Sondra Currie
{{short description|American actress|bot=PearBOT 5}}
{{BLP sources|date=January 2016}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2014}}
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| nationality = American
| alma_mater = Actors Studio
| occupation = Actress
| years_active = 1970–present
| spouse = {{marriage|Tony Young|1976|1986|end=divorce}} {{Marriage|Alan J. Levi|1989}}
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| relatives = Cherie Currie (sister)
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Sondra Currie is an American actress. Currie is married to television and film director Alan J. Levi. As a couple, Currie and Levi co-produced the short film Take My Hand.{{cite web |title=Take My Hand |url=https://filmfreeway.com/TakeMyHand-2 |website=FilmFreeway |access-date=January 23, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220718143257/https://filmfreeway.com/TakeMyHand-2 |archive-date=July 18, 2022}} The film was directed by Levi and written by actress Eileen Grubba. Currie starred alongside Grubba and Barbara Bain.
Currie is a lifetime member of the Actors Studio in West Hollywood, California. At the Actors Studio, Currie has trained under Martin Landau, Mark Rydell, Lou Antonio and Salome Jens. She also studied under Milton Katselas as a member of his Master Class for 17 years.{{cite web |title=Official biography |url=http://sondracurrie.com/biography.php |website=Sondra Currie Official Site |accessdate=31 August 2018}}
Sondra Currie remains active in the Los Angeles television, film and theatre scene as an actress, producer and arts-advocate. Currie's most recent film credits include producer-director Todd Phillips' The Hangover trilogy. Recent television credits include a recurring role in producer Tyler Perry's comedy series Love Thy Neighbor. Favorite stage credits include The Vagina Monologues, Death of a Salesman and After the Fall.
Currie was a founding member of Camelot Artists – now the Katselas Theatre Company{{Cite web|url=http://skylighttheatre.org|title=Skylight Theatre Company {{!}} Award winning intimate theater {{!}} Los Angeles|website=Skylight Theatre Company|language=en-US|access-date=August 31, 2018}} – and is a member of the prestigious Theatre West. Currie served on the Board of the California Independent Film Festival{{Cite web|url=https://www.caiff.org|title=Home page|website=California International Film Festival|language=en|access-date=August 31, 2018}} and was a Jury Member for ten years. In 2008, Currie was invited to be a Juror at the first International Indie Film Festival{{Cite web|url=http://sapporoshortfest.jp/en/|title=Home page|website=Sapporo International Short Film Festival and Market|language=ja|access-date=August 31, 2018}} in Sapporo, Japan, where Sondra was the sole woman on the panel.
Currie's sisters, identical twins Cherie and Marie Currie, are singers and also actresses. Cherie was, and is best known for being, the Runaways' frontwoman.{{cite web |title=Runaways rock the big screen: New film revisits all-girl band that broke gender barriers three decades ago |url=https://www.pressreader.com/canada/edmonton-journal/20100409/282784942664850 |website=Edmonton Journal |publisher=Postmedia Network |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180925025415/https://www.pressreader.com/canada/edmonton-journal/20100409/282784942664850 |archive-date=September 25, 2018 |location=Edmonton, Alberta |date=April 9, 2010 |via= PressReader}}
Selected filmography
=Movies=
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Year | Title | Role |
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1970
| Rio Lobo | Blackthorne Prostitute (uncredited) | ||
1972
| Gabriella, Gabriella | Maggie, the redhead | ||
rowspan="2" | 1974
| Lacy Bond | ||
Mama's Dirty Girls
| Addie | ||
rowspan="3" | 1975
| Fugitive Lovers | Tara Alexander | ||
Jessi's Girls
| Jessica Hartwell | ||
Teenage Seductress
| Terry Nelson | ||
1980
| The Last Married Couple in America | Lainy | ||
1982
| Voyager from the Unknown | Agnes Spence | ||
1982
| Katherine | ||
1986
| The Education of Allison Tate | Pamela Tate | ||
1989
| The Return of Sam McCloud | Rachel | ||
1991
| Joey Takes a Cab | Winnie | ||
1992
| Illicit Behavior | Yolanda | ||
1994
| Teri Cloth | ||
1995
| The Secretary | Mary Quinn | ||
1996
| Kid Cop | Edna Jacobs | ||
rowspan="3" | 2001
| Mach 2 | Courtney Davis | ||
Kept
| Natalie | ||
The Perfect Wife
| Nora Toling | ||
2002
| Cottonmouth | Charlene Fannin | ||
2005
| Sally | ||
2007
| Lords of the Underworld | Barbara | ||
2009
| rowspan="3" | Linda Garner | ||
2011 | ||
2013 |
=Television=
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Year | Title | Role |
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1971
| Mannix | Miss Crawford | ||
1972
| Ironside | Cindy Love | ||
1973
| Adam-12 | Betty Edwards | ||
1974
| Girl on Plane | ||
1975
| Vicky | ||
1975
| Reyne | ||
1976
| Bronk | | ||
1976
| Marsha Stearns | ||
1977
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1977
| Nora Dubois | ||
1978
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1978
| Madeline | ||
1978
| Stephanie | ||
1978
| Greatest Heroes of the Bible | Rahab | ||
1980
| Ruby | ||
1981
| The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo | Nurse | ||
1981
| Sanford | Miss Pender | ||
1982
| Agnes Spence | ||
1982
| Francesca Morgan | ||
1983
| Phyllis Shoemate | ||
1983
| Wanda Martine, Princess of Turbia | ||
1984
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1977/1984
| Arlene Price / Shelley Green / Sherry Lee | ||
1984
| Airwolf | Diana Norris / Gloriana | ||
1985
| Sherri | ||
1985
| New Love, American Style | | ||
1985
| Rituals | Margo Field | ||
1986
| Margaret Spencer | ||
1987
| Sylvia | ||
1988
| Diamonds | | ||
1988
| Probe | Tish Smith | ||
1982/1988
| Claire Hipple / Harriet Pullbrook | ||
1989
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1991
| Sylvia Vincent | ||
1990/1991
| Columbo | Mrs. Rocca / Sgt. Hubach | ||
1992
| Carol Kendall | ||
1992
| Cheers | Katherine Gaines | ||
1994
| RoboCop | Janet Lewis | ||
1995
| Sharon | ||
1995
| Sheila Chadwick | ||
1998
| Anne | ||
2000
| JAG | Angela Ritter | ||
2001
| Dr. Hammend | ||
2002
| Dr. Whitney | ||
2003
| ER | Dottie Shroeder | ||
2003
| Judge Lanzo | ||
2006
| NCIS | Lillian Hencheck | ||
2009
| The Secret Life of the American Teenager | Eunice Johnson | ||
2009
| Mental | Judy DelCarlo | ||
2011
| Olivia Delacourt | ||
2010–2013
| The Reel Housewives of Theatre West | Sondra | ||
2013
| Vivian | ||
2016
| Ganymede Pan (also called Supernova 45) | General Tai | ||
2023
| Sister Bonnie |
References
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External links
- {{Official website|http://sondracurrie.com/}}
- {{IMDb name|192997|name=Sondra Currie}}
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Category:Actresses from Los Angeles
Category:American film actresses
Category:American television actresses
Category:20th-century American actresses