angeles Times, Girls Sign Pledge To Keep Thin, October 12, 1927, Page A1.