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.[2] The film was directed by Levi and written by actress Eileen Grubba. Currie starred alongside Grubba and Barbara Bain.
Sondra Currie | |
|---|---|
| Born | January 11, 1952[1] |
| Alma mater | Actors Studio |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1970–present |
| Spouse | |
| Relatives | Cherie Currie (sister) Marie Currie (sister) |
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.[3]
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[4] – and is a member of the prestigious Theatre West. Currie served on the Board of the California Independent Film Festival[5] and was a Jury Member for ten years. In 2008, Currie was invited to be a Juror at the first International Indie Film Festival[6] 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.[7]
Selected filmography
editMovies
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | Rio Lobo | Blackthorne Prostitute | Uncredited |
| 1971 | Scandalous John | Saloon Girl | |
| 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 | |
| The Concrete Jungle | Katherine | ||
| 1986 | The Education of Allison Tate | Pamela Tate | |
| 1991 | Joey Takes a Cab | Winnie | |
| 1992 | Illicit Behavior | Yolanda | |
| 1996 | Kid Cop | Edna Jacobs | Direct-to-video |
| 2001 | Mach 2 | Courtney Davis | |
| Kept | Natalie | ||
| 2002 | Cottonmouth | Charlene Fannin | |
| 2007 | Lords of the Underworld | Barbara | |
| 2009 | The Hangover | Linda Garner | |
| 2011 | The Hangover Part II | ||
| 2013 | The Hangover Part III | ||
| 2018 | Take My Hand | Rose | Short film, also producer |
| 2020 | American Zombieland | Ecky | |
| 2022 | Unfinished Business | Marie Seabury | Short film |
Television
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | Mannix | Miss Crawford | Episode: "Voice in the Dark" |
| 1972 | Michael O'Hara the Fourth | Secretary #1 | TV film, uncredited |
| Ironside | Cindy Love | Episode: "The Deadly Gamesmen" | |
| 1973 | Adam-12 | Betty Edwards | Episode: "Hollywood Division" |
| 1974 | The Odd Couple | Girl on Plane | Episode: "The Flying Felix" |
| 1975 | Kolchak: The Night Stalker | Vicky | Episode: "Legacy of Terror" |
| Police Woman | Reyne | Episode: "Don't Feed the Pigeons" | |
| 1976 | Bronk | Rose | Episode: "Jailbreak" |
| Starsky and Hutch | Marsha Stearns | Episode: "Tap Dancing Her Way Right Back into Your Hearts" | |
| 1977 | 79 Park Avenue | Melissa | 3 episodes |
| The Bob Newhart Show | Nora Dubois | Episode: "A Girl in Her Twenties" | |
| 1977, 1981, 1984 | Three's Company | Arlene Price / Shelley Green / Sherry Lee | 3 episodes |
| 1978 | Eight Is Enough | Sharon | Episode: "Hard Hats and Hard Heads" |
| CPO Sharkey | Madeleine | Episode: "Sharkey's Back Problem" | |
| The Incredible Hulk | Stephanie | Episode: "747" | |
| Greatest Heroes of the Bible | Rahab | Episode: "Joshua & Jericho" | |
| 1980 | Barnaby Jones | Ruby | Episode: "Murder in the Key of C" |
| 1981 | The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo | Sand\y | Episode: "The Girls with the Stolen Bodies" |
| Sanford | Miss Pender | Episode: "To Keep a Thief" | |
| 1982 | Voyagers! | Agnes Spence | Episode: "Voyagers" |
| Knight Rider | Francesca Morgan | Episode: "Not a Drop to Drink" | |
| 1982, 1988 | Simon & Simon | Claire Hipple / Harriet Pullbrook | 2 episodes |
