Sandy Duncan
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| Sandy Duncan | |
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 "Look out, Lucy, Carol, Goldie--that new girl, Sandy Duncan, is gaining on you!" (1971) |
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| Born | Sandra Kay Duncan February 20, 1946 Henderson, Texas, U.S. |
| Spouse(s) | Don Correia (1980-present) Dr. Thomas Calcaterra (1973-1979) Bruce Scott (1968-1972) |
Sandra Kay "Sandy" Duncan (born February 20, 1946) is an American singer and actress of stage and television. Her most notable trademarks are her pixie blonde hairdo and her perky demeanor. She was born in Henderson, Texas. Among her most prominent roles is playing Sandy Hogan on the sitcom The Hogan Family.
She started her entertainment career at age 12, working in a local Texas production of "The King and I" for $150/week. [1] A brilliant dancer, she also captivated Broadway audiences with her engaging personality. In 1970, she was named one of the "most promising faces of tomorrow" by TIME magazine. After a short role on the soap opera Search for Tomorrow, in 1968, she starred in the television series Funny Face (later renamed The Sandy Duncan Show). Her performance as Missy Anne Reynolds in the miniseries Roots earned her an Emmy Award nomination. In 1976, she was a guest star in an episode of the first season of The Muppet Show. It was then that she went back to Broadway for many years. Notable performances include her 1979 stint as the title role in Peter Pan, My One and Only, and Chicago.
She has also been nominated for a Tony Award three times: as Best Supporting or Featured Actress (Musical), in 1969 for Canterbury Tales, and as Best Actress (Musical), in 1971 for a revival of The Boy Friend, and in 1980 for Peter Pan.
In the 1970s, during her first season on Funny Face, she was treated for a tumor behind her left eye, which damaged the optic nerve. She lost sight in the eye, but is still able to move it normally.[citation needed] This led to the cancellation of Funny Face, but during the following season, she returned to her character of Sandy Stockton in The Sandy Duncan Show.
In 1984, she starred in a song and dance review called "5-6-7-8...Dance!" at Radio City Music Hall.
In 1987, she joined the cast of Valerie's Family (which was previously titled Valerie, and soon to be retitled The Hogan Family) after Valerie Harper left the show abruptly over financial matters. Sandy filled the "mother" role as "aunt", Sandy Hogan, the patriarch's sister.
In 1988, she did the first three Barney and the Backyard Gang videos as Michael and Amy's mother. She has been in many traveling stage productions, including The King and I.
She has also lent her voice talents to animated characters; in 1984 she was the speaking and singing voice of Firefly in the pilot episode of My Little Pony, in 1994 she was the voice of Queen Uberta in The Swan Princess, and in 1999 she was the singer and narrator in the unknown episodes of Mickey Mouse Works.
In May 2008 she performed one of the lead roles in No, No, Nanette, a production of the City Center's annual Encores! series in New York City.
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[edit] Street named in her honor
Taylorville, Illinois (about 30 miles southeast of Springfield, Illinois) had a street named "Sandy Duncan Drive" in her honor, due to the fact that her character, Sandy Stockton, from Funny Face and The Sandy Duncan Show was from Taylorville.
[edit] Notes
- ^ Brennan (1998)
[edit] References
Brennan, Patricia. "[(subscription to ProQuest Newspapers required) http://www.proquest.com Sandy Duncan: 'The Hogans' and Her Own]", The Washington Post, June 26, 1988, p. 7.
