Sonia Darrin
Sonia Darrin | |
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Born | Sonia Paskowitz June 16, 1924 (age 100) Galveston, Texas, U.S. |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1941–1970s |
Spouse | William Reese |
Children | 4 (including Mason Reese) |
Sonia Darrin (born Sonia Paskowitz; June 16, 1924) is an American retired film actress, best known as "Agnes Lowzier" in The Big Sleep (1946).[1]
Early years
Darrin was born to Louis and Rose Paskowitz, Jewish emigrants from Russia, who immigrated to Galveston, Texas. She has two brothers, Adrian and Dorian.[2] Her father operated a clothing store in Galveston. Around 1940, the family moved to Los Angeles, California.[3]
Career
Darrin danced in the film Lady in the Dark (1944) and worked with Ed Wynn and Alan Young on their early television programs.[3] Possibly her most famous role was that of femme fatale Agnes Lowzier in Howard Hawks's 1946 film The Big Sleep where she plays a bookstore clerk and paramour of minor Los Angeles gangster Joe Brody (played by Louis Jean Heydt).
Personal life
Darrin married William "Bill" Reese, [when?] a theater set designer and marketing services company president. The couple had four children, three sons and a daughter, and lived in Manhattan. Their youngest son is the former child actor Mason Reese. Her last two public appearances were on The Mike Douglas Show in the 1970s, and in a documentary film about her brother, Dorian, in 2007.[4]
She has resided on the Upper West Side of Manhattan for over 50 years.[2]
Filmography
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1941 | It Started with Eve | Nightclub Patron | Uncredited |
1941 | The Corsican Brothers | Opera Spectator | Uncredited |
1942 | My Gal Sal | Chorus Girl | Uncredited |
1943 | The Hard Way | Chorus Girl | Uncredited |
1943 | Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man | Villager at Festival | Uncredited |
1943 | The North Star | Dancing Peasant | Uncredited |
1944 | Lady in the Dark | Office Girl | Uncredited |
1946 | The Big Sleep | Agnes Lowzier | Uncredited |
1947 | Bury Me Dead | Helen Lawrence | |
1948 | I, Jane Doe | Nurse | Uncredited |
1949 | Caught | Miss Chambers | Uncredited |
1950 | Federal Agent at Large | Mildred | (final film role) |
References
- ^ "Sonia Paskowitz in the 1940 United States Census". Ancestry.com.
- ^ a b Lumenick, Lou (February 17, 2016). "Meet the 92-year old New York woman who once starred with Humphrey Bogart". New York Post. Retrieved May 3, 2016.
- ^ a b "Isle Girl in Gotham Lonely for Seawall". The Galveston Daily News. Texas, Galveston. August 20, 1950. p. 5. Retrieved December 24, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Schuler, Ron (March 25, 2009). "The Disappearance of Agnes Lowzier". Ron Schuler's Parlour Tricks. Retrieved February 6, 2014.
External links
- Sonia Darrin at IMDb