# Sandra Caron

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**Sandra L. Cogan** (27 August 1936 – 1 September 2025), known as **Sandra Caron**, was a British actress. Born in [Stepney](/source/Stepney) in east London, she trained at the [Aida Foster Theatre School](/source/Aida_Foster_Theatre_School).[1] She took her stage name in honour of [Leslie Caron](/source/Leslie_Caron) in part to avoid accusations that she was trading on the popularity of her sister, [Alma Cogan](/source/Alma_Cogan),[2] who *[The Guardian](/source/The_Guardian)* described in 2002 as "the most highly paid woman in British show business in the 1950s and 1960s".[3] In the late 1960s, Caron acted as part of [The Second City](/source/The_Second_City) in *20,000 Frozen Grenadiers*[4] and appeared in the films *[The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom](/source/The_Bliss_of_Mrs._Blossom)* and *[Carry On Camping](/source/Carry_On_Camping)*. She married American actor Brian Greene in 1985 and made her final on-screen appearance in *[Agony Again](/source/Agony_Again)*. She also appeared on the [Channel 4](/source/Channel_4) game show *[The Crystal Maze](/source/The_Crystal_Maze)*.[1]

Caron published *Alma Cogan: A Memoir* in 1991 to commemorate the 25th anniversary of her death[3] and was performing [*Fifty Million Frenchmen*](/source/Fifty_Million_Frenchmen) at the [Royal Opera House](/source/Royal_Opera_House) in London with [Jessica Martin](/source/Jessica_Martin_(actor)) in June 2002.[5][6] After hearing from Martin that the planned [BBC Radio 4](/source/BBC_Radio_4) series *Stage Mother, Sequinned Daughter* – which did not mention Caron but did depict Alma as a drunkard and their mother as overbearing – she consulted with her barrister cousin Sir [Ivan Lawrence](/source/Ivan_Lawrence) QC, who advised her to seek an injunction to halt its broadcast. The injunction was unsuccessful on the grounds that it did not devalue Cogan's estate,[3] however the BBC did apologise in December 2003 after the [Broadcasting Standards Commission](/source/Broadcasting_Standards_Commission) ruled that the series had been unfair on Cogan's surviving relatives.[7] Caron moved with Greene to [Los Angeles](/source/Los_Angeles) in 2015 and died at that city's [Cedars-Sinai Medical Center](/source/Cedars-Sinai_Medical_Center) on 1 September 2025, six weeks after being hospitalised following extreme weight loss and several falls.[1]

## Filmography

Filmography per[8] unless cited otherwise Title Year Role Not Only... But Also 1965 The White Woman The Late Show 1966 Self Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River 1968 Pinto's nurse[9] The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom 1968 Pet shop assistant Carry on Camping 1969 Fanny About Face 1989 Wife The Green Man 1990 Mrs Klinger Agony Again 1995 Lily

## Stage work

### Selected stage credits

- *The Boy Friend* – ensemble cast member in touring productions of Sandy Wilson's musical that played the New Theatre, Hull, in March 1959 and March 1960.[10]

- *The Kitchen* – played Monique, a waitress, in Arnold Wesker's play at the Royal Court Theatre, London, in 1961.[11][12]

- *From Rush Hour with Love* – performer in a cabaret-style James Bond spoof staged at the Poor Millionaire, London EC2 (7 September – 10 October 1964) and at the Guinea and the Piggy, Leicester Square, London (October–November 1964).[13]

- *Billy Liar* – cast member in a 1962 touring production of Keith Waterhouse and Willis Hall's play at the Grand Theatre, Wolverhampton, with the Alexandra Repertory Company.[14]

- *Inadmissible Evidence* – appeared in a 1968 production of John Osborne's play at the Watford Palace Theatre for the Watford Palace Theatre Trust.[15]

- *...And Another Thing* – performer in the original London production of the musical revue at the Fortune Theatre, London, which opened on 6 October 1960.[16]

- *Ruby, Alfie* – cast member in Corner Table Productions' 1992 tour of Hilary Gibb's stage adaptation, which played the New Theatre, Hull, the Lyceum Theatre, Sheffield, and other UK venues (28 October – 12 December 1992).[17][18]

- *Love and Maple Syrup* – appeared in Louis Negin's Canadian musical revue, produced by Ruth Kalkstein and Edward Specter at the Mercer–Hansberry Theatre, New York, in 1970.[19][20]

## References

1. Erskine, Donald. ["Crystal Maze and Carry On star Sandra Caron has died aged 89"](https://www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/entertainment/tv_radio/25661147.crystal-maze-carry-star-sandra-caron-died-aged-89/). *Glasgow Times*. Retrieved 26 December 2025.

