{{short description|American actress and singer|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{Infobox person |name = Sandy Faison |image = Scene from Annie 1977 2.JPG |caption = In ''Annie'' (1977). Sandy Faison (left); Reid Shelton as Daddy Warbucks, Andrea McArdle in title role |birth_name = Sandra Faison |birth_date = <!-- Valid citation required for date of birth for BLP. (WP:BLPPRIVACY) --> |birth_place = United States |death_date = |death_place = |occupation = Actress, singer; acting teacher |years_active = 1977–present }}
'''Sandra Faison''' is an American actress and singer. She became an acting teacher after her performing career.
== Career ==
=== Acting === In 1977, she made her Broadway debut as Grace Farrell, secretary to Daddy Warbucks, in ''Annie''. Additional theatre credits include ''Charlie and Algernon'' (1980),<ref>[http://www.playbill.com/production/charlie-and-algernon-helen-hayes-theatre-vault-0000004466 " ''Charlie and Algernon'' Broadway"] playbill (vault), accessed March 23, 2019</ref> ''Is There Life After High School?'' (1982),<ref>[http://www.playbill.com/production/is-there-life-after-high-school-ethel-barrymore-theatre-vault-0000004318 " ''Is There Life After High School?'' Broadway"] playbill (vault), accessed March 23, 2019</ref> and ''You Can't Take It with You'' (1983, replacement Alice Sycamore)<ref>[http://www.playbill.com/production/you-cant-take-it-with-you-plymouth-theatre-vault-0000009567 " ''You Can't Take It with You'' Broadway"] playbill (vault), accessed March 23, 2019</ref>
Faison's feature film credits include ''The Sterile Cuckoo'' (1969)<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120114194550/http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/16430/The-Sterile-Cuckoo/ ''The Sterile Cuckoo''] tcm.com, accessed March 23, 2019</ref> and ''All the Right Moves'' (1983).<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20160901190325/http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/67092/All-the-Right-Moves/ ''All the Right Moves''] tcm.com, accessed March 23, 2019</ref>
On television she was featured in the soap operas ''The Guiding Light'' as the original Brandy Shellooe before actress JoBeth Williams took over the role, ''Another World'', and ''The Edge of Night''. She had a recurring role in ''The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd'' as Molly's sister Mamie, a regular role in the first season of ''Anything but Love'', and made guest appearances on ''Scarecrow and Mrs. King'', ''Quantum Leap'', ''The Wonder Years'', ''Grace Under Fire'' and ''Party of Five'', among others<ref name=master>[https://masterworksbroadway.com/artist/sandy-faison/ "Sandy Faison"] masterworksbroadway.com, accessed March 23, 2019</ref>
In the television movie ''An Eight Is Enough Wedding'' (1989), she played Abby Bradford.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20210118111527/https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/463027/an-eight-is-enough-wedding ''An Eight Is Enough Wedding''] tcm.com, accessed March 23, 2019</ref>
=== Teaching === After 13 years, Faison retired from teaching at Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School.<ref name="master" /><ref>[https://alumniandfriends.org/fund/sandy-faison/ "Sandy Faison Fund"] alumniandfriends.org, accessed March 23, 2019</ref> where she also served as LaGuardia's assistant principal of theater for her last five years.<ref>[https://www.laguardiahs.org/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=314386&type=d "Technical Theater. Sandy Faison, Assistant Principal"] laguardiahs.org, accessed March 23, 2019</ref> {{As of|2021}}, she teaches an annual workshop at London's Royal Academy of Music,<ref name=ArtsBridge>{{cite web |title=Sandy Faison, Neighborhood Playhouse |website=ArtsBridge |url=https://artsbridge.com/wp_super_faq/sandy-faison/ |access-date=2021-12-15}}</ref> is the artistic director for the ArtsBridge Summer Musical Theater 2,<ref name=ArtsBridge/> and teaches the second year acting and music students at the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre in New York City.<ref>{{cite web |title=Sandy Faison ~ Meisner Acting Technique II & Music |website=Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre |url=https://neighborhoodplayhouse.org/about/faculty |access-date=2021-12-15}}</ref>
== Filmography ==
=== Film === {| class="wikitable sortable" |+ !Year !Title !Role !Notes |- |1969 |''The Sterile Cuckoo'' |Nancy Putnam |Uncredited |- |1983 |''All the Right Moves'' |Suzie | |- |1992 |''Play Nice'' |Mrs. Holland | |}
=== Television === {| class="wikitable sortable" !Year !Title !Role !Notes |- |1976 |''Street Killing'' |Susan Brenner |Television film |- |1976 |''Serpico'' |Sara |Episode: "Country Box" |- |1977 |''The Annie Christmas Show'' |Grace Farrell |Television film |- |1977 |''Guiding Light'' |Brandy Shellooe #1 | rowspan="2" |1 episode |- |1979 |''Another World'' |Ramona / Model |- |1983–1984 |''The Edge of Night'' |Dr. Beth Corell |185 episodes |- |1985 |''Scarecrow and Mrs. King'' |Jean Kearsley |Episode: "Vigilante Mothers" |- |1987 |''Time Out for Dad'' |Pam Kowalski |Television film |- |1987–1988 |''The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd'' |Mamie Grolnick |10 episodes |- |1988 |''CBS Summer Playhouse'' |Felicity |Episode: "Old Money" |- |1989 |''Anything but Love'' |Pamela Payton-Finch |6 episodes |- |1989 |''An Eight Is Enough Wedding'' |Abby Bradford |Television film |- |1990 |''Coach'' |Beverly Graustark |Episode: "The Break-Up" |- |1991 |''Quantum Leap'' |Emma Rickett |Episode: "Runaway - July 4, 1964" |- |1991 |''Pros and Cons'' |Janet |Episode: "May the Best Man Win" |- |1992 |''CBS Schoolbreak Special'' |Emily Lance |Episode: "Two Teens and a Baby" |- |1992 |''The Wonder Years'' |June Aidem |Episode: "Of Mastodons and Men" |- |1995 |''Mrs. Holland'' |Kimberly Hartford |Episode: "Grace at the Campfire" |- |1997 |''The Westing Game'' |Grace Wexler |Television film |- |1997 |''Party of Five'' |Sally |Episode: "Past Imperfect" |}
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==External links== * {{IMDb name|0265678}} * {{IBDB name}} * {{iobdb name|2563}}
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