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Sandra Church

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Actor b. 1937 On stage 19531960

Sandra Church (born January 13, 1937) is an American actress and singer. She is best known for her performance as the original Gypsy Rose Lee in Gypsy (1959), for which she was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical. She also co-starred with Marlon Brando in The Ugly American (1963).

On stage 5 productions, 7 years

1953 Picnic Music Box Theatre · Revival · directed by Marshall Jamison 477 perf.
1957 Holiday for Lovers Longacre Theatre · Original 100 perf.
1958 Winesburg, Ohio National Theatre · Original · directed by Joseph Anthony 13 perf.
1959 Gypsy Broadway Theatre · Revival · directed by Jerome Robbins 702 perf.
1960 Under the Yum-Yum Tree Henry Millers Theatre · Original · directed by Joseph Anthony 173 perf.

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In the literature8 passages

  • Act One: “May We Entertain You” (Jacqueline Mayro, Karen Moore); “Some People” (Ethel Merman); “Traveling” (a mostly pantomimed sequence with underscoring of “Some People”) (Ethel Merman, Jacqueline Mayro, Karen Moore, Ensemble); “Small World” (Ethel Merman, Jack Klugman); “Baby June and Her Newsboys” (Jacqueline Mayro, Karen Moore, Bobby…ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
  • Act Two: “Madame Rose’s Toreadorables” (Sandra Church, Marilyn Cooper, Patsy Bruder, Marilyn D’Honau, Merle Letowt, Joan Petlak, Imelda de Martin); “Together, Wherever We Go” (Ethel Merman, Sandra Church, Jack Klugman) “You Gotta Get a Gimmick” (Maria Karnilova, Faith Dane, Chotzi Foley); “Small World” (reprise) (Ethel Merman); “Let Me En…ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
  • Cast: Ethel Merman, Jack Klugman, Sandra Church, Lane Bradbury, Maria Karnilova, Paul Wallace, Jacqueline Mayro, Karen Moore, Joe Silverebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
  • As usual Ethel had cast approval. There were two neck-and-neck contenders for the part of Louise: Suzanne Pleshette and Sandra Church. At the last of Church’s five auditions, Ethel sat in, and when she heard Church sing her plaintive solo, “Little Lamb,” she burst into tears. Church got the job, but having heard of Ethel’s reputation for…ebooks/Kellow, Brian/Ethel Merman_ A Life - Brian Kellow.txt
  • After Gypsy had played about eighteen months, Sandra Church left the cast. She and Ethel had long since patched up their difficulties, and a civil atmosphere prevailed once again, but everyone in the company knew that Ethel was much happier with Church’s replacement, Julianne Marie.ebooks/Kellow, Brian/Ethel Merman_ A Life - Brian Kellow.txt
  • One night in a Chinese restaurant in Manhattan, Sandra Church saw her sitting in a booth and went over to say hello.ebooks/Kellow, Brian/Ethel Merman_ A Life - Brian Kellow.txt

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