Sonya Wilde
Sonya Wilde | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1937 (age 86–87) |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | former actress |
| Years active | 1960-1962 |
| Spouse | Jake Butcher (1962-2017) (divorced) (4 children) |
| Children | 4 |
Sonya Wilde (born 1937) is an American former actress, best known for her starring role in the 1960 film I Passed for White. She started her career as Maria on Broadway with the original cast of West Side Story.[1][2]
Career
On Broadway, Wilde was an understudy and replacement in the role of Maria in West Side Story (1957).[3]
Selected filmography
- I Passed for White (1960)
Selected television
- Bonanza (1960)
- Cheyenne (1960)
- The Americans (1961)
- Gunslinger (1961)
- Perry Mason (1961)
- Rawhide (1961)
Private life
In 1962, Wilde married the banker Jake Butcher, having met him on New Year's Eve 1961 on a blind date.[4] He later became a politician, before spending seven years in prison for fraud.[5] They had four children.[6]
Following her husband's 1985 20-year jail term for bank fraud (he served seven years), Wilde went to court in 1986 to try to keep the family's $675,000 home in the exclusive Sweetwater Club subdivision just outside Orlando".[6]
References
- ^ Donald Bogle (24 October 2001). Toms, Coons, Mulattoes, Mammies, and Bucks: An Interpretive History of Blacks in American Films, Fourth Edition. Bloomsbury Academic. p. 192. ISBN 978-0-8264-1267-6. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
- ^ Sam Riley (2010). Star Struck: An Encyclopedia of Celebrity Culture. ABC-CLIO. p. 298. ISBN 978-0-313-35813-5. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
- ^ "Sonya Wilde". Playbill. Archived from the original on 27 October 2017. Retrieved 27 October 2017.
- ^ By W Bruce Wheeler, University of Tennessee. "Jacob F. Butcher | Entries". Tennessee Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2017-06-05.
- ^ By W Bruce Wheeler, University of Tennessee. "Jacob F. Butcher detail as24; Entries". Tennessee Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2017-06-05.
- ^ a b United Press International (1986-02-22). "Jake Butcher's Wife Fights To Keep Florida Home". Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved 2020-06-17.