1. Sandra Church was born on January 13,1937 and is an American actress and singer.
11 Facts About Sandra Church
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Sandra Church is best known for her performance as the original Gypsy Rose Lee in Gypsy, for which she was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical.
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Sandra Church co-starred with Marlon Brando in The Ugly American.
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Sandra Church's father died when she was two years old in a car accident.
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Sandra Church was taken out of high school to audition for the lead role in Picnic, which kicked off her acting career.
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From 1953 to 1959, Church played various ingenue roles in theatrical plays.
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In 1953, Sandra Church made her Broadway debut in the role of Madge Owens, replacing Janice Rule, in William Inge's Picnic with Ralph Meeker.
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Sandra Church was featured as Helen White in Sherwood Anderson's Winesburg, Ohio alongside Dorothy McGuire and James Whitmore.
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Suzanne was the better actress, but Sandra Church was the better singer.
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Sandra Church later married Albert H Clayburgh until his passing in 1997.
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Sandra Church's great-aunt was educator Mary Florence Denton, a longtime faculty member at Doshisha University in Kyoto.