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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".<ref>{{cite web |title=Take My Hand |url=https://filmfreeway.com/TakeMyHand-2 |website=FilmFreeway |access-date=23 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220718143257/https://filmfreeway.com/TakeMyHand-2 |archive-date=July 18, 2022}}</ref> The film is directed by Levi and written by [[actress]] Eileen Grubba. Currie stars alongside Grubba and [[Barbara Bain]].
'''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''.<ref>{{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}}</ref> 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|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.<ref>{{cite web |title=Official biography |url=http://sondracurrie.com/biography.php |website=Sondra Currie Official Site |accessdate=31 August 2018}}</ref>
Currie is a lifetime member of the [[Actors Studio]] in [[West Hollywood, California|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.<ref>{{cite web |title=Official biography |url=http://sondracurrie.com/biography.php |website=Sondra Currie Official Site |accessdate=31 August 2018}}</ref>


Sondra Currie remains active in the [[Los Angeles]] television, film and theatre scene as an [[actress]], [[Producers Guild Film Awards|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 (U.S. TV series)|Love Thy Neighbor]].” Favorite stage credits include "[[The Vagina Monologues]]," "[[Death of a Salesman]]" and "[[After the Fall (play)|After The Fall]].”
Sondra Currie remains active in the [[Los Angeles]] television, film and theatre scene as an [[actress]], [[Producers Guild Film Awards|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 (American TV series)|Love Thy Neighbor]]''. Favorite stage credits include ''[[The Vagina Monologues]]'', ''[[Death of a Salesman]]'' and ''[[After the Fall (play)|After the Fall]]''.


Currie was a founding member of Camelot Artists – now the Katselas Theatre Company<ref>{{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=2018-08-31}}</ref> – and is a member of the prestigious [[Theatre West]]. Currie served on the Board of the California Independent Film Festival<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.caiff.org|title=caiff|website=caiff|language=en|access-date=2018-08-31}}</ref> and was a Jury Member for ten years. In 2008, Currie was invited to be a Juror at the first International Indie Film Festival<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://sapporoshortfest.jp/en/|title=Sapporo International Short Film Festival & Market {{!}} SAPPORO Short Fest|last=札幌国際短編映画祭実行委員会|website=sapporoshortfest.jp|language=ja|access-date=2018-08-31}}</ref> in Sapporo, Japan, where Sondra was the sole woman on the panel.
Currie was a founding member of Camelot Artists – now the Katselas Theatre Company<ref>{{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}}</ref> – and is a member of the prestigious [[Theatre West]]. Currie served on the Board of the California Independent Film Festival<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.caiff.org|title=Home page|website=California International Film Festival|language=en|access-date=August 31, 2018}}</ref> and was a Jury Member for ten years. In 2008, Currie was invited to be a Juror at the first International Indie Film Festival<ref>{{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}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{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]]}}</ref>


==Selected filmography==
==Selected filmography==
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==External links==
==External links==
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* {{Official website|http://sondracurrie.com/}}
* {{IMDb name|192997|name=Sondra Currie}}
* {{IMDb name|192997|name=Sondra Currie}}
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* [http://sondracurrie.com/ Official Website]


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Latest revision as of 06:01, 18 September 2024

Sondra Currie
NationalityAmerican
Alma materActors Studio
OccupationActress
Years active1970–present
Spouse
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(m. 1976; div. 1986)​
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(m. 1989)​
RelativesCherie Currie (sister)
Marie Currie (sister)

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.[1] 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.[2]

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[3] – and is a member of the prestigious Theatre West. Currie served on the Board of the California Independent Film Festival[4] and was a Jury Member for ten years. In 2008, Currie was invited to be a Juror at the first International Indie Film Festival[5] 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.[6]

