Susan Jane Lewis was an American actress, best known for co-starring as Dr Jacqueline Wade on the NBC medical drama St Elsewhere.
11 Facts About Sagan Lewis
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Sagan Lewis was born in Omaha, Nebraska, and raised across the river in Council Bluffs, Iowa.
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Sagan Lewis received her master of fine arts from the graduate acting program at the University of California, San Diego.
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Sagan Lewis met her future husband, television producer and screenwriter Tom Fontana, in 1978 while auditioning at the Williamstown Theatre Festival in Massachusetts.
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In 1980, Sagan Lewis moved to Los Angeles when Fontana became a writer on the NBC drama, St Elsewhere.
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Sagan Lewis was co-starring on St Elsewhere, when the showrunner, Bruce Paltrow, created the role of Dr Jacqueline Wade specifically for her.
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Sagan Lewis played Dr Wade, a sensible, competent doctor with a sneakily impish sense of humor, throughout the show's six-year run; initially a rather minor recurring character, Dr Wade became more prominent in later seasons.
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Sagan Lewis appeared in several television films throughout the 1980s, including Cocaine: One Man's Seduction, which starred Dennis Weaver, Dan Aykroyd, and Jeffrey Tambor.
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Sagan Lewis was cast in a multiple-episode recurring role as Judge Susan Aandahl on Homicide: Life on the Street from 1995 to 1999.
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Sagan Lewis gave birth to her son, Jade Scott Lewis, about three years after her divorce.
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Sagan Lewis understood that I needed to explore other worlds.