Sandra Church
| Sandra Church | |
|---|---|
| Born |
January 13, 1938 San Francisco, California, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Actress, singer |
| Known for | Gypsy Rose Lee in Gypsy: A Musical Fable |
| Spouse(s) | Norman Twain (1964-1975) |
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.
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.
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.
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.
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