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Nationality
  
American

Awards
  
Grammy Hall of Fame

Role
  
Actress

Name
  
Sandra Church

Occupation
  
Actress, singer


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Born
  
January 13, 1938 (age 86) (
1938-01-13
)
San Francisco, California, U.S.

Known for
  
Gypsy Rose Lee in Gypsy: A Musical Fable

Spouse(s)
  
Norman Twain (1964-1975)

Albums
  
Gypsy: A Musical Fable

Movies
  
The Ugly American, The Mugger, Star Slammer

"Dressing Room" scene(Orignal Broadway Production)


Sandra Church (born January 13, 1938) is an American actress in films and theatre, primarily known for her performance as Gypsy Rose Lee in the 1959 musical Gypsy: A Musical Fable, for which she was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical.

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Early life

Church was born and raised in San Francisco, California. Her father died when she was two years old; her mother, a nurse, "thrust her into show business." Although Church had originally detested the idea, she later decided to choose acting as her vocation. She attended Immaculate Heart High School, Hollywood.

Films and television

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Church's first on-screen appearance was on the Producers' Showcase, followed by the role of Jeannie in The Mugger (1958). She subsequently guest starred on the television series Look Up And Live (1959), as well as The DuPont Show of the Month in 1960. Three years later, she played Marion MacWhite in the film adaptation of Eugene Burdick and William Lederer's novel, The Ugly American (1963). Also in 1963, she appeared on television in The Eleventh Hour and Kraft Suspense Theatre.

Theatre

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In 1953, she made her Broadway debut in William Inge's Picnic at the Music Box Theatre. Church then starred as Betsy Dean in the Ronald Alexander play Holiday for Lovers.

Church's first major theatre role was in Gypsy: A Musical Fable, in which Church starred as Louise Hovick ("Gypsy Rose Lee"). In his autobiography, Arthur Laurents states, "It came down to between Suzanne Pleshette and Sandra Church. Suzanne was the better actress, but Sandra was the better singer. We went with Sandra." In Gypsy, Church introduced the popular standard "Let Me Entertain You."

Following Gypsy, Church appeared in the 1960 Broadway play Under the Yum Yum Tree at Henry Miller's Theatre, directed by Joseph Anthony, which ran for 173 performances.

Personal life

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In October 1961 it was widely reported that Church and Gypsy composer Jule Styne would marry, although this was untrue. In November 1964, she married Broadway producer Norman Twain in Barbados; the couple divorced in 1975. Church has no children.

Filmography

Actress
1986
Star Slammer as
Mogwart #2 (as Sandy Church)
1964
The Doctors and the Nurses (TV Series) as
Willa Stern
- The Intern Syndrome (1964) - Willa Stern
1963
Kraft Suspense Theatre (TV Series) as
Ruth Evans
- A Hero for Our Times (1963) - Ruth Evans
1963
The Eleventh Hour (TV Series) as
Esther Miller
- The Middle Child Gets All the Aches (1963) - Esther Miller
1963
The Ugly American as
Marion MacWhite
1960
The DuPont Show of the Month (TV Series) as
Ruth Gordon Jones
- Years Ago (1960) - Ruth Gordon Jones
1959
Look Up and Live (TV Series documentary) as
Girl
- The Square (1959) - Girl
1958
The Mugger as
Jeannie Page
1956
Goodyear Playhouse (TV Series)
- All Summer Long (1956)
1955
Producers' Showcase (TV Series) as
Debutante
- The Women (1955) - Debutante
Self
1992
An Evening at the Improv (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode #9.8 (1992) - Self
1962
Here's Hollywood (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode #2.256 (1962) - Self
1959
Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (TV Series) as
Self
- Tommy Sands, Allen & Rossi, Sandra Church, The Look All-America Football Team (1959) - Self

References

Sandra Church Wikipedia


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