| 1983 | Tales of the Gold Monkey | Phyllis Shoemate | Episode: "Cooked Goose" |
| Magnum, P.I. | Wanda Martine, Princess of Turbia | Episode: "The Big Blow" | |
| 1984 | Scene of the Crime | Episode: "Pilot/The Babysitter" | |
| Airwolf | Diana Norris / Gloriana | Episode: "Mind of the Machine" | |
| 1985 | Misfits of Science | Sherri | Episode: "Sonar... and Yet So Far" |
| New Love, American Style | 2 episodes | ||
| Rituals | Margo Field | Unknown episode | |
| 1986 | The Golden Girls | Margaret Spencer | Episode: "Big Daddy's Little Lady" |
| 1987 | The Law & Harry McGraw | Sylvia | Episode: "She's Not Wild About Harry" |
| 1988 | Diamonds | Episode: "Separate Ways" | |
| Probe | Tish | Episode: "Plan 10 From Outer Space" | |
| 1989 | The Return of Sam McCloud | Rachel | TV film |
| Peaceable Kingdom | Episode: "Moonstruck" | ||
| 1990 | Columbo: Murder in Malibu | Mrs. Rocca | TV film |
| 1991 | Columbo: Columbo and the Murder of a Rock Star | Sgt. Hubach | |
| They Came from Outer Space | Sylvia Vincent | Episode: "Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow" | |
| Days of Our Lives | Interior Decorator | Episode 6615 | |
| 1992 | Murder, She Wrote | Carol Kendall | Episode: "Angel of Death" |
| Cheers | Katherine Gaines | Episode: "Ill-Gotten Gaines" | |
| 1994 | RoboCop | Janet Lewis | Episode: "Provision 22" |
| Alien Nation: Dark Horizon | Teri Cloth | TV film | |
| 1995 | The Secretary | Mary Quinn | |
| Family Matters | Sharon | Episode: "Wedding Bell Blues" | |
| The Cosby Mysteries | Sheila Chadwick | Episode: "The Medium Is the Message" | |
| 1998 | Touched by an Angel | Anne | Episode: "Only Connect" |
| 2000 | JAG | Angela Ritter | Episode: "Real Deal SEAL" |
| 2001 | The Perfect Wife | Nora Toling | TV film |
| The Fugitive | Dr. Hammend | Episode: "Smith 282" | |
| 2002 | The Bold and the Beautiful | Dr. Whitney | Episode 3761 |
| 2003 | ER | Dottie Shroeder | Episode: "A Little Help from My Friends" |
| 7th Heaven | Judge Lanzo | Episode: "It's Not Always About You" | |
| 2005 | Thicker Than Water | Sally | TV film |
| 2006 | NCIS | Lillian Hencheck | Episode: "Bloodbath" |
| 2009 | The Secret Life of the American Teenager | Eunice Johnson | Episode: "The Summer of Our Discontent" |
| Mental | Judy DelCarlo | Episode: "Pilot" | |
| 2010, 2013 | The Reel Housewives of Theatre West | Sondra | 3 episodes |
| 2011 | Chemistry | Olivia Delacourt | Episode: "Flesh Wounds" |
| 2013 | Love Thy Neighbor | Vivian | 4 episodes |
| 2016 | Supernova 45 | General Tai | TV film, also known as Ganymede Pan |
| 2020 | Trailerville USA | 2 episodes, also producer | |
| 2021 | The Stephen Savage Show | Guest | |
| 2023 | Mrs. Davis | Sister Bonnie | 2 episodes |
References
edit- ↑ "Currie, Sondra 1952–". encyclopedia.com. Retrieved May 7, 2025.
- ↑ "Take My Hand". FilmFreeway. Archived from the original on July 18, 2022. Retrieved January 23, 2021.
- ↑ "Official biography". Sondra Currie Official Site. Retrieved August 31, 2018.
- ↑ "Skylight Theatre Company | Award winning intimate theater | Los Angeles". Skylight Theatre Company. Retrieved August 31, 2018.
- ↑ "Home page". California International Film Festival. Retrieved August 31, 2018.
- ↑ "Home page". Sapporo International Short Film Festival and Market (in Japanese). Retrieved August 31, 2018.
- ↑ "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.