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Sondra Lee

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Actor 1928–2026 On stage 19471964

Sondra Lee Gash (September 30, 1928 – February 23, 2026) was an American actress, teacher and dancer who performed on Broadway. She was known for her theatrical musical appearances, most notably appearing in the original productions of Peter Pan (1954) and Hello, Dolly! (1964). Aside from acting, she also taught acting courses at New York University and at the Stella Adler Conservatory.

On stage 6 productions, 17 years

1947 High Button Shoes New Century Theatre · Original · directed by George Abbott 727 perf.
1954 Peter Pan Winter Garden · Revival · directed by Jerome Robbins 152 perf.
1957 Hotel Paradiso Henry Millers Theatre · Original 108 perf.
1958 Jerome Robbins' Ballet: U.S.A. Alvin Theatre · Original 44 perf.
1961 Sunday in New York Cort Theatre · Original · directed by Garson Kanin 188 perf.
1964 Hello, Dolly! St. James Theatre · Original · directed by Gower Champion 2,844 perf.

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Worked with more than once3 names

William Sumner 2 productions
James White 2 productions
Carleton Carpenter 2 productions

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In the literature8 passages

  • Act Two: “Pirate Song”(*) (Cyril Ritchard, Pirates); “A Princely Scheme” (aka “Hook’s Tango”) (***) (Cyril Ritchard, Pirates); “Indians!” (*) (Sondra Lee, Indians); “Wendy” (**) (Mary Martin, Lost Boys); “Another Princely Scheme” (***) (Cyril Ritchard, Pirates); “Neverland Waltz” (**) (Heller Halliday); “I Won’t Grow Up” (*) (Mary Martin,…ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
  • The work of petite Sondra Lee, a Jerome Robbins discovery from High Button Shoes (1947) who later scored as Tiger Lily in his production of Peter Pan (1954), had so impressed the director that he contacted her in Rome to offer her the part of shopkeeper’s assistant Minnie Fay. 64 “Gower said he had a role for me,” she recalls, “and I was…ebooks/Gilvey, John Anthony/Before the Parade Passes By_ Gower Champion and the Glorious American Musical - John Anthony Gilvey.txt
  • Blonde, pint-sized Sondra Lee, whose flair for dancing and mischievous energy contributed much exuberance to the evening in the role of milliner’s assistant Minnie Fay, was well-paired with Jerry Dodge’s supernaturally agile and wildly comic Barnaby Tucker. 256 The caterwauling of Alice Play ten as Vandergelder’s niece, consternation of I…ebooks/Gilvey, John Anthony/Before the Parade Passes By_ Gower Champion and the Glorious American Musical - John Anthony Gilvey.txt
  • Herman, Jerry. Hello, Dolly! Original Broadway cast recording with Carol Channing, David Burns, Charles Nelson Reilly, Eileen Brennan, and Sondra Lee. Cond. Shepard Coleman. Jacket notes Daniel Guss. RCA Victor compact disc, LSOD-1087: 1964, 2003. Based on Thornton Wilder’s The Matchmaker.ebooks/Gilvey, John Anthony/Before the Parade Passes By_ Gower Champion and the Glorious American Musical - John Anthony Gilvey.txt
  • Cast: Phil Silvers, Nanette Fabray, Jack McCauley, Mark Dawson, Joey Faye, Lois Lee, Sondra Lee, Helen Gallagher, Nathaniel Frey, Johnny Stewart, Paul Godkinebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
  • Cast: Mary Martin, Cyril Ritchard, Kathy Nolan, Margalo Gillmore, Joe E. Marks, Sondra Lee, Joseph Stafford, Robert Harringtonebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt

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