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TürkçeSandra Gould
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Biography
Brooklyn, New York, USA
Short and with a very familiar chubby, chipmunk-like face and even more familiar abrasive tone, Brooklyn-born comedienne Sandra Gould kicked into high gear at a fairly early age. With small Broadway roles and scores of radio programs such as "My Friend Irma" and "Duffy's Tavern", the latter in which she replaced original star Shirley Booth, already to her credit, she would go on to spend nearly 15 years on the radio airwaves with star Jack Benny on his legendary program. By 1947, Sandra had breezed into minor filming, appearing in dozens of small bits. Read more... curt saleslady with a New York flair, she was glimpsed in such fare as June Bride (1948), Romance on the High Seas (1948) and My Dream Is Yours (1949)(both with Doris Day), Fourteen Hours (1951), The Great American Pastime (1956), Teacher's Pet (1958) (again with Doris Day), Imitation of Life (1959), Honeymoon Hotel (1964) and The Ghost and Mr. Chicken (1966). Seldom rising to feature status in films, TV comedy proved more to her liking. Aside from being a regular on the series I Married Joan (1952) in the 1950s, audiences still remember Sandra from her appearance in I Love Lucy (1951) episode #3.20, "Oil Wells", in which she played "Nancy Johnson", the fur-bearing wife of a Southern tycoon whom Lucy suspects of selling her fraudulent oil stock. In 1966, her biggest break arrived when she was hired to replace the late Alice Pearce (who had died of cancer) as "Gladys Kravitz", the neighborhood snoop, in the classic sitcom Bewitched (1964). Sandra stayed with the role for five seasons. Following this success, she slowed down her busy work schedule and focused on art and writing. The widow of broadcasting executive Larry Berns, she had one son, Michael Berns. Sandra died in 1999 of a stroke following bypass surgery, three days before her 83rd birthday. She may not have been a big character name during her time, but she possessed an unmistakable look and voice that she called her own and separated her from the rest, contributing to four media (stage, screen, TV and radio) for over five decades.
Actor
Character:
Telephone Operator
Romance on the High Seas 1948
10
Character:
Train Passenger in Upper
It's a Great Feeling 1949
17
Character:
Mabel on Telephone
It Happens Every Spring 1949
2
Character:
Sylvia
The Girl from Jones Beach 1949
13
Character:
Ben's Wife
Easy to Love 1953
9
Character:
Secretary
Beau James 1957
8
Character:
Annette
Imitation of Life 1959
3
Character:
Girl with Orchid
Blue Denim 1959
4
Character:
Miss Plotnik
Boys' Night Out 1962
2
Character:
Mrs. Sloan
Dear Heart 1964
2
Character:
Mabel - Switchboard Operator
Honeymoon Hotel 1964
4
Character:
Mrs. Bugatowski
Chatterbox! 1977
1
Character:
Mrs. G.
Deep Cover 1992
15
Character:
Ma Belle
The Nutt House 1992
9
Character:
Old Woman
The One Where Rachel Quits 1996
1
Character:
Little Old Lady
Bee True 1999
0
Character:
Diane
I Spy 1965
0
Character:
Matron
Columbo 1971
0
Character:
Dorothy
The New Leave It to Beaver 1983
0
Character:
Rose Shapiro
Marcus Welby, M.D. 1969
0
Character:
Soup Patron
MacGyver 1985
0
Character:
Milly
The Loretta Young Show 1953
0
Character:
Gertrude
Mister Ed 1958
1
Character:
Tess
Teacher's Pet 1958
3
Character:
Millie Miles - Passenger
Airport 1970
0
Character:
Doris
Make Room for Daddy 1953
0
Character:
Herself - Comic Actor
The Colgate Comedy Hour 1950
0
Character:
Frieda Manheim
December Bride 1954
0
Character:
Mother
Pete and Gladys 1960
0
Character:
Lady at Communication Center
Emergency! 1972
0
0
Character:
Hotel Switchboard Operator
Fourteen Hours 1951
0
Character:
Mabel
Burke's Law 1963
0
Character:
Secretary
The Thin Man 1957
0
Character:
Mrs. Gentry
Dr. Kildare 1961
1
Character:
Woman
Adam-12 1968
0
Character:
Mrs. Yurtzoff
Punky Brewster 1984
0
Character:
Cashier
Whiffs 1975
2
Character:
Towne's Secretary
June Bride 1948
5
Character:
Park Commission Secretary
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour 1962
0