Sarah Purcell

{{short description|American game show host}}

{{about||the American historian|Sarah J. Purcell}}

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{{Infobox person

| name = Sarah Purcell Schulte

| image = 2SarahPurcellLive.jpg

| caption =

| birthname = Sarah Pentecost

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1948|10|8}}

| birth_place = Richmond, Indiana, U.S.

| death_date =

| death_place =

| known_for = Real People

| othername =

| occupation = Talk show host
Game show host

| years_active = 1975–1998

| spouse = Joe Purcell (1970–1979, divorced)
Dr. Sandy McClintock (1983–2010, 2 children)
Walter “Chip” Schulte (2016–)

|children =

Darin McClintock

Colin McClintock

Cameron Schulte (step-son)

Tim Schulte (step-son)

Jarica "JD" Schulte (step-daughter)

}}

Sarah Purcell (born Sarah Pentecost on October 8, 1948, Richmond, Indiana) is an American former talk show host, game show host, and panelist.

She was co-host of The Better Sex (1977–1978), Real People{{Cite web|url=https://people.com/archive/when-she-gained-tvs-real-people-sarah-purcell-shed-her-man-vol-13-no-11/|title=When She Gained TV's 'Real People,' Sarah Purcell Shed Her Man|website=PEOPLE.com|language=EN|access-date=2020-01-25}} (1979–1984), America (1985–1986), and ABC's Home{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-09-25-me-38994-story.html|title=Hosts' Injections Create Tense Moment on TV|date=1993-09-25|website=Los Angeles Times|language=en-US|access-date=2020-01-25}} (1992–1994) and made guest appearances on several TV dramas. She also co-starred in the 1981 TV movie Terror Among Us with Don Meredith and Tracy Reed. She has appeared in a number of infomercials for health foods, appliances, and skin care products. She appeared in advertisements for the Tomy Tutor home computer in 1983.{{cite web | url=https://www.pcmag.com/news/11-celebs-who-tried-to-sell-you-pcs-in-the-1980s | title=11 Celebs Who Tried to Sell You PCS in the 1980s | date=January 2018 }}

From 1975 to 1978, she co-hosted A.M. Los Angeles on KABC-TV with Regis Philbin. In the early 1990s, Purcell was also a panelist on the game show To Tell the Truth.