Selected filmography

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Movies

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Year Title Role
1970 Rio Lobo Blackthorne Prostitute (uncredited)
1972 Gabriella, Gabriella Maggie, the redhead
1974 Policewomen Lacy Bond
Mama's Dirty Girls Addie
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 The Concrete Jungle 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 Alien Nation: Dark Horizon Teri Cloth
1995 The Secretary Mary Quinn
1996 Kid Cop Edna Jacobs
2001 Mach 2 Courtney Davis
Kept Natalie
The Perfect Wife Nora Toling
2002 Cottonmouth Charlene Fannin
2005 Thicker Than Water Sally
2007 Lords of the Underworld Barbara
2009 The Hangover Linda Garner
2011 The Hangover Part II
2013 The Hangover Part III

Television

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Year Title Role
1971 Mannix Miss Crawford
1972 Ironside Cindy Love
1973 Adam-12 Betty Edwards
1974 The Odd Couple Girl on Plane
1975 Kolchak: The Night Stalker Vicky
1975 Police Woman Reyne
1976 Bronk
1976 Starsky and Hutch Marsha Stearns
1977 79 Park Avenue
1977 The Bob Newhart Show Nora Dubois
1978 Eight Is Enough
1978 CPO Sharkey Madeline
1978 The Incredible Hulk Stephanie
1978 Greatest Heroes of the Bible Rahab
1980 Barnaby Jones Ruby
1981 The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo Nurse
1981 Sanford Miss Pender
1982 Voyagers! Agnes Spence
1982 Knight Rider Francesca Morgan
1983 Tales of the Gold Monkey Phyllis Shoemate
1983 Magnum, P.I. Wanda Martine, Princess of Turbia
1984 Scene of the Crime
1977/1984 Three's Company Arlene Price / Shelley Green / Sherry Lee
1984 Airwolf Diana Norris / Gloriana
1985 Misfits of Science Sherri
1985 New Love, American Style
1985 Rituals Margo Field
1986 The Golden Girls Margaret Spencer
1987 The Law & Harry McGraw Sylvia
1988 Diamonds
1988 Probe Tish Smith
1982/1988 Simon & Simon Claire Hipple / Harriet Pullbrook
1989 Peaceable Kingdom
1991 They Came from Outer Space Sylvia Vincent
1990/1991 Columbo Mrs. Rocca / Sgt. Hubach
1992 Murder, She Wrote Carol Kendall
1992 Cheers Katherine Gaines
1994 RoboCop Janet Lewis
1995 Family Matters Sharon
1995 The Cosby Mysteries Sheila Chadwick
1998 Touched by an Angel Anne
2000 JAG Angela Ritter
2001 The Fugitive Dr. Hammend
2002 The Bold and the Beautiful Dr. Whitney
2003 ER Dottie Shroeder
2003 7th Heaven Judge Lanzo
2006 NCIS Lillian Hencheck
2009 The Secret Life of the American Teenager Eunice Johnson
2009 Mental Judy DelCarlo
2011 Chemistry Olivia Delacourt
2010-2013 The Reel Housewives of Theatre West Sondra
2013 Love Thy Neighbor Vivian
2016 Ganymede Pan (also called Supernova 45) General Tai
2023 Mrs. Davis Sister Bonnie

References

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  1. ^ "Take My Hand". FilmFreeway. Archived from the original on July 18, 2022. Retrieved January 23, 2021.
  2. ^ "Official biography". Sondra Currie Official Site. Retrieved August 31, 2018.
  3. ^ "Skylight Theatre Company | Award winning intimate theater | Los Angeles". Skylight Theatre Company. Retrieved August 31, 2018.
  4. ^ "Home page". California International Film Festival. Retrieved August 31, 2018.
  5. ^ "Home page". Sapporo International Short Film Festival and Market (in Japanese). Retrieved August 31, 2018.
  6. ^ "Runaways rock the big screen: New film revisits all-girl band that broke gender barriers three decades ago". Edmonton Journal. Edmonton, Alberta: Postmedia Network. April 9, 2010. Archived from the original on September 25, 2018 – via PressReader.
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