1. Caron, Sandra (31 December 1955). "I'm not jealous of Alma". *Picturegoer*

1. Ezard, John (27 July 2002). ["Pop star's family loses fight to halt radio show"](https://www.theguardian.com/media/2002/jul/27/broadcasting.arts). *The Guardian*. [ISSN 0261-3077](https://www.worldcat.org/issn/0261-3077). Retrieved 26 December 2025.

1. ["Not 2d City of Old, Yet It Is Pleasant"](https://www.nytimes.com/1966/04/22/archives/not-2d-city-of-old-yet-it-is-pleasant.html). *[New York Times](/source/New_York_Times)*. Retrieved 26 December 2025.

1. ["Alma Cogan's sister fails in court bid to halt series depicting singer as a drunk"](https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/11955875.alma-cogans-sister-fails-in-court-bid-to-halt-series-depicting-singer-as-a-drunk/). *The Herald*. 27 July 2002. Retrieved 26 December 2025.

1. ["Cogan court action fails"](http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/2153025.stm). 26 July 2002. Retrieved 26 December 2025.

1. ["BBC apology over 'drunk' Alma Cogan"](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1448422/BBC-apology-over-drunk-Alma-Cogan.html). *telegraph.co.uk*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20231011022642/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1448422/BBC-apology-over-drunk-Alma-Cogan.html) 11 October 2023 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 29 December 2025.

1. Guide, British Comedy. ["Sandra Caron"](https://www.comedy.co.uk/people/sandra_caron/). *British Comedy Guide*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20251227142603/https://www.comedy.co.uk/people/sandra_caron/) 27 December 2025 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 29 December 2025.

1. ["Jerry Lewis in 'Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River' (Published 1968)"](https://www.nytimes.com/1968/07/13/archives/jerry-lewis-in-dont-raise-the-bridge-lower-the-river.html). 13 July 1968. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20241215090508/https://www.nytimes.com/1968/07/13/archives/jerry-lewis-in-dont-raise-the-bridge-lower-the-river.html) 15 December 2024 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 29 December 2025.

1. ["Hull New Theatre programme: *The Boy Friend*"](https://catalogue.hullhistorycentre.org.uk/files/l-dtnt.pdf). *Hull History Centre catalogue*. Hull City Council. Retrieved 3 January 2026.

1. ["The Kitchen – Living Archive"](https://livingarchive.royalcourttheatre.com/plays/the-kitchen-2/). *Royal Court Theatre Living Archive*. Royal Court Theatre. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20251005214246/https://livingarchive.royalcourttheatre.com/plays/the-kitchen-2/) 5 October 2025 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 3 January 2026.

1. ["Jeremy Brett and Sandra Caron in *The Kitchen*"](https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/news-photo/jeremy-brett-starring-as-peter-and-sandra-caron-as-monique-news-photo/3163850). *Getty Images*. Evening Standard/ Getty Images. 21 August 1961. Retrieved 3 January 2026.

1. ["From Rush Hour with Love – production details"](https://theatricalia.com/play/kw3/from-rush-hour-with-love/production/1f98). *Theatricalia*. Retrieved 3 January 2026.

1. ["Other Plays 1960–69: *Billy Liar*"](https://www.theatricalia.co.uk/08plays/plays6069.htm). *Theatricalia (programme listings)*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20250627203146/https://theatricalia.co.uk/08plays/plays6069.htm) 27 June 2025 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 3 January 2026.

1. ["Inadmissible Evidence – Watford Palace Theatre production"](https://theatricalia.com/play/4m4/inadmissible-evidence/production/1f7x). *Theatricalia*. Retrieved 3 January 2026.

1. ["...And Another Thing – Original London Production (1960)"](https://ovrtur.com/production/2889692). *Ovrtur: Database of Musical Theatre*. Retrieved 3 January 2026.

1. ["Sandra Caron – past productions"](https://theatricalia.com/person/wzr/sandra-caron). *Theatricalia*. Retrieved 3 January 2026.

1. ["Hull New Theatre programme: *Ruby, Alfie*"](https://catalogue.hullhistorycentre.org.uk/files/l-dtnt.pdf). *Hull History Centre catalogue*. Hull City Council. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20250909172017/https://catalogue.hullhistorycentre.org.uk/files/l-dtnt.pdf) 9 September 2025 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 3 January 2026.

1. ["Belknap Playbills and Programs: Love and Maple Syrup"](https://www.library.ufl.edu/spec/belknap/ufplaybills3.htm). *George A. Smathers Libraries*. University of Florida. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20250820185755/https://www.library.ufl.edu/spec/belknap/ufplaybills3.htm) 20 August 2025 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 3 January 2026.

1. ["Off Broadway"](https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1970/01/17/off-broadway). *The New Yorker*. 17 January 1970. Retrieved 3 January 2026